# Katy Perry

> Katy Perry is a Series A investor at Capitol Records backing Food and Beverage. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Capitol Records](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitol-records)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/katyperry
- Website: http://www.katyperry.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katyperry

Katy Perry is a Series A investor at Capitol Records in Los Angeles focused on Food and Beverage and Digital Entertainment. Katy Perry was born October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. After having three record deals fall apart, she signed with Capitol in 2007. Later that year, she released her first single, "Ur So Gay." Still, her career did not fully take off until the release of her next single, "I Kissed a Girl". Her album Teenage Dreamswas released in August 2010.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $11M–$20M |
| Series E | $250M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 38% |
| Digital Entertainment | 2 | 25% |
| Local | 1 | 13% |
| Music | 1 | 13% |
| AgTech | 1 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series E | 2 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 13% |
| Series F | 1 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 13% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shef | Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps local cooks to make a meaningful income from home by selling authentic, homemade dishes to their neighbors. The company was founded by Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia in 2019 and operates in seven markets, including San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles. | $7M | Debt Financing | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Audius | Audius is creating a fully decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating to share and defend the world’s music.Using Audius, creators can generate immutable and time-stamped records for your creative works and register your assets to the Audius network. Because the network is decentralized and secured by blockchaintechnology, the metadata attribution remains safe, verifiable and immutable.Providing a transparent network in a space traditionally controlled by third parties, Audius builds a bridge between creators and consumers. Discover new content or verify authenticity, authorized through a truly transparent system of attribution.Audius uses blockchain technology to ensure that artists get paid safely & instantly as consumers listen to content. Choose from preexisting license terms or create your own and automate the payments, transfers, and issuance of licenses. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Apeel Sciences | Apeel Sciences produces products including avocados, apples, mangos, cucumbers, and citrus protected by plants. They support the plant’s natural ability to protect against environmental stress by maintaining moisture and reducing oxidation. | $250M | Series E | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Shef | Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps local cooks to make a meaningful income from home by selling authentic, homemade dishes to their neighbors. The company was founded by Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia in 2019 and operates in seven markets, including San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles. | $20M | Series A | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| Apeel Sciences | Apeel Sciences produces products including avocados, apples, mangos, cucumbers, and citrus protected by plants. They support the plant’s natural ability to protect against environmental stress by maintaining moisture and reducing oxidation. | $250M | Series D | May 26, 2020 |  |
| Impossible Foods | Impossible Foods focuses on developing plant-based substitutes for meat, dairy, and fish products. It selects specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate the experience of meats and dairy products. Founded by Patrick Brown and Monte Casino in 2011, Impossible Foods is headquartered in Redwood City, California. | $500M | Series F | Mar 16, 2020 |  |
| Sandbox VR | Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience.The company combines motion capture in real time with virtual reality technology to create a new medium that is the closest thing to the Star Trek holodeck that exists. The company was founded in 2016 and has presence in the Bay Area and HongKong | $11M | Series A | Oct 22, 2019 |  |
| Impossible Foods | Impossible Foods focuses on developing plant-based substitutes for meat, dairy, and fish products. It selects specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate the experience of meats and dairy products. Founded by Patrick Brown and Monte Casino in 2011, Impossible Foods is headquartered in Redwood City, California. | $300M | Series E | May 01, 2019 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Viking Global Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viking-global-investors) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Temasek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temasek) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gic) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mirae Asset](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirae-asset-global-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tao Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tao-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Capitol Records

VC Fund · New York, United States

Capitol Records is an American record label part of the Capitol Music Group and a wholly owned division of the Universal Music Group.

5 contacts available at Capitol Records.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katy Perry | Singer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katy-perry |
| Buddy DeSylva | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buddy-desylva |
| Glenn Wallichs | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glenn-wallichs |
| Johnny Mercer | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnny-mercer |
| Modi Oyewole | Senior Director of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/modi-oyewole |

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## FAQ

### What does Katy Perry invest in?

Katy Perry invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Digital Entertainment and Local startups, most often at Series A and Series E stage. Most of the 8 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 Katy Perry's check size?

Katy Perry typically joins rounds of $11M–$20M at Series A and $250M–$300M at Series E. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Katy Perry participates in.

### When did Katy Perry last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Katy Perry closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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