# Capstar Ventures

> Capstar Ventures is a VC fund in Austin backing Wellness and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $41M
- Last fund: Jul 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capstarventures/
- Website: https://www.capstarventures.com/

Capstar Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in the next generation of innovative consumer companies

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wellness | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Sales | 1 | 17% |
| Beauty | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kathryn Cavanaugh | Founder and Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathryn-cavanaugh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jones | Jones helps quit smoking by using a combination of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), behavioral support, and community. | $10M | Series A | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Rock The Bells | Rock The Bells is an online store for hip-hop culture merchandise. | $15M | Series B | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Bravo Sierra | Bravo Sierra is the first military-native performance wellness company, pioneering a user-driven performance personal care and nutrition organization developed within the U.S. military community. Powered by the insight generated through social manufacturing including direct collaboration with its core community of 1,000 U.S. military active dutyservice members, the company delivers performance goods with unprecedented responsiveness and accuracy for those who serve and for the benefit of all. Designed to support and enhance today's ultra-active lifestyle and engineered with critically relevant innovation and stress-tested in the field, the products include first-to-market technologies and formulas that are clean, vegan, and cruelty-free. Bravo Sierra is built around a revenue share model contributing 5% of all sales to the Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) program, which offers a complete range of community support and quality of life programs for members of the U.S. Armed Forces, their families, retirees, and veterans. | $17M | Series B | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Thirteen lune | Thirteen Lune is an online beauty platform that sells Black and brown-owned brands. | $3M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Eterneva | Eterneva is a developer of diamond technology intended to convert cremated ashes of loved ones into memorial diamonds. It is a consumer technology company and grief wellness brand that has established itself in the industry by providing customized experiences to grieving families in their time of need. Eterneva was developed to understand,listen, and help create a lasting memory of a close friend, partner, or family member who has passed through a memorial diamond. Eterneva provides support to help create, establish, and maintain an ongoing physical memory through one of the most permanent forms that exist in nature. Because the catharsis of transitioning beyond the loss of a loved one to a lasting memory is so personal, Eterneva’s team works to achieve full communication, transparency, and experience with every customer so the end result honors their memory in full. Adelle Archer has been featured on the Inc 30 under 30 List. | $10M | Series A | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| Eterneva | Eterneva is a developer of diamond technology intended to convert cremated ashes of loved ones into memorial diamonds. It is a consumer technology company and grief wellness brand that has established itself in the industry by providing customized experiences to grieving families in their time of need. Eterneva was developed to understand,listen, and help create a lasting memory of a close friend, partner, or family member who has passed through a memorial diamond. Eterneva provides support to help create, establish, and maintain an ongoing physical memory through one of the most permanent forms that exist in nature. Because the catharsis of transitioning beyond the loss of a loved one to a lasting memory is so personal, Eterneva’s team works to achieve full communication, transparency, and experience with every customer so the end result honors their memory in full. Adelle Archer has been featured on the Inc 30 under 30 List. | $10M | Series A | Jul 26, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morrison-seger-venture-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Capstar Ventures invest in?

Capstar Ventures invests primarily in Wellness, E-Commerce and Sales startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Capstar Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Capstar Ventures?

The team at Capstar Ventures includes Kathryn Cavanaugh (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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