Current Firm
First Star Ventures
Investments
1+ companies
Focus
AI, Biotech
About Drew Volpe
Drew Volpe is a deeply technical founder-turned-investor at First Star Ventures who uses his hands-on experience in conversational AI, search databases, sensors, and computational biology to evaluate highly technical "frontier" startups at the pre-seed and seed stage—bringing unusual technical depth for an early-stage generalist VC. He continues to position himself as a "coder / founder / investor" who writes technical pieces and works shoulder-to-shoulder with technical teams, particularly focusing on AI applications in complex science-heavy domains like computational biology rather than just software investments.
Focus Areas
AIBiotechClimateDeeptech
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
Millie Liu