Stella Capital
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Stella Capital is a operator-led venture capital fund investing in the infrastructure of everyday life. We are a spin-off from an Asian and U.S. based family office with deep experience in commodities brokering, commercial real-estate, equities, and distressed asset investments. This heritage has taught us the value of patient capital and the importance of building resilient businesses. Our mission is to back exceptional founders who are reimagining how people live, earn, move, eat and transact. We look for repeat-use, “hidden infrastructure” across SMB operating systems, embedded finance, modern supply chains and consumer essentials, companies whose products quietly enable everyday activities. By partnering early and applying our own operating experience, we help these businesses go from 0 to 1 and build compounding moats. We are early stage investors, while also strategically participating in select growth stage, secondary, and film & media opportunities where we see differentiated value. As an operator-led venture capital firm, we deploy flexible capital across North America and the Asia Pacific to partner with founders building durable companies with strong long term cash flow potential.
- Total investments:
- 39
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Stella Capital invests in
Stages Stella Capital invests in
Countries Stella Capital invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $320k–$9M
- Series A
- $725k–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 6 (15%)
- Consumer Goods 5 (13%)
- Software 3 (8%)
- E-Commerce 3 (8%)
- Manufacturing 3 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (33%)
- Series A 6 (15%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (8%)
- Series B 2 (5%)
Country
- United States 20 (51%)
- Hong Kong 2 (5%)
- United Kingdom 2 (5%)
- Ghana 1 (3%)
- Taiwan 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healez is a skincare brand focused on acne care. Its products are formulated around hypochlorous acid (HOCl), an ingredient used in skincare for gentle cleansing. Healez offers products for people with acne-prone skin and aims to make acne care simple and accessible. | $98K / Pre-Seed / Oct 05, 2026 | ||
| Buddy Bites focuses on providing convenient and healthy dog food, delivered directly to customers' doors. | $1M / Seed / Apr 28, 2025 | ||
Sino Indo Pacific Group
|
Sino Indo Pacific Group in Functional Snacks for Mass Market Indonesia | Pre-Seed / Mar 31, 2025 | |
| Lick building a disruptive home decor brand that is obsessed with helping people transform their home with ease and a smile. | Series B / Mar 30, 2025 | ||
| Ascend 24/7 travel concierge membership that helps frequent travelers save time and money. | Seed / Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Gourmet Master is a supplier of bakery products. They provide products that include food, coffee, cakes, and dairy products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. | Post-IPO Equity / Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Empowering institutions with educational assessment AI. | Series A / Oct 16, 2024 | ||
In The Clouds
|
A six-year-old Iranian refugee, Sara, sneaks out with her sister to explore their new London estate. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2024 | |
| Veygo is a car rental company that focuses on making car rentals more accessible for student renters. | Seed / Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Oze brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an Oze Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOze to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 150,000 registered users, Oze is the largest online community of SMEs in West Africa. The most exciting thing is that Oze works; 97% of businesses that have used Oze for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both! | Seed / May 10, 2024 | ||
| See all 39 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Stella Capital invest in?
Stella Capital invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Stella Capital invest in?
Stella Capital typically joins rounds of $320k–$9M at Seed and $725k–$10M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Stella Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Stella Capital took part in.
When did Stella Capital last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Stella Capital closed in Oct 2026. Shizune tracks 39 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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