Capstar Ventures

Capstar Ventures is an Austin, Texas-based, woman-owned early-stage venture capital firm, founded in 2019, that invests in the next generation of innovative consumer companies. It closed its $41.3 million inaugural fund, the first to close under J.P. Morgan’s Project Spark initiative for emerging fund managers. It invests nationwide at seed and Series A across the consumer sector, in digitally native brands, consumer goods and services, and technologies that power these startups. Its founder previously deployed and supported more than $350 million of equity investments at Grace Beauty Capital, Mainsail Partners, and De Novo Ventures, in disruptive consumer brands including Rothy’s, Supergoop!, Parachute, Primary, and M.M.LaFleur. Capstar partners with passionate founders who are solving their own pain points and relate to today’s consumer with authenticity and empathy. It backs entrepreneurs addressing unmet needs that resonate with Millennial and Gen Z consumers with differentiated products, services, and platforms that are unproven at scale, and supports them from start to scale with operating and investing expertise and extensive networks.