CSA Partners is a
venture capital
Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...
fund backed by
Chris Abele
Christopher Seton Abele (born January 28, 1967) is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. He served as the 6th Milwaukee County Executive from 2011 to 2020. Abele is the son of American businessman John Abele, the co-founder ...
,
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County is located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, and the 45th most populous coun ...
Executive, and former president and CEO of the
Argosy Foundation
The Argosy Foundation, founded in 1997, is currently based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was formerly known as the Abele Family Charitable Trust.
History
The foundation was established in 1995 with a $9 million endowment from John Abele. In 2002, i ...
Abele invested 10 million dollars into the fund. The firm leases 35,000 square feet at remodelled space inside the historic
John Pritzlaff Hardware Company
The John Pritzlaff Hardware Company is a complex of Italianate-styled buildings built from 1875 to 1919, a remnant of what was for years the largest wholesale hardware business in Milwaukee and the region. In 2013 the buildings were listed on the N ...
building.
CSA Partners hosts the monthly "1 Million Cups" start up showcase.
Investments
CSA's portfolio includes
EatStreet,
PrettyLitter, Spirit Shop, Scanalytics Inc. and Review Trackers.
[
]
See also
* Argosy Foundation
The Argosy Foundation, founded in 1997, is currently based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was formerly known as the Abele Family Charitable Trust.
History
The foundation was established in 1995 with a $9 million endowment from John Abele. In 2002, i ...
* BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation
* Gener8tor
* Ward 4 (Milwaukee, WI startup accelerator space)
* Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
* Wisconsin Investment Partners
* Business incubator
Business incubator is an organization that helps startup companies and individual entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by providing a fullscale range of services starting with management training and office space and ending with venture ca ...
* Seed accelerator
Startup accelerators, also known as seed accelerators, are fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day. While traditional business incubators are often g ...
* Techstars
* Y Combinator (company)
Y Combinator (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator launched in March 2005. It has been used to launch more than 3,000 companies, including Airbnb, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash, Dropbox, Instacart, Quora, PagerDuty, Reddit, Str ...
References
External links
*
Organizations based in Milwaukee
Venture capital firms of the United States
{{Company-stub