With offices in Los Angeles, New York and Austin, CAVU Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on consumer packaged goods sector. In their investments, they look for ideas they consider new and entrepreneurs excited by them.
CAVU Venture Partners has made investments in Health-Ade, Good Culture, Hippeas, Kite Hill, Once Upon A Farm, Kettle & Fire, REBBL, Vital Proteins, Chef's Cut Real Jerky, and High Brew Coffee.
CAVU Venture Partners raised their first fund, coming in January 2016, and called CAVU Venture Partners Fund I, raised $156 million. In January, 2017, they raised $209 million for their CAVU Venture Partners Fund II. And in August 2019, they announced their CAVU Venture Partners Fund III for which they sought to raise $250 million.
CAVU Venture Partners also raised $1.575 million for the GFR Investors Fund in July 2018. And in September 2019, they raised $2 million for the GFR Investors Fund II.
Timeline
Funded Companies
A manufacturing company making plant-based dairy products out of almond milk.
A company making jerky products in New York City, New York.
Once Upon A Farm is a Berkeley, California-based company.
Associated investment funds
People
Andrew Haynes
Creative Director
Bader Alam
Senior Vice President
Bella Filer
Chief Financial Officer
Brett Thomas
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Clayton Christopher
Co-Founder and Advisor
Jacqueline (Loken) Dunklau
Vice President
Jamie Schwartz
Senior Associate
Jared Jacobs
Vice President
Jay Carroll
Senior Associate
John Denny
VP, Digital & Commerce
Mike Ferry
Operating Partner
Rohan Oza
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Stevie Clements
Director, Brand Development
Todd Bondy
Vice President