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§ Private Profile · 17319 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, TX 78232, USA
Starlight is a technology company.
Starlight provides a digital platform enabling financial institutions to connect members with eligible government benefits and financial assistance programs. The company leverages technology to identify and simplify access to billions in unclaimed aid, streamlining qualification and application. This integrates critical financial relief directly into banking and credit union services, enhancing the support offered to their clientele.
Former Google product leader Shreenath Regunathan founded Starlight. He observed a significant gap where many families struggled to access available financial support and unclaimed government benefits. His insight led to a vision for financial institutions proactively facilitating this aid, building an efficient, user-centric system informed by his background in product development.
Starlight’s customers are financial institutions, notably credit unions, seeking to enhance member financial well-being. The company's mission is to improve American households' financial health by modernizing the social safety net. Starlight envisions these institutions as key partners, helping individuals navigate economic challenges and achieve long-term financial stability.
Starlight has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Starlight has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
No prominent technology company named Starlight matches the query's description as a singular, well-known entity. Search results reveal multiple small or unrelated firms, with Sterlite Technologies Limited (formerly Sterlite Tech) being the most substantial: an Indian optical and digital technology company headquartered in Pune, specializing in optical networking including optical fiber, cables, hyper-scale network design, deployment, and software. It serves global telecom operators, hyperscalers, and enterprises in over 150 countries, solving high-speed data transmission challenges for 5G, broadband, and cloud infrastructure, with 636 patents and listings on Indian stock exchanges.[1] Smaller entities like Starlight Technology LLC focus on managed IT services and cloud solutions for businesses,[2][5] while Starlight Technologies, Inc. (founded 2009, South Bend, IN) offers website development, IT support, photography, and computer repair for individuals and small businesses.[3]
These lack unified "growth momentum" as scaleups; Sterlite shows evolution via acquisitions (e.g., ASOCS in 2020, Optotec in 2020, Clearcomm in 2021) and 5G investments under India's Make in India.[1]
Sterlite Technologies originated as Sterlite Telecom Systems in March 2000, focused on telecommunication cables, renaming to Sterlite Optical Technologies by August 2000.[1] It expanded capacity in 2005-2006 for fiber optic cables and broadband networks, building plants in Aurangabad, India, for single-mode optical fibers compliant with internet standards. By 2020, it pivoted to 5G ecosystems. Founders tie to the Vedanta Group (Sterlite legacy), but specific individuals are not detailed; evolution shifted from cables to full optical/digital solutions with global presence in manufacturing, development centers, and offices.[1]
Smaller players: Starlight Technologies, Inc. founded in 2009 in South Bend, IN, emerging from needs for affordable web/IT services for SMBs.[3] Starlight Technology LLC arose from recognizing gaps in cloud-managed IT.[2] A UK firm, STARLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, incorporated February 10, 2017, as a generic business support service (SIC 82990), with no public traction details.[4]
Others like Starlight Cabling differentiate in structured cabling/security installs,[6] and Starlight Global in cross-border trade—not core tech.[7] None stand out with proprietary tech or ecosystems.
Sterlite Technologies rides the global fiber-optic boom for 5G, data centers, and broadband, fueled by hyperscaler demand (e.g., cloud giants) and initiatives like Make in India. Timing aligns with post-2020 5G rollouts and acquisitions strengthening supply chains amid US-China tensions; it influences ecosystems via patents, global deployments, and stakes in innovators like ASOCS (edge computing).[1] Market forces: Rising data traffic (exabytes-scale) favors its optical expertise over legacy copper.
Smaller Starlights occupy niche IT/service gaps for SMBs/cloud, but lack ecosystem impact amid dominance by AWS/Azure or giants like Corning in optics.[2][3] They reflect fragmented service layers in tech stacks, not trendsetters.
Sterlite Technologies is poised for growth in AI-driven data infrastructure and 6G precursors, leveraging 5G investments and acquisitions for integrated optical solutions—watch for more M&A in edge/quantum networking. Smaller Starlights may consolidate locally or pivot to AI tools, but face competition from scaled providers. Trends like fiber-deep networks and sovereign cloud will amplify Sterlite's edge, while service firms risk commoditization. This scattered "Starlight" landscape underscores optical leaders like Sterlite as true tech enablers over niche IT shops.[1][2][3]
Starlight has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Starlight's investors include Abstract Ventures, A Capital, Adapt Ventures, AirAngels, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Audacity, Authentic Ventures, Awesome People Ventures, Banana Capital, Basis Set Ventures.
Starlight has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Seed in April 2022.