# Stardust

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/stardust

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Website: www.startask.net
- Total disclosed funding: $7.2M
- Latest round: Series A (Dec 29, 2022)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Based in Beijing, China, and established in 2017, Stardust operates as an online crowdsourcing platform of data annotations that connect users and data companies through machine learning technology.  The CEO of this company, Lei Zhang, graduated from Zhejiang University as well as George Washington Universit and has worked in algorithms for more than 10 years at the World Bank, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley.

The company serves global AI companies with high-quality training data for computer vision, speech recognition, and NLP tasks, and focuses on providing AI data middleware systems that enable data production, data management, model training, and model deployment in the lifecycle of models. Its products are used in the field of unmanned vehicles, intelligent customer service, robotics, smart cities, and e-commerce retail.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Dec 29, 2022, $7.2M — Meridian Capital, Ruixia Investment, Houtian (Beijing) Capital Management Co., Ltd.
- Angel, Aug 1, 2017 — TiSiWi, Eagles Fund, Cretrend Capital, Innoangel Fund

## Investors

- TiSiWi (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tisiwi) — Angel
- Eagles Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/eagles-fund) — Angel
- Cretrend Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cretrend-capital) — Angel
- Innoangel Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/innoangel-fund) — Angel
- Meridian Capital — Series A
- Ruixia Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ruixia-investment) — Series A
- Houtian (Beijing) Capital Management Co., Ltd. — Series A