CO

Consumer IoT Fund

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $750K

Portfolio

40+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage consumer IoT products that enhance everyday life through connected technology.

Meet the Team

JS

Jason Starr

Managing Director

operations
technology
venture capital
private equity

Jason has over two decades of experience spanning operations, technology, venture capital, and private equity. He is the founder of Consumer Ventures™, a venture capital firm focused on investing in and building emerging consumer brands and companies. Before Consumer Ventures™, Jason was the fund manager at CircleUp in San Francisco, through which he invested in dozens of consumer ventures. Prior to CircleUp, Jason spent over eight years at Winona Capital Management, a consumer-focused private equity firm in Chicago with over $300 million under management. Before Winona, Jason worked at venture capital firm Opus Capital in Silicon Valley and was a founder or early employee at several high-tech start-ups in Denver including BoldTech Systems, a 'Deloitte Tech Fast 50' and 'Inc. 500' company that was acquired by Perficient (NASDAQ PRFT).

DC

David Chen

Founding Partner

consumer IoT
hardware
JB

Jeff Brezek

Operating Partner

sales
executive experience
private equity

Jeff is an Operating Partner at Consumer Ventures with over twenty years of sales and executive experience with both public and privately held organizations including over 10 years of working with Private Equity sponsors. Jeff is currently the CEO and Executive Chairman of Inovar Packaging, one of the premier digital printing companies in North America (backed by AEA Investors and acquired by Kelso & Company). Before Inovar, Jeff was President & CEO of Fort Dearborn Company, a leading supplier of packaging and label solutions with 15 manufacturing facilities and 1,700 employees.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech
Consumer
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

B2B SaaS

Portfolio Companies (40)

Other

CO

ConnectedLiving

IoT
SM

SmartWave

consumer hardware
AL

Alder Apparel

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AD

Adgile Media Group

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AU

Aura Bora

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AW

Awakened Foods

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BA

Baboon to the Moon

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BA

Back to the Roots

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BE

Betr Remedies

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CA

Caraway

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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