# Steve Mech

> Steve Mech is a seed investor at CSA Partners LLC (Milwaukee) backing Manufacturing and Pet. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CSA Partners LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/csa-partners-llc)
- Location: Milwaukee, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-mech-8135a27

Steve Mech is a Managing Director at CSA Partners LLC.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 67% |
| Pet | 1 | 33% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

## 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. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 14, 2023 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightstar-wisconsin-found) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evergreen Climate Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-trust-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connetic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connetic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [gANGELS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gangels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [gener8tor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gener8tor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MaSa Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masa-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CSA Partners LLC

VC Fund · Milwaukee, United States

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.

2 contacts available at CSA Partners LLC.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Mech invest in?

Steve Mech invests primarily in Manufacturing, Pet and Music startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Steve Mech last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Mech closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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