# Stage 1 Fund

> Stage 1 Fund is a VC fund in Anaheim backing Consumer Goods and Beauty. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Anaheim, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $5M
- Last fund: May 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.stageonefinancial.com/welcome-1

Stage 1 Fund is a VC fund in Anaheim focused on Consumer Goods and Beauty. Over the past 7 years, Stage 1 Financial has organically built a platform that generates validated deal flow. No longer do we wish to only support the investment process, but be part of it. Meet Stage 1 Fund, which will allow us to leverage the Stage 1 Financial platform to invest in great brands alongside very successful investment partners.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Stage 1 Fund. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Stage 1 Fund. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/stage-1-fund?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$6.6M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consumer Goods | 6 | 35% |
| Beauty | 5 | 29% |
| Retail | 4 | 24% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 24% |
| Personal Health | 4 | 24% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 35% |
| Series A | 6 | 35% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 12% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Morad | FUND OPERATING PARTNER | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-morad |
| David Bartholomew | PARTNER, FUND MANAGER | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-bartholomew-ac5a |
| Guy Johnson | FUND ADVISOR | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-johnson-1591 |
| Jeremy Triefenbach | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-triefenbach |
| Katy Triefenbach | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katy-triefenbach |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ellis Brooklyn | Ellis Brooklyn manufactures and sells sophisticated, multilayered scents that are phthalate- and paraben-free, enabling consumers to buy customized perfumes and moisturizers from the company's online store. | $9M | Series A | Oct 06, 2023 |  |
| G.O.A.T. Fuel | G.O.A.T. Fuel develops and promotes health-forward products. It offers energy drinks with various flavors and nutrients to consumers. G.O.A.T. Fuel is based in Texas, USA. | $5M | Seed | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Bond Pet Foods | Bond Pet Foods makes pet food from real animal protein, without the animal by working with biotechnology. Bond Pet Foods develops meat proteins obtained from animal cells (no slaughter required) and natural microbes. It is fed a nutrient-rich broth of vitamins, sugars, and minerals in fermentation tanks, without the pharmaceuticals.Bond Pet Foodswas founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $17.5M | Series A | Jun 24, 2022 |  |
| Crown Affair | Crown Affair is a haircare brand that develops haircare products and hair tools for daily maintenance, styling, and scalp care routines. The company offers shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, styling creams, repair treatments, towels, combs, and brushes intended to support different hair textures and care preferences. Its product line includessulfate-free and paraben-free formulations, along with non-aerosol styling and cleansing products for scalp and strand management. The company also provides educational content and haircare guidance focused on washing, air drying, hydration, detangling, and long-term hair maintenance practices. Crown Affair distributes products through direct-to-consumer channels and retail partnerships while supporting digital tools such as hair quizzes and product matching experiences. Its offerings are used for everyday hair cleansing, conditioning, repair, styling, and texture management across multiple hair types. | $5M | Series A | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Crown Affair | Crown Affair is a haircare brand that develops haircare products and hair tools for daily maintenance, styling, and scalp care routines. The company offers shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, styling creams, repair treatments, towels, combs, and brushes intended to support different hair textures and care preferences. Its product line includessulfate-free and paraben-free formulations, along with non-aerosol styling and cleansing products for scalp and strand management. The company also provides educational content and haircare guidance focused on washing, air drying, hydration, detangling, and long-term hair maintenance practices. Crown Affair distributes products through direct-to-consumer channels and retail partnerships while supporting digital tools such as hair quizzes and product matching experiences. Its offerings are used for everyday hair cleansing, conditioning, repair, styling, and texture management across multiple hair types. | $5M | Series A | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Spudsy | Spudsy is a brand that offers sweet potato puffs are a guilt-free, crunchy, and tasty snack. The products are packed with vitamins and minerals that provide many important health benefits. It also innovates good-for-you and good for the world, superfood snacks that never compromise on taste, nutrition, or sustainability.Spudsy was founded inDecember 2017 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, USA. | $3.3M | Series A | Sep 30, 2021 |  |
| ScotchPorter | ScotchPorters is an e-commerce company that provides men's grooming products for their beard, skin, and hair care. When Calvin Quallis left the comfort of his cushy desk job this year Jerry Maguire-style to pursue his dream of creating the ultimate beard-grooming line, he did so with the intent of making the most stylishly accessible productsin the game. |  | Convertible Note | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Freck Beauty | We seek to empower and promote the creatives, beauty gurus & entrepreneurs that surround us. |  | Seed | Oct 25, 2020 |  |
| Spudsy | Spudsy is a brand that offers sweet potato puffs are a guilt-free, crunchy, and tasty snack. The products are packed with vitamins and minerals that provide many important health benefits. It also innovates good-for-you and good for the world, superfood snacks that never compromise on taste, nutrition, or sustainability.Spudsy was founded inDecember 2017 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, USA. |  | Series A | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Bond Pet Foods | Bond Pet Foods makes pet food from real animal protein, without the animal by working with biotechnology. Bond Pet Foods develops meat proteins obtained from animal cells (no slaughter required) and natural microbes. It is fed a nutrient-rich broth of vitamins, sugars, and minerals in fermentation tanks, without the pharmaceuticals.Bond Pet Foodswas founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $1.3M | Convertible Note | Aug 26, 2020 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lever VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lever-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Montage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/montage-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Money Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-money-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rose Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rose-street-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sidekick Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidekick-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Silas Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silas-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Stage 1 Fund invest in?

Stage 1 Fund invests primarily in Consumer Goods, Beauty and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 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 Stage 1 Fund's check size?

Stage 1 Fund typically joins rounds of $5M–$6.6M at Seed and $3.3M–$18M 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 Stage 1 Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Stage 1 Fund?

Public channels for Stage 1 Fund include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Stage 1 Fund?

The team at Stage 1 Fund includes Dan Morad (FUND OPERATING PARTNER), David Bartholomew (PARTNER, FUND MANAGER) and Guy Johnson (FUND ADVISOR), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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