Kurt Seidensticker

Founder & Managing Partner, Starshot Ventures & Vital Proteins

Kurt’s unmatched success and deep knowledge of the wellness industry has established him as one of the foremost entrepreneurs in CPG today.

An industry disruptor and serial entrepreneur, Kurt Seidensticker started his professional career as a rocket scientist at NASA, designing missions and training astronauts how to fly the space shuttle. He went on to pioneer the first generation of cell phone networks and the internet backbone we use today.

After being recognized as one of the Top 50 Innovators in E-Commerce, he shifted his focus to his true passion of entrepreneurial wellness - leading him to his most successful venture: Vital Proteins.

After exiting the category-defining brand to Nestle Health Sciences in 2022 - the most successful supplement exit in history - Kurt looked to venture capital as a way to innovate the wellness category at greater scale.

Today, Kurt’s venture firm, Starshot Ventures, has successfully developed 5 disruptive supplement and food companies and committed capital and operational support to the accelerated growth of multiple consumer products brands.

Kurt’s unmatched success and deep knowledge of the wellness industry has established him as one of the foremost entrepreneurs in CPG today.