Kurt Seidensticker
Founder of Starshot Ventures
Kurt Seidensticker
Founder of Starshot Ventures
Miami Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Principal, Founder
2022 - Current
We invest in and build subversive and energetic brands in wellness, consumer-packaged-goods, and consumer technology.
Founder
2014
Founder & CEO
2014 - 2022
Founded and led the collagen revolution that is Vital Proteins.
Managing Director
2003 - 2016
Early stage venture capital investing in innovative and creative individuals who are developing companies in high growth sectors of technology, e-commerce, health, fitness, wellness, and consumer products goods industries. Recognized by Internet Retailer as Top-50 Innovator in e-commerce.
Director
1997 - 2016
Director of Company and Enterprise Consulting Services. Provided strategic leadership of teams of 100+ individuals within Fortune 500 companies and investment banks, designed and lead the development of the technology landscape through digital transformation and mitigating risks by setting operational standards and promoting cross-functional collaboration. Defined creative and digital strategies. Enabled large corporations to be more efficient, more agile, and better able to deliver innovative products and services through multiple channels. Awarded Top 50 Innovator in e-Commerce.
Director
1999 - 2016
Provide leadership in corporate strategy, marketing and business development delivering enterprise-class data center services to businesses of all sizes. Managing the datacenter, infrastructure operations and customer-service teams.
Enterprise Consultant
2013 - 2014
Provided strategic consulting on organizational integration of portfolio of service offerings that were developed or acquired to enable a common integrated service offerings to construction management companies.
Enterprise Consulting
2011 - 2011
Provided strategic consulting on multiple projects, advised senior management, project management and technology teams, provided designs and strategies to transform critical operations within the organization to delivery innovative products and services to their customers.
Enterprise Consulting
2007 - 2009
Provide leadership across the organization by advising, reviewing and approving architectural, operational, and solution strategies across the enterprise, small business insurance, and risk control programs.
Digital Marketing Consultant/Joint Venture Partner
2005 - 2007
• Provided creative leadership and design of e-commerce website of subsidiary to transform the organization from a startup to market segment leader in 2 years. • Kurt's work was recognized as a Top 50 Innovator in e-commerce in 2006 by Internet Retailer. • Lead digital advertising, SEO, SEM, E-mail marketing, and online creative strategy; Developed influencer strategy with celebrity chef's to promote the brand. • Defined order processing, warehouse management, inventory management, and organizational processes to improve corporate earnings, inefficiencies, and customer satisfaction.
Enterprise Consulting
2003 - 2006
• Innovated and architected Northern's market leading trade processing portfolio for equities, bonds, foreign exchange, money market, and derivatives for brokers and investment managers; Processed $20B in trades daily; • Transformed Northern's revenue stream for Corporate and Institutional customers ensuring management fees are accurately modelled and conveyed in contract agreements as well as consistently configured within Northern's invoicing systems. • Digitally transformed Northern's capabilities for trading and processing U.S. Government and Agency securities which are held by the Federal Reserve and processed through the National Book Entry System (NBES)
Education
Graduate Studies
1988 - 1989
Graduate Studies
1990 - 1993
B.S.
1983 - 1988