Kathryn Beaton

Brand Builder, CEO & Operator | Functional Beauty, Longevity & Wellness

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2022
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Angel Investor
Oct 2022
Our mission is to bring curbside EV charging to cities across the U.S. and advance the adoption of electric vehicles. --- By partnering with property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity, we give them the option to earn a passive income while making it easier for everyone to charge EVs. --- Increased access to affordable public charging not only encourages the adoption of EVs, but leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. --- *Its Electric is currently not authorized to operate or use public streets in New York City, and deployment of our hardware is dependent on approval from governing agencies.
Angel Investor
Aug 2022
Venus Aerospace has built the first generational improvement in rocket engine technology since the Apollo missions. After the fastest and most capital-efficient rocket engine development in history, on May 14, 2025, Venus executed the first ever test flight of a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), ushering in the future of rocket propulsion.
Angel Investor
Apr 2022
Guided by a French approach to beauty, Doré is a super simple line of skincare designed for less time in the mirror and more time in the moment.
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2025
Partner
May 2025
We help funds invest smarter and scale faster - while helping founders sharpen their vision and accelerate execution. Capital get culture. Founders get growth. Everyone wins.
2024
Partner
Jul 2024
Long Run is a consumer advisory and venture studio focused on building iconic, purpose-driven brands for the long run. Our advisory arm acts as co-founders, helping founders bring their ideas to life and beyond. We also work with existing brands to perfect their strategies across all areas of the business, enabling them to achieve their next level of growth. Additionally, Long Run provides venture and operating partner services to venture, growth, and private equity funds. Our venture studio develops next-generation concepts in key consumer sectors, including retail/e-commerce (with a focus on beauty and apparel), fitness, health/wellness, and the care economy. We aim to provide strategic support to the companies we incubate, ensuring they are well-positioned for success from the start.
2023
Co-Founder, Chief Brand Officer
Apr 2023
Established in 2023 by Co-Founders Caroline Kusnetz and Kathryn Beaton, GRYT is a movement (disguised as personal care)dedicated to empowering tweens and teens to build healthy mind-body habits that are foundational to achieving a sense of self-efficacy, resilience, and a place of leadership. Modern adolescents face a rising amount of social/emotional challenges and external stressors - particularly post-pandemic - increasing feelings of anxiety, depression, and isolation. Starting with a lineup of skincare specifically designed for puberty-related complexion fluctuations, GRYT is stepping in to equip parents and teens alike for long-term success with access to made-for-teens/tweens self-care products, educational resources, community involvement initiatives, and more. Shop now at gotgryt.com and follow @GotGryt on Instagram for a daily dose of GRYT. GRYT - /grit/ (noun): Strength, determination, and courage. Powering your way into adulthood one small perfectly-imperfect step at a time.
2022
Angel Investor
Oct 2022
Our mission is to bring curbside EV charging to cities across the U.S. and advance the adoption of electric vehicles. --- By partnering with property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity, we give them the option to earn a passive income while making it easier for everyone to charge EVs. --- Increased access to affordable public charging not only encourages the adoption of EVs, but leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. --- *Its Electric is currently not authorized to operate or use public streets in New York City, and deployment of our hardware is dependent on approval from governing agencies.
Angel Investor
Aug 2022
Venus Aerospace has built the first generational improvement in rocket engine technology since the Apollo missions. After the fastest and most capital-efficient rocket engine development in history, on May 14, 2025, Venus executed the first ever test flight of a high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), ushering in the future of rocket propulsion.
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