Sean Hoge
InvestorGeneral Partner at Starship Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $25K – $1.5M checks · typically $500K
About
Founder and General Partner of Starship Ventures, focused on early-stage deep tech. He draws on business and venture history to identify repeatable patterns and invests in technologies that compound over decades and address large-scale challenges.
Experience
- Starship VenturesFounder & General Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ReflectLead Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Project OmegaLead Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Longshot Space Technologies CorporationLead Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Rainmaker Technology CorporationLead Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Poseidon AerospaceLead Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Merge LabsInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- LuminaLead Investorcurrent2022 — present
- PipeDream LabsLead Investor & Advisorcurrent2021 — present
- KluraLabs®Lead Investorcurrent2022 — present
- BRINC DronesInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- SpaceComputer - Orbital Root of TrustInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- ClubhouseInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- CoolwaterCohort 3 Membercurrent2021 — present
- Node WorldwideCo-Founder2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- NVOLVHead of Product2016 — 2017San Mateo
- CrossfaderCo-Founder2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of BusinessDrop Out2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Product DevelopmentVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipPhotoshopBlockchainAbleton Live
- Final Cut Pro Expert — Apple
- Logic Pro Expert — Apple
- Pro Tools Operator Certified — Avid
From Sean's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business36
Morgan SparOperations Associate at FJ LabsJeff BergerVenture Partner at FJ LabsVeera SomersalmiMember of the Board at IPR.VCSebastian RualesInvestor at MatterScale VenturesJohn FrancisPartner at Unmet FrontierBrinton HooverAssociate, Investment Team at Runway Growth Capital
+ 30 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Project Omega1
Also worked at Merge Labs2
Deals · 2
Omega Project Co.Board seat
via Starship Ventures · filed Sep 2025 · $8M raise
Pipedream Laboratories, Inc.Board seat
via Starship Ventures · filed Nov 2023 · $9.4M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Starship Ventures
Bharat
Investor at Starship Ventures
Bharat Mediratta
Advisor at Starship Ventures
David Holz
Founder and CEO at Starship Ventures
Georges
Investor at Starship Ventures
Georges Sudarskis
Advisor at Starship Ventures
Hugo
General Partner and COO at Starship Ventures
Hugo Peterson
COO & GP at Starship Ventures
Moses Moody
Venture Partner at Starship Ventures






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