First Star Ventures invests with conviction in visionary, technical founders inventing the future, inventing a better future with frontier computing technology
Lab-to-Launch Lounge
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Drew Volpe is a Founding Partner of First Star Ventures. Drew is an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and technologist with a deep experience in search, machine learning, sensors, mobile, computational bio, and blockchain technologies. He was the founding VP of Product Development for conversational AI startup Semantic Machines. He was previously co-founder/CTO of Locately where he led development of Locately's location-based market research platform from inception through the company’s successful acquisition by SMG. Prior to Locately, Drew was Director of Product Development at Endeca Technologies, a pioneer in search and unstructured database systems, acquired by Oracle for $1.1 billion. Drew holds an AB in Computer Science from Harvard University