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Growth CHICAGO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting Line, an early stage Venture Capital Fund investing in consumer startups that are focused on democratizing access to technologies, products, and experiences for the 99% of Americans, is proud to announce the addition of Scott Holloway as a General Partner after an 18 month stint as Venture Partner. Holloway joins firm founder Ezra Galston, and early Trunk Club employee Haley Kwait Zollo as General Partners, alongside Venture Partner Ade Olonoh, founder of Formstack and Formspring. Starting Line launched its $30M Fund II in November 2020, following its $17M debut Fund I in November 2019. The firm has led early seed investments into numerous fast growing startups such as Cameo, Klover, Soona, Made In Cookware, Protégé, Unchained Capital, and more.
Key Points:
- Holloway joins firm founder Ezra Galston, and early Trunk Club employee Haley Kwait Zollo as General Partners, alongside Venture Partner Ade Olonoh, founder of Formstack and Formspring.
- Starting Line launched its $30M Fund II in November 2020, following its $17M debut Fund I in November 2019.
- After 6 years in leadership roles at Instacart, Holloway moved to Flexport where he managed their 200-person Chicago and Dallas offices and served as General Manager.
- "Scott has always approached operating, investing, and relationship building with a long term outlook and that is a perfect fit with the generational firm we are building at Starting Line."
"I value Starting Line\'s opinionated view of non-obvious markets, and I\'m excited to back the firm\'s goal to write big, early checks to unconventional founders.
Key Points:
- "I value Starting Line\'s opinionated view of non-obvious markets, and I\'m excited to back the firm\'s goal to write big, early checks to unconventional founders.
- "\nIn connection with the second fund, Starting Line has promoted Haley Kwait Zollo from Principal to Partner.
- Starting Line is excited to continue working with longtime Venture Partner Ade Olonoh , who previously founded Formstack and Formspring.
- "As we\'ve scaled, they have stayed deeply founder aligned, always on for late night calls, and obsessed with our product.
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Holloway joins firm founder Ezra Galston, early Trunk Club employee Haley Kwait Zollo and Formspring/Formstack founder Ade Olonoh on the firm's investment team.
Key Points:
- Holloway joins firm founder Ezra Galston, early Trunk Club employee Haley Kwait Zollo and Formspring/Formstack founder Ade Olonoh on the firm's investment team.
- Starting Line, which announced its $17M Fund I in November 2019, has made early seed investments into numerous fast growing companies such as Cameo , Made In Cookware and Unchained Capital .
- Starting Line is proud to announce the addition of Instacart and Flexport alum Scott Holloway as a Venture Partner.
- Presently, Holloway is SVP Operations at Foxtrot, one of Chicago's breakout venture backed consumer startups.
