Founder · Starman Holding

Charles Tebele

CEO of Starman Holding, a consumer brands & photonics company based in New Jersey.

CEONew JerseyConsumer Brands & Photonics

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Charles Tebele is CEO of Starman Holding, a consumer brands & photonics company based in New Jersey.

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Company

Starman Holding
Consumer Brands & Photonics · New Jersey · Active

Starman Holding is a privately held American group run by Charles Tebele. Its consumer technology accessory brands include Incase, Incipio, Griffin Technologies and Survivor, and its distribution businesses trade as Digital Gadgets, DG Surgical and Onward Brands. The group also spans medical products developed with Northwell Health, semiconductors, and Starman Development, an affordable and workforce housing arm. In 2024 it entered a joint venture with New Photonics to build pure-play photonics foundries in the United States, which became Starman New Photonics, the operating business behind it

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Journey with Starman Holding

3 milestones
  1. 2024Milestone

    Enters a joint venture with New Photonics, a designer of photonics solutions for AI and data centres, aiming to create pure-play photonics foundries in the United States.

  2. Jun 2026Milestone

    Starman New Photonics receives the first award under New Jersey's Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program, backing a $150 million investment to renovate a 100,000 square foot facility in Warren and create 250 jobs.

  3. Sep 2026Milestone

    Subsidiary Starman Optical, incorporated in Delaware on 31 August, signs a definitive merger agreement to acquire roughly 90 percent of GoPro for $285 million.

Coverage

1 story
Markets & IPO · 2 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
GoPro Sells for $285M to a Company Incorporated the Day Before the Deal Was Announced

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Who is Charles Tebele?

Charles Tebele is the CEO of Starman Holding, a consumer brands & photonics company based in New Jersey.

Who leads Starman Holding?

StartupFox's company records list Charles Tebele as CEO of Starman Holding.

Where is Starman Holding based?

Starman Holding is headquartered in New Jersey, United States.

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StartupFox has published 1 story naming Charles Tebele; the most recent is “GoPro Sells for $285M to a Company Incorporated the Day Before the Deal Was Announced”.

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