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CSA Partners LLC

Founders Brian Taffora Chris Abele Pat Farley Steve Mech

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Total investments 34
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 25
Rounds per year 3.09
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.26
Exits 3
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • Analytics
  • Lifestyle
  • E-Commerce
Summary

CSA Partners LLC is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Milwaukee.

The important activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The average startup value when the investment from CSA Partners LLC is 1-5 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this CSA Partners LLC works on 13 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 9 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

This organization was formed by Brian Taffora, Chris Abele, Pat Farley, Steve Mech. Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Advertising. 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 Scanalytics, ReviewTrackers, Understory. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the CSA Partners LLC, startups are often financed by True Ventures, SK Ventures, RRE Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are gener8tor, Angels on the Water, 4490 Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by 4490 Ventures, gener8tor, True Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

EVEN

Blockchain
Music
$2M18 Mar 2024 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

EVEN

Blockchain
Music
$2M14 Apr 2023 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Pet Krewe

Manufacturing
$567K14 Feb 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Wildwonder

Food and Beverage
$2M15 Sep 2021 South San Francisco, California, United States

Agricycle

Agriculture
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Product Management
Sustainability
Waste Management
$2M01 Sep 2021 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Elena Velez

Fashion
Lifestyle
01 Feb 2021 New York, New York, United States

Highview Solutions

Cloud Data Services
Software
Software Engineering
10 Sep 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

B/2BNOW

Computer Vision
22 Jul 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Bright Cellars

Lifestyle
Service Industry
Wine And Spirits
$8M07 Mar 2019 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Total investments 34
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 3.09
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.26
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.68

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

EVEN

Blockchain
Music
$2M18 Mar 2024 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

EVEN

Blockchain
Music
$2M14 Apr 2023 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Pet Krewe

Manufacturing
$567K14 Feb 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Wildwonder

Food and Beverage
$2M15 Sep 2021 South San Francisco, California, United States

Agricycle

Agriculture
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Product Management
Sustainability
Waste Management
$2M01 Sep 2021 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Elena Velez

Fashion
Lifestyle
01 Feb 2021 New York, New York, United States

Highview Solutions

Cloud Data Services
Software
Software Engineering
10 Sep 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

B/2BNOW

Computer Vision
22 Jul 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Bright Cellars

Lifestyle
Service Industry
Wine And Spirits
$8M07 Mar 2019 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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