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Capstar Partners

405 W 14th St, Austin, TX, 78701, United States

Overview

Capstar Partners, LLC is a private investment firm based in Austin, Texas. Capstar Partners participates in small and middle market buyouts, real estate development, and public investing. Since 2000, Capstar has invested in a broad range of industries including media and broadcasting, healthcare services, e-commerce, financial services and real estate.

Total investments
4
Lead investments
2
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
1

Sector focus

  • Financial Services
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Investment portfolio

  • Watershed Health

    Participated · Equity · May 2024

    Watershed Health offers a real-time care coordination SaaS platform that becomes the single point of connection among a patient’s clinical and non-clinical providers to reduce costs and improve outcomes. The platform supplies a shared patient record with curated, real-time clinical data, social determinants of health, and contact information, and it integrates with existing EHRs and HIEs. Watershed is HITRUST-certified and supports HIPAA compliance, while generating proprietary quality measures and a virtual workspace for provider communication and care-plan execution. Current customers include four out of six major US health plans and thousands of providers delivering care to more than five million patients. Founded in 2013 to help the Alabama Gulf Coast region, the company has expanded geographically and plans to scale across the United States. The new capital will be used to meet payer and provider demand and to grow engineering, development, customer success and sales teams.

  • Wellnicity

    Led · Seed · Jan 2018

    Wellnicity is an Austin-based provider of consumer-driven at-home health test kits and professional-grade supplements. Its offering includes at-home test kits that enable people to find out what is going on in their body and daily supplement packs with six clinician-recommended regimens tailored to life stage, gender, and objectives. The company also provides one-on-one consultations with expert clinicians. Founded in Austin by Chief Science Officer Pam Machemehl Helmly and led by CEO Kerry Brooks, Wellnicity plans to use new funding to further develop its proprietary software platform, support go-to-market efforts, and invest in packaging and fulfillment capabilities. Financially, the company secured $3.6M in seed funding led by Capstar Partners.

  • Tiff's Treats

    Participated · Series D · Nov 2017

    Tiff's Treats is a direct-to-consumer, on-demand cookie and treats brand best known for baked-to-order warm cookie delivery. Customers can order online, via the Tiff's Treats app, or by phone; the menu features 11 core cookie flavors, limited-time flavors, brownies, and ice cream/milk pairings. The company operates 69 retail distribution locations across Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Oklahoma and employs more than 1,700 people. Since its founding in 1999 the business has baked more than 200 million cookies. The company recently closed the first tranche of a growth capital raise and is considering an additional tranche; the financing values Tiff's Treats at over $500 million. Tiff's Treats operates a warm cookie delivery and retail business, baking and delivering signature made‑to‑order cookies and brownies. The company is led by co‑founder and CEO Leon Chen. It operates stores across Texas and in Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte, North Carolina, with 59 locations total. This spring the company hired 500 new team members, bringing headcount to over 1,400. Tiff's Treats has raised $50M over the prior five years and most recently raised an additional $15M. The company says the new investment will help accelerate its nationwide expansion. Tiff’s Treats operates a warm cookie delivery concept that produces classic baked-to-order cookies and brownies and delivers them in about an hour in a branded box. Customers can order by phone, online, or via the Tiff’s Treats app. The company was founded in 1999 by Leon and Tiffany Taylor Chen and is based in Austin, Texas. As of the article, Tiff’s Treats has 34 stores across Texas and Georgia and more than 700 employees. The company plans to use new funding for further national expansion, continued investment in its technology ordering and delivery platform, and to support key new senior management hires. Tiff's Treats produces and delivers baked-to-order cookies and brownies for delivery to homes and offices, typically within about an hour. The company operates a retail-delivery model with stores that bake to fulfill local orders quickly. It intends to use the newly raised capital to accelerate retail expansion within Texas and into other U.S. markets. Founded in 1999 by Tiffany and Leon Chen (UT alumni from Richardson, TX), the business is based in Austin, Texas. At the time of the report the company operated 24 stores across Texas and Georgia, including Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The article confirms the company closed a new funding round to support its growth plans. Tiff’s Treats makes and delivers cookies and brownies to homes and offices, baking items fresh from premium ingredients and delivering them warm in about an hour. The company operates 18 stores across Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Founded in 1999, it emphasizes warm, fresh delivery packaged in a signature white box with a colorful ribbon. Tiff’s Treats intends to use new funding to continue growth and expand into new geographies beyond its current four Texas cities. The business model centers on fast local delivery and retail storefronts that fulfill neighborhood demand for warm-baked goods. No revenue or user figures were disclosed in the article.

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