# Steven M. Taslitz

> Steven M. Taslitz is a funding round investor at Sterling Partners backing Music. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sterling Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sterling-partners)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-taslitz-6499138

Steven M. Taslitz is a funding round investor at Sterling Partners focused on Music and Medical. Steven co-founded Sterling in 1983 and is Chairman of the firm. Steven has been active in a number of non-profit organizations and educational charities, including the Illinois Board of Higher Education, President of the Glencoe Educational Foundation and the Investment Committee of the Jewish United Fund. He received a BS in Accountancy withHonors from the University of Illinois.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 2 | 29% |
| Medical | 2 | 29% |
| Wellness | 2 | 29% |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Audio | 1 | 14% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stationhead | Stationhead is the place for music fans & artists around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.Find your community:- Listen to your favorite artists and drive streams with a community of fans from around the world- Chat, request, and call-in live from anywhere on the planet- Join live moments with your favorite artistsHost the party:- Start a global station in seconds- Take the mic, play what you want, and reach anyone- Build your communityAssemble, listen, connect, party, talk, and play – on Stationhead. Download the free app today from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod |  |  | Jan 28, 2026 | http://stationhead.com |
| Mellomanic | Mellomanic is a music community platform to transform the relationship between artists and fans. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 01, 2024 | https://mellomanic.com |
| Stella | Stella’s treatment is built on a new understanding of PTSD and its causes. Dr Lipov, the Chief Medical Officer at Stella, is credited with innovating the Stellate Ganglion Block ("SGB") as an intervention for trauma symptoms.After experiencing trauma, the way our brain functions may change in dramatic ways. In some cases, we becomestuck in “fight or flight” mode - which can be observed in certain types of brain scans.It may be helpful to think about the sympathetic nervous system as being somewhat like an engine. Under normal conditions, we are in “neutral gear,” a relatively relaxed state not associated with feeling threatened. However, extreme stressors can shift and lock us into a higher gear, where we may remain for years or even decades. This state may involve “feeling constantly revved up and being unable to throttle down.” Common indicators of this altered biological state include symptoms like disrupted sleep, anger attacks, overwhelming panic, difficulties concentrating, a feeling of constantly being on “high alert”, and a strong startle response - in other words, the “hyper-arousal” cluster of post trauma symptoms.Stella’s adaptation of SGB involves injecting a widely available, commonly used anesthesia into a bundle of nerves in the neck, just above the collarbone. The injected medication has the short-term effect of soothing and “re-setting” the overactive nerves, operating in the same temporary way as the Novocaine administered by a dentist. To return to the earlier analogy, SGB seems to manually pop a “stuck gear” back into “neutral.” | $7M |  | May 09, 2023 | https://stellacenter.com/ |
| Stella Mental Health | Stella Mental Health is advancing what's possible in psychiatry—uniting traditional care, effective therapies, and evidence-based treatments to deliver the best outcomes for patients.Stella innovates like lives depend on it -- because they do. With a multidisciplinary team of board-certified physicians, advanced psychiatric nursepractitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists, and dedicated advocates, Stella integrates biological, psychological, and psychiatric approaches to deliver personalized care.Treatments include: Spravato (esketamine), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), deep TMS, accelerated TMS, the dual sympathetic reset DSR (an advanced stellate ganglion block SGB), ketamine therapy (infusion and IM), medication management and therapy. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 09, 2023 | https://stellamentalhealth.com/ |
| Mellomanic | Mellomanic is a music community platform to transform the relationship between artists and fans. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 20, 2020 | https://mellomanic.com |
| Cognitive Concepts | Cognitive Concepts is a company providing educational services and products. | $5M | Series B | Dec 14, 2000 | http://cognitiveconcepts.org |

6 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KB Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kb-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Portage Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portage-venture-partners-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sterling Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sterling-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sterling Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sterling-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Universal Music Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/universal-music-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sterling Partners

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Sterling Partners is a private equity firm with a history of generating extraordinary returns for their investors. With nearly $4 billion of capital under management, their investment strategy is to invest from $5 million to more than $150 million of equity in each company with which they partner. They invest in industries with positive, long-termtrends and bring their experience, expertise, and network in driving value to their portfolio companies. Their continued success is driven by Sterling's investment in an operationally-focused strategy, and by their unique team of industry veterans, operators, investors, strategy experts and human capital professionals.

5 contacts available at Sterling Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patrick Quay | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-quay |
| R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric | Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-christopher-hoehn-saric |
| Steven M. Taslitz | Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-m-taslitz |
| Brian Baxter | Controller | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-baxter-08b1 |
| Brian Peterson | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-peterson-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Steven M. Taslitz invest in?

Steven M. Taslitz invests primarily in Music, Medical and Wellness startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Steven M. Taslitz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steven M. Taslitz closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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