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Starlight Ventures

Starlight Ventures operates from Miami as a thesis-driven private equity firm focused on frontier technology and deep science.

Starlight Ventures

Starlight Ventures

Starlight Ventures operates from Miami as a thesis-driven private equity firm focused on frontier technology and deep science. The firm was founded by Matias Mosse and Nicolas Piuma, who assembled a roster of operators and technical advisors spanning fusion, space infrastructure, quantum computing, advanced materials, and life sciences. The team evaluates IP, defensibility, and scaling pathways with the specificity that science and technology at this level require — an explicit differentiator from generalist venture funds. The firm invests from seed through growth in companies built on breakthrough science and technology. Sectors include the space economy, next-generation energy and fusion, robotics and autonomous systems, AI, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure. Starlight's newest vehicle is structured as evergreen capital, designed so the horizon of the capital can match the horizon of the work, while co-investment SPVs provide additional deployment capacity. The firm states it has backed founders for over a decade through pivots, technical milestones, and infrastructure-scale challenges — relationships it describes as central to how it operates rather than incidental. The Miami-based firm has not publicly disclosed its AUM or total deployment capital. Its website lists seven team members and more than two dozen advisors with operating credibility in frontier disciplines. In November 2022, the firm updated its privacy policy and terms of use under the entity Starlight Ventures Management, LLC — filing documents that frame the firm as a pooled investment vehicle sponsor using confidential offering documents for qualified investors. The advisor roster includes names such as Ramez Naam, Carlos Araque, and Davide Venturelli, signaling active networks in climate tech, fusion, and quantum computing. Starlight's structure combines a permanent-capital evergreen vehicle with episodic co-investment SPVs — an architecture designed to eliminate the forced exit timelines that define standard 10-year venture fund models. This allows the firm to stay with portfolio companies through the full arc of technology development and infrastructure buildout. Without public portfolio disclosures, the observable differentiator is the depth of the technical advisor bench, which the firm presents as its primary underwriting edge in evaluating hard-science IP and scaling pathways that conventional venture teams cannot diligence internally.

General information

Firm type

Private Equity

Year founded

AUM

Undisclosed

Location

Region

North America

Country

United States

City

Miami

Corporate office

Miami, FL, United States

Principals

Matias Mosse

Team

Nicolas Piuma

Team

Michelle Wax

Team

Olivia Vigil

Team

Fernando Cadilla Sousa

Team

Silvana Novidelsky

Team

Romina Ledesma

Team

Addison Stark

Advisor

Alejandro Frenkel

Advisor

Alex Kerschen

Advisor

Avi Rosenbaum

Advisor

Carlos Araque

Advisor

Davide Venturelli

Advisor

Emiliano Kargieman

Advisor

Felipe Sommer

Advisor

Geraldine Hamilton

Advisor

Gilberto Perez

Advisor

Grant Allen

Advisor

Hugo Bolio

Advisor

Jacob Becraft

Advisor

Jason Dunn

Advisor

Malcolm Handley

Advisor

Marcos Franceschini

Advisor

Nicholas Flanders

Advisor

Nick Ouzounov

Advisor

Niya Gupta

Advisor

Olya Irzak

Advisor

Ramez Naam

Advisor

Ron Shigeta

Advisor

Santiago Bilinkis

Advisor

Tony Pan

Advisor

Sector focus

SpaceTechAI/MLRobotics & AutomationEnergy Transition & RenewablesCybersecurityInfrastructure

Frequently asked questions

How does Starlight Ventures structure its capital?

Starlight operates an evergreen vehicle designed to match the long development timelines of frontier technology companies, alongside episodic co-investment SPVs. The firm explicitly states this permanent-capital structure eliminates the constraints of conventional fund cycles, allowing it to stay invested through the full arc of technology buildout rather than being forced to exit on a standard 10-year venture timeline.

What investment stages does Starlight Ventures target?

The firm invests from the earliest institutional round through growth, described as covering seed, start-up, expansion, and late-stage venture. Its thesis spans deep-tech companies where technical risk is high and development horizons are long, which the permanent-capital structure is designed to accommodate.

Which sectors does Starlight Ventures focus on?

The firm concentrates on breakthrough science and technology applied to challenges society has no choice but to solve. Explicit focuses include the space economy, next-generation energy and fusion, AI and quantum computing, robotics and autonomous systems, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure — sectors the firm views as compounding stacks where capabilities reinforce one another.

Who runs investment decisions at Starlight Ventures?

The firm's website lists Matias Mosse and Nicolas Piuma as the founding team, though no formal titles such as CEO, CIO, or Managing Partner are published. Investment evaluation draws on a deep technical advisor roster including Ramez Naam, Carlos Araque, and Davide Venturelli, whose domain expertise in fusion, climate tech, and quantum computing informs diligence.

Does Starlight Ventures participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?

Starlight describes itself as investing across stages in companies, not as a fund-of-funds. Its structure — an evergreen vehicle and co-investment SPVs — is consistent with direct and co-investment activity, but the firm has not publicly disclosed specific portfolio companies, fund commitments, or co-investor relationships.

How does Starlight Ventures source proprietary deal flow?

The firm's primary sourcing edge appears to be its technical advisor network, which spans fusion energy, space infrastructure, advanced materials, quantum computing, and life sciences. Starlight states it evaluates IP, defensibility, and scaling pathways with domain-specific rigor, implying that deal flow originates from the technical communities where its advisors operate rather than from traditional venture networks.

What is Starlight Ventures' known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?

Starlight has not publicly outlined a co-investment policy, but its explicit use of co-investment SPVs as part of its capital structure suggests it is open to and organized for co-investment activity. Without disclosed portfolio companies or GP relationships, the precise co-investment posture remains unverified from public sources.

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