# CSA Partners LLC

> CSA Partners LLC is a VC fund in Milwaukee backing Software and E-Commerce. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milwaukee, United States
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/csa-partners-llc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/csapartnersllc
- Website: http://www.csapartners.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CsaPartnersLlc

CSA Partners LLC is a VC fund in Milwaukee focused on Software and E-Commerce. CSA Partners, LLC is a venture fund that invests in early-stage, high-growth companies. They partner with entrepreneurs to help them build and grow great innovative companies. They invest in startups that have a well-defined vision and bring elegant solutions to clearly articulated problems. They utilize a lean, tenacious and responsible managementstyle that is data-driven and outcome-focused.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $319k–$2.4M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$8.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 18% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |
| Analytics | 3 | 8% |
| Lifestyle | 3 | 8% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 53% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 18% |
| Series A | 4 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 71% |
| France | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Abele | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-abele |
| Steve Mech | Managing Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-mech |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EVEN | EVEN empowers music artists to sell their music first and stream second. On EVEN, artists set their price and quantity, and get paid instantly after each sale. EVEN’s limited edition digital albums give users first access to their favorite artist’s music, content, tour tickets, merchandise, and more. EVEN is designed to be accessible to fans;creating an account only requires an email address, all albums are listed in USD, and all purchases are made via credit, debit, Apple Pay/Google Pay. After every purchase, EVEN instantly splits payments among the artist and their collaborators. On EVEN, artists are in total control of their fan’s data. EVEN’s Fan Connect allows artists to send SMS and email notifications directly to fans. | $2M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| EVEN | EVEN empowers music artists to sell their music first and stream second. On EVEN, artists set their price and quantity, and get paid instantly after each sale. EVEN’s limited edition digital albums give users first access to their favorite artist’s music, content, tour tickets, merchandise, and more. EVEN is designed to be accessible to fans;creating an account only requires an email address, all albums are listed in USD, and all purchases are made via credit, debit, Apple Pay/Google Pay. After every purchase, EVEN instantly splits payments among the artist and their collaborators. On EVEN, artists are in total control of their fan’s data. EVEN’s Fan Connect allows artists to send SMS and email notifications directly to fans. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 14, 2023 |  |
| Zizzl Health | Zizzl Health is a full-service benefits brokerage firm that can integrate HR technology and payroll administration. Founded in 2016, it is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is their extensive experience and shared sense of purpose that enables them to uniquely help businesses to grow and create those jobs. | $3.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Pet Krewe | Pet Krewe manufactures and sells pet costumes, toys, and pet craft kits. Their products include sesame street, dog costumes, cat costumes, dog toys, cat toys, dog poop bag dispensers, hipster wizard striped dog scarfs, sesame street pet hoodies, and cookie monster dog costumes. Pet Krewe's pet costumes and toys are as much for people as theyare for pets, ensuring that everyone can join in on the fun. | $567.5K | Seed | Feb 14, 2022 |  |
| Zizzl Health | Zizzl Health is a full-service benefits brokerage firm that can integrate HR technology and payroll administration. Founded in 2016, it is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is their extensive experience and shared sense of purpose that enables them to uniquely help businesses to grow and create those jobs. |  |  | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Edda | Edda provides a software suite for venture capital, corporate ventures, private equity, family offices, and investment banks. Its features include managing deal flow, supporting portfolio companies, and tracking real-time performances. It also provides the real-time dimension of investments and their value and impact. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Wildwonder | Wildwonder produces beverages that offer sparkling infusions which are crafted with antioxidants for good gut health. The sparkling herb infusions from Wildwonder are made with antioxidants from tea, vegan probiotics, and plant fiber to give people gut-healing and immune-boosting powers. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Agricycle | Provider of organic dried fruits intended to empower rural women farmers by transforming waste into opportunity. The company provides all-natural, organic dried fruits and gluten-free flour while empowering women to have sustainable, local jobs and provide them with resources to enable them to better care for their families and themselves,providing consumers with healthy, free and additive free snacks. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 10, 2021 |  |
| Agricycle | Agricycle is a house of ethical brands using a systems-based zero waste approach to international development. The company transforms food waste and agricultural byproducts across the world into all-natural and organic CPG brands.Agricycle buys the products created using their technology and makes on-trend brands focused on storytelling, naturalfoods, sustainability, and transparency. Each brand uses the byproducts of others, and local products and industries are created with what cannot be exported. This maximizes margins because each brand uses the same supply chain and very similar production process. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Pear Commerce | Pear simplifies retail marketing by connecting CPG advertisements directly with retailers.Pear brings your digital marketing to life by adding a call to action. Consumers can purchase a product or claim an offer right from the ad, and Pear takes care of creating the connection to a local retailer who can fulfill the transaction. Pear collectsyour consumer’s information, so you’ll know your customers and their purchasing behavior better, while driving more sales for your products. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [gener8tor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gener8tor) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightstar-wisconsin-found) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wisconsin Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wisconsin-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [4490 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4490-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angels on the Water](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-on-the-water) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Evergreen Climate Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-trust-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CSA Partners LLC invest in?

CSA Partners LLC invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is CSA Partners LLC's check size?

CSA Partners LLC typically joins rounds of $319k–$2.4M at Seed and $1.3M–$8.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CSA Partners LLC participates in.

### How do I contact CSA Partners LLC?

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### Who are the partners at CSA Partners LLC?

The team at CSA Partners LLC includes Chris Abele (Managing Director) and Steve Mech (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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