DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Starting Line
Starting Line
Institutional venture firmChicago, ILstartingline.vc, @startinglinevcSEC venture capital fund adviserone firm, 2 filing advisers
This firm files as 2 advisers on startingline.vc, @startinglinevc: The Starting Line Management, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
venture manager, reported GAV $106M across 12 vehicles
Importance
27
moderate
Active deployment
25
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
50
elevated
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
13
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Chicago, ILadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 444 W LAKE ST, SUITE 1900, Chicago, IL, 60606adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 3124889431adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 29, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 14 (14 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $122Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 3124889431adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors: no observed deals yet
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
12 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting Line Fund III, L.P. | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $13.8M Mar 30, 2024 | 38 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Fund Iii-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $2.4M Mar 30, 2024 | 13 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Fund III-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2023 form d first sale | Active deployment | unknown | unknown | $24.4M of $40.0M | Aug 19, 2024 |
| Starting Line Fund III, L.P. | Fund | 2023 form d first sale | Active deployment | unknown | unknown | $24.4M of $40.0M | Aug 19, 2024 |
| The Starting Line Fund I, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $50.8M Mar 30, 2024 | 54 | $0 of $20.0M | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Starting Line Fund II, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $31.2M Mar 30, 2024 | 60 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Fund Ii-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | unknown | Unknown | $2.3M Mar 30, 2024 | 32 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Four Leaf Spv | SPV or co-invest vehicle | unknown | Unknown | $1.8M Mar 30, 2024 | 7 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Moon Pls, LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $1.6M Mar 30, 2024 | 21 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Double Taps LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $1.0M Mar 30, 2024 | 6 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Triple Taps LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $764,796 Mar 30, 2024 | 15 | unknown | unknown |
| Starting Line Captured Spv, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | unknown | Unknown | $59,862 Mar 30, 2024 | 6 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
1 current, 0 departed
Ezra Galston
PartnerMember · since Jan 1, 2018
Investments on record
0 edges, 0 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Co-investors
0 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
11 dated events
- Mar 30, 2024Starting Line Fund Iii-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,411,056Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Fund Iii-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2024Starting Line Fund III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $13,827,971Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Fund III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Double Taps LLC first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $450,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Double Taps LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Four Leaf Spv first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,075,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Four Leaf SpvSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Captured Spv, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $572,474Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Captured Spv, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Fund Ii-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,161,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Fund Ii-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021The Starting Line Fund I, LP first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $78,673,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactThe Starting Line Fund I, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Fund II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $29,698,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Fund II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Triple Taps LLC first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,050,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Triple Taps LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 20, 2021Starting Line Moon Pls, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Starting Line (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,600,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactStarting Line Moon Pls, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $106M across 12 vehicles
Evidence
34 observations from 3 sources