Starboard Star Venture Capital
Venture capital firm; participated in Venus Aerospace's $91M Series B round (July 2026).
Starboard Star Venture Capital is a Houston-based venture firm run by Mark Barineau and Hudson Barineau, describing itself as industry- and stage-agnostic and leaning on a network of founders, VCs, and family offices for deal access. Its founding year is inconsistently reported across sources (2016 vs. 2019).
Overview
- Firm
- Starboard Star Venture Capital
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas
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- AUM
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- Website
- starboardstar.com/
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Starboard Star Venture Capital participated in Venus Aerospace's $91 million Series B round (July 2026)
Venus Aerospace (company newsroom): Venus Aerospace Raises $91M to Mature the World's First Flight-Proven High-Thrust RDRE Into Full Propulsion SystemsVerified2026-07-08 - 2
Starboard Star Venture Capital describes itself as an agile, network-driven VC with a disciplined, opportunistic, industry/stage/geography-agnostic approach.
Starboard Star Venture Capital: Starboard Star Venture Capital — homeVerified2026-08-09