Star Power Partners
Boulder, CO, United States
Overview
Star Power Partners II is a fund backed by well known investors including Draper Associates, the Foundry Group, Iron Gate Capital, Landscape Capital, Right Side Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and Walt Winshall.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Investment portfolio
- Bamba
Participated · Seed · Feb 2017
Bamba is a boutique data collection agency that builds innovative solutions for gathering consumer insights in African markets that are otherwise challenging to reach. The company serves clients across sectors including market research, consulting, private equity, agriculture, education, health, finance, government agencies, NGOs and private companies. Clients include Kantar, the Aga Khan Foundation and IPSOS. Co-founded by Al Ismaili (CEO), Shehzad Tejani (COO) and Faiz Hirani (CTO), Bamba operates with a core workforce of 21 full-time employees plus field consultants around the world. The company closed a US$1.1m first seed funding round and intends to use the funds to develop new data collection solutions and expand its team and geographical reach. Bamba is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Fancred
Participated · Seed · Oct 2013
Fancred is an iOS app that lets sports fans capture and share photos, live commentary and build a portfolio of favorite sports moments. The platform assigns users a Fancred rating (1–100) to incentivize participation and community credibility. The company plans to expand its engineering team and build an Android app to grow the community. It is exploring monetization options such as selling fan gear or aggregated fan data but is focused short-term on building its user base. Founded in 2012 by former Brightcove employees and emerging from Boston Techstars in 2013, Fancred operates with 11 full-time employees plus a network of 150 college interns. The company does not disclose community or user numbers in the article. Fancred is a Boston, MA-based sports social network and mobile app led by CEO Hossein Kash Razzaghi. Launched in March for iPhone, the platform provides a personalized way for sports fans to communicate and consume sports content. The app allows users to comment, share photos and links about their favorite events, players and teams. Fancred is a TechStars startup. The company raised $1.5M in seed funding and plans to use the proceeds to grow its user base, develop the product and set up partnerships. The funding is intended to support expanded mobile engagement and strategic partnerships in the sports media space.
Team
No current team members are available.