# Genevieve Gilbreath

> Genevieve Gilbreath is a seed investor at Springdale Ventures backing E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Springdale Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/springdale-ventures)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevieve-g-gilbreath-92995347/
- Website: https://www.springdaleventures.com

Genevieve Gilbreath is a seed investor at Springdale Ventures in Austin focused on E-Commerce and Food and Beverage. Genevieve has been an active entrepreneur in the consumer products space since 2002. For much of her career, her focus was on building & leading Natural Consumer Product Goods (CPG) companies. Most recently, from 2016 through 2018, she led SKU, the first and leading consumer products accelerator in the U.S. In 2019, she and Dan Grahamco-founded Springdale Ventures to make investments in early stage consumer brand companies. She has also developed cross-cultural educational program for Princeton University, in India, and served as an adjunct professor at Baylor University. Genevieve was recognized in AustinInno’s 50 on Fire in 2018 for her leadership in CPG.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 50% |
| Retail | 2 | 33% |
| Baby | 1 | 17% |
| Email | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gooder Foods | Gooder Foods re-imagines Mac & cheese that's stealthily healthy and unbelievably delicious. It was launched in 2020 and operates in Santa Cruz, California. | $13M | Series A | Sep 11, 2023 |  |
| Speakeasy | Speakeasy is a wine and spirits technology company and e-commerce platform. It allows brands to sell directly to consumers from their website without disrupting the three-tier system, giving them the opportunity to own the user experience from beginning to end and the customer's data and analytics. | $6.8M | Seed | Jan 24, 2023 |  |
| Branch | Office furniture hasn’t changed in a while--about 79 years, in fact. That’s the average age of the top twenty-five office furniture companies in America. None of them were born after the Internet. Branch makes office furniture simple. We're building an office experience for the 21st century: flexible, affordable and easy so you can sit down(or stand) and get to work. | $10M | Series A | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Gooder Foods | Gooder Foods re-imagines Mac & cheese that's stealthily healthy and unbelievably delicious. It was launched in 2020 and operates in Santa Cruz, California. | $6.4M | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Tiny Organics | Founded in 2020, Tiny Organics is the early childhood nutrition company building a healthier generation of adventurous eaters with vegetable-first foods for babies and toddlers. Tiny meals are 100% organic, with no added sugar or salt, and never more than 5 grams of natural sugars per serving, and carefully crafted to suit baby and toddlerdevelopmental milestones. Tiny makes it easy for parents to feed their little ones healthy, nutrient-dense, delicious food, with no prep required and delivered direct to your door. Tiny has been featured in national publications like TechCrunch, The New Yorker, Inc, Mother, Forbes, and garnered investments from thought leaders like Gary Vaynerchuk, Howard Morgan (Founder of First Round Capital) and Liz Lange. | $11M | Series A | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| KOS | KOS produces plant-based nutritional supplements to help people in nurturing a simple and healthy lifestyle. KOS' suite of superfoods offers a collection of protein powder and chewable products made out of transparent ingredients that springs from the soil, thereby supporting customers in their journey toward plant-centric nutritionallifestyles. | $2.1M | Seed | Aug 25, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cosmic Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cosmic-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Electric Feel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electric-feel-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GingerBread Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gingerbread-capital-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Third Craft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-craft) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Willow Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/willow-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1st Course Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1st-course-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Springdale Ventures

VC Fund · Austin, United States

Springdale Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on consumer packaged goods. It partners with resolute founders, who are pursuing their passions, and helping them create meaningful, sustainable brands.

5 contacts available at Springdale Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Graham | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-graham |
| Genevieve Gilbreath | Co-founder/General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genevieve-gilbreath |
| Greg Fleishman | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-fleishman |
| Manish Patel | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manish-patel-2 |
| Matt McDonnell | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-mcdonnell |

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## FAQ

### What does Genevieve Gilbreath invest in?

Genevieve Gilbreath invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Genevieve Gilbreath last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Genevieve Gilbreath closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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