Emil Capital Partners

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 20, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jun 1, 2025	Juniper Square	$130.0M Series D	—	Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Nasdaq Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2025	Persona	$200.0M Series D	—	Abstract Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Balderton Capital, Bling Capital, C2 Investment, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Kevin Ding, Founders Fund, Greenoaks Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, Jigsaw VC, Kleiner Perkins, Motier Ventures, Origins, Outcast Ventures, Primitive Ventures, Quiet Capital, Ribbit Capital, Saga, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Kaushik Subramanian, Matt Bellamy, Mike Vernal, Samvit Ramadurgam, Scott Belsky, Sohail Prasad, Sue Xu, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Feb 1, 2023	Juniper Square	$130.0M Venture Round	—	Amplify Partners, B Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Nasdaq Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Slow Ventures, Tencent Holdings, Y Combinator, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Joe Greenstein, Kenny Van Zant, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Jan 1, 2023	No Meat Factory	$42.0M Series B	—	—
Apr 1, 2022	Synthesis School	$12.0M Venture Round	—	Alt Capital, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Glenn Solomon, Outcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Sarona Ventures, The Hit Forge, Balaji Srinivasan, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, James Beshara, Job Van Der Voort, Liu Jiang, Scott Belsky, Tobias Lutke, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Mar 1, 2022	Slingshot Aerospace	$25.0M Series A	—	6th Man Ventures, 7BC Venture Capital, Adjacent, Aperture Venture Capital, ATX Venture Partners, Blockchain Founders Fund, BootstrapLabs, Cultivation Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, Draper Associates, Alon Goren, Embedded Ventures, EVE Atlas, Far Out Ventures, Aniq Kassam, Gaingels, Glasswing Ventures, Good Growth Capital, Grit Ventures, Gutbrain Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Kohala Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Manutara Ventures, Paradigm, REFASHIOND Ventures, Revolution, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Tribe Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, Ultratech Capital Partners, Andrew Steinwold, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Hoda Eydgahi, Kyle Vogt, Kyle York, Sam Palmisano, Scot Wingo, Thomas Tull, Will Szczerbiak
Sep 1, 2021	PetFriendly	$6.0M Seed	—	Anterra Capital, High Alpha, Revolution
Sep 1, 2021	Persona	$150.0M Series C	—	Abstract Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Bling Capital, C2 Investment, Chemistry VC, Coatue, Contrary Capital, Kevin Ding, ENIAC Ventures, Founders Fund, Greenoaks Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, High Alpha, IVP, Jigsaw VC, Kleiner Perkins, Mangrove Capital Partners, NextView Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Primitive Ventures, Quiet Capital, Ribbit Capital, Saga, Sequoia Capital, ThirdLove, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Matt Bellamy, Mike Vernal, Samvit Ramadurgam, Scott Belsky, Sohail Prasad, Sue Xu, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Jul 1, 2021	Lithic	$60.0M Series C	—	01 Advisors, Accel, Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Backend Capital, Basecamp Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, CapitalG, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Elaia Partners, Flucas Ventures, Founders Fund, Gradient Ventures, Infinite Niches, Iris Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Prototype Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Scribble Ventures, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Sound Ventures, SV Angel, Tusk Venture Partners, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Alper Kiresepi, Anna Patterson, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Howard Charney, Kevin Weil, Moshe Lifschitz, Peter Hunn, Rudra Peram, Scott Belsky, Sue Xu, Tony Xu, Tyler Willis, William Hockey, Yagiz Sozmen, Zach Segal
May 1, 2021	Persona	$50.0M Series B	—	Amara VC, Bain Capital Ventures, Bond, BoxGroup, Chemistry VC, Coatue, Company Capital, Contrary Capital, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, High Alpha, IVP, Mangrove Capital Partners, Rick Yang, NextView Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Shine Capital, Spark Capital, Susquehanna Capital, ThirdLove, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, William Hockey
May 1, 2021	Lithic	$43.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, Accel, Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Backend Capital, Basecamp Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, CapitalG, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Elaia Partners, Flucas Ventures, Founders Fund, Gradient Ventures, Infinite Niches, Iris Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Prototype Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Scribble Ventures, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Sound Ventures, SV Angel, Tusk Venture Partners, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Alper Kiresepi, Anna Patterson, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Howard Charney, Kevin Weil, Moshe Lifschitz, Peter Hunn, Rudra Peram, Scott Belsky, Sue Xu, Tony Xu, Tyler Willis, William Hockey, Yagiz Sozmen, Zach Segal
May 1, 2021	Tea Drops	$5.0M Series A	—	7GC & Co, AF Ventures, BrandProject, EVE Atlas, Grotech Ventures, High Alpha, Initialized Capital, OCA Ventures, Siddhi Capital, Vitalize Venture Group, Jack Leeney
Nov 1, 2020	Cheribundi	$15.0M Series B	—	—
Oct 1, 2020	Slingshot Aerospace	$8.0M Series A	—	7BC Venture Capital, Aperture Venture Capital, ATX Venture Partners, BootstrapLabs, Cultivation Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, Draper Associates, EVE Atlas, Far Out Ventures, Gaingels, Glasswing Ventures, Good Growth Capital, Grit Ventures, Gutbrain Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, REFASHIOND Ventures, Revolution, Two Sigma Ventures, Ultratech Capital Partners, Anthony Pompliano, Hoda Eydgahi, Kyle York, Sam Palmisano, Scot Wingo, Thomas Tull, Will Szczerbiak
Jul 1, 2020	Lithic	$10.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, Abstract Ventures, Accel, Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Backend Capital, Rexhep Dollaku, Basecamp Fund, CapitalG, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Curie.Bio, Eunoia Capital Partners, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Flucas Ventures, Founders Fund, Fuse, Gradient Ventures, Infinite Niches, LifeX Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Operator Partners, Outcast Ventures, Prototype Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Ride Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Sound Ventures, SV Angel, Teamworthy Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Vera Equity, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Alper Kiresepi, Anna Patterson, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Howard Charney, James Beshara, Kevin Weil, Moshe Lifschitz, Peter Hunn, Rudra Peram, Scott Belsky, Sue Xu, Tony Xu, Tyler Willis, Vivek Garipalli, William Hockey, Yagiz Sozmen, Zach Segal
Mar 1, 2020	Slingshot Aerospace	$2.0M Seed	—	7BC Venture Capital, Aperture Venture Capital, ATX Venture Partners, BootstrapLabs, EVE Atlas, Gaingels, Good Growth Capital, Ingeborg Investments, REFASHIOND Ventures, Revolution, Two Sigma Ventures, Anthony Pompliano, Hoda Eydgahi, Sam Palmisano, Scot Wingo, Thomas Tull, Will Szczerbiak
Jan 1, 2020	Persona	$18.0M Series A	—	Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Founders Fund, Outcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, William Hockey
May 1, 2019	Noom	$58.0M Series E	—	Kevin Hartz, ACME Capital, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Arrive, Bolt, Brand Foundry Ventures, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, CrunchFund, DST Global, FirstMark Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Graypes GmbH, Greylock, Homebrew, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Glenn Solomon, Hans Tung, Outcast Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Quiet Capital, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Serena Ventures, Sound Ventures, Tampa Bay Ventures, TQ Ventures, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jabez Dewey, Jawed Karim, Jean-Sébastien Wallez, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey Lam, Jeremy Stoppelman, Kevin Colas, Lauren Loktev, Marcus Börner, Oliver Jung, Rashaun Williams, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2019	Slingshot Aerospace	$5.0M Seed	—	7BC Venture Capital, Aperture Venture Capital, ATX Venture Partners, BootstrapLabs, EVE Atlas, Gaingels, Good Growth Capital, Ingeborg Investments, REFASHIOND Ventures, Revolution, Two Sigma Ventures, Anthony Pompliano, Hoda Eydgahi, Sam Palmisano, Scot Wingo, Thomas Tull, Will Szczerbiak
Dec 1, 2018	Juniper Square	$25.0M Series B	—	Amplify Partners, B Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Outcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Slow Ventures, Tencent Holdings, Y Combinator, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Joe Greenstein, Kenny Van Zant, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Dec 1, 2018	Persona	$5.0M Series A	—	—
Dec 1, 2018	Northstar	$3.0M Seed	—	8VC, Adverb Ventures, American Express Ventures, Ascension Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Canaan Partners, Chemistry VC, Citi Ventures, Company Capital, Contrary Capital, Flucas Ventures, Founders Fund, F-Prime Capital Partners, Grotech Ventures, H.I.G. Capital, Jetstream, M13, MassMutual Ventures, Hans Tung, Outcast Ventures, Parade Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Howard Lindzon, Trust Fund, Weekend Fund, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Gautam Gupta, Jeremy Cai, John Kobs, Jonathan Swanson, Josh Elman, Nik Sharma, Ron Suber, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Tom Williams, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Nov 1, 2018	Woven	$5.0M Seed	—	AV8 Ventures, Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Founders Fund, Outcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Shasta Ventures, Dylan Field, Matt Coffin, Scott Belsky, Tom Blaisdell, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2017	Kidfresh	$10.0M Series B	—	—
Dec 1, 2016	Lithic	$2.0M Seed	—	Chemistry VC, Contrary Capital, Founders Fund, Outcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, William Hockey

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Emil Capital Partners.

Leadership Team

Key people at Emil Capital Partners.

Deep Dive

Emil Capital Partners, now rebranded as ECP Growth, is a growth-stage investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, focused on partnering with entrepreneurial businesses across the consumer value chain. Its mission centers on investing in companies with resilient categories and attractive growth fundamentals, particularly those enhancing human mobility, personalized health and wellness, and resource efficiency in daily living. ECP Growth targets companies generating over $10 million in revenue, providing investments between $5 million and $20 million, with an emphasis on ventures showing a clear path to profitability within 18 months. The firm’s investment philosophy is thematic, focusing on market transformations and evolving consumer needs to create long-term value[1][3].

Founded in 2011 in partnership with the Tengelmann Group—a family-owned consumer goods holding company with over 150 years of history—Emil Capital Partners was established by experienced operators including Christian Haub, CEO of Tengelmann. Over time, the firm evolved its focus toward growth-stage companies, culminating in its recent rebranding to ECP Growth in 2025 alongside the closing of its fourth fund with $100 million in committed capital. This evolution reflects a strategic shift to deepen its engagement with entrepreneurial businesses in North America’s consumer sectors[1][2][3].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Thematic approach targeting resilient consumer categories with strong growth fundamentals and clear profitability paths.
Network Strength: Backed by the Tengelmann Group’s extensive experience and legacy in consumer goods, providing deep market insights.
Track Record: Over a decade of investing in growth-stage companies with a disciplined focus on value creation.
Operating Support: Emphasis on partnering closely with entrepreneurs to scale businesses across B2B and B2C sectors.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

ECP Growth rides the trend of consumer-centric innovation, focusing on sectors driven by changing lifestyles, health consciousness, and sustainability. The timing aligns with increasing consumer demand for personalized, efficient, and mobility-enhancing solutions. Market forces such as digital transformation, health tech growth, and resource optimization create fertile ground for ECP’s investments. By supporting companies at the intersection of these trends, ECP Growth influences the broader ecosystem by accelerating the adoption of next-generation consumer products and technologies[1][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, ECP Growth is poised to deepen its impact by leveraging its thematic investment strategy to capture emerging opportunities in consumer innovation. Trends such as personalized wellness, sustainable living, and enhanced mobility will likely shape its portfolio evolution. As the firm continues to back companies with clear paths to profitability, its influence in shaping the future consumer landscape and driving long-term value creation is expected to grow, reinforcing its role as a key growth-stage partner in the North American market[1][3].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Thematic approach targeting resilient consumer categories with strong growth fundamentals and clear profitability paths.
Network Strength: Backed by the Tengelmann Group’s extensive experience and legacy in consumer goods, providing deep market insights.
Track Record: Over a decade of investing in growth-stage companies with a disciplined focus on value creation.
Operating Support: Emphasis on partnering closely with entrepreneurs to scale businesses across B2B and B2C sectors.