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CAVU Venture Partners

Founders Brett Thomas Clayton Christopher Rohan Oza

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Total investments 36
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$23M
Portfolio companies 25
Rounds per year 4.00
Lead investments 15
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 5
Key employees 1

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • Health Care
  • Food Processing
  • Consumer Goods
  • Manufacturing
Summary

The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the CAVU Venture Partners, startups are often financed by 301 INC, PowerPlant Ventures, CircleUp Growth Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are 301 INC, General Mills, Waverley Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by 301 INC, Trinity Ventures, Total Access Fund.

The fund was created by Brett Thomas.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Consumer Goods, Food Processing. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Bulletproof, Kite Hill, Once Upon a Farm.

The top activity for fund was in 2016. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 42 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Native Pet

Food and Beverage
Pet
$11M10 Aug 2023 City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Beekeeper's Naturals

Alternative Medicine
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$14M15 Jun 2023 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Topicals

Beauty
Cosmetics
Health Care
$10M10 Nov 2022 Santa Monica, California, United States

Poppi

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Health Care
Manufacturing
$25M17 Oct 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Native Pet

Food and Beverage
Pet
$6M24 Mar 2022 City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Made by Nacho

Animal Feed
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
$14M23 Feb 2022 New York, New York, United States

Beekeeper's Naturals

Alternative Medicine
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
01 Jan 2020 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Skinny Dipped Almonds

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Snack Food
$14M01 Aug 2019 Seattle, Washington, United States

Once Upon a Farm

Baby
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Snack Food
$20M09 Oct 2018 San Diego, California, United States
News
Russell Westbrook, Chainsmokers join group pouring $13.5M into prebiotic soda brand Poppi

– Poppi, a prebiotic soda brand, raised $13.5m in Series A2 funding.
– The participants in the round were CAVU Ventures and sports and entertainment celebrities like Russell Westbrook, the Chainsmokers, 24kGoldn, Kygo, Halsey, Kevin Love, Ellie Goulding, Olivia Munn, Nicole Scherzinger, Chantel Jeffries, Bryce Hall, Noah Beck, Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson and Blake Gray.
– The company is on a mission to lead in the new category of “functional soda” by offering a better-for-you product that also tastes good.

Obé Fitness raises $15M for its personality-driven exercise platform

– Obé Fitness, a fitness platform, raised $15m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by CAVU Venture Partners and featured Athleta, Samsung Next, Wheelhouse Entertainment and WW International along with previous investors Cassius Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment and BDMI.
– It brings Obé to a valuation of $100m.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its content library and grow its user base.

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Total investments 36
Average round size 23M
Rounds per year 4.00
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 15
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.67

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Native Pet

Food and Beverage
Pet
$11M10 Aug 2023 City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Beekeeper's Naturals

Alternative Medicine
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$14M15 Jun 2023 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Topicals

Beauty
Cosmetics
Health Care
$10M10 Nov 2022 Santa Monica, California, United States

Poppi

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Health Care
Manufacturing
$25M17 Oct 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States

Native Pet

Food and Beverage
Pet
$6M24 Mar 2022 City of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Made by Nacho

Animal Feed
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
$14M23 Feb 2022 New York, New York, United States

Beekeeper's Naturals

Alternative Medicine
Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
01 Jan 2020 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Skinny Dipped Almonds

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Snack Food
$14M01 Aug 2019 Seattle, Washington, United States

Once Upon a Farm

Baby
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Snack Food
$20M09 Oct 2018 San Diego, California, United States
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