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BAM Ventures’ Shamin Walsh On The Financial Discipline Of Early-Stage Consumer Investing
For early-stage consumer brands in BAM Ventures’ portfolio, the firm often represents a pivotal milestone: their first institutional investor. It takes that position seriously, acting as a bridge between scrappy beginnings, when product-market fit is still...
How Inflexion Helped Engineer Medik8’s Historic $1.1B Exit To L’Oréal
Casual observers of the beauty industry were undoubtedly astounded when L’Oréal announced in June it was buying Medik8, a 16-year-old British skincare brand with a great reputation, but hardly Rhode-level frenzy. But those not...
After Hero Cosmetics’ Exit, Aria Growth Partners Seeks Repeat Success With $152M Second Fund
Aria Growth Partners was one of the heroes in the trajectory of Hero Cosmetics, the maker of Mighty Patch that it invested in four years ago and helped sell to Church & Dwight for...
Bullish’s Mike Duda On CPG’s New Unconventional Founders, That Coldplay Concert, His Med-Spa Bet And Bullish Outlook
Mike Duda was at that Coldplay concert. “I can’t believe I’m admitting I went to a Coldplay concert, but actually it was good. It’s probably going to be on my LinkedIn bio,” he laughs, remembering the big...
Sugar Capital Raises $75M Third Fund As Its Co-Founder Declares “Consumer Is Back”
Sugar Capital co-founder Brian Sugar has declared consumer is back—and he’s on the attack. His early-stage venture capital firm is due to close a $75 million third fund by the...
Greycroft’s Brian Bustamante-Nicholson On His Mass Market Focus, The Agentic Web And Brand Durability
Greycroft, the 19-year-old early-stage venture capital firm crossing consumer and technology, has been bolstering its consumer bench. After Katherine Power, who’s had founding roles in Versed, Merit, Avaline and Who What Wear, became a partner in...
