Small to medium-sized enterprises contribute 60% of Indonesia’s gross domestic product. But companies in the D2C space still struggle to compete against bigger brands. Praktis wants to put them on […]
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Back to news homeHaus, a VC-backed aperitif startup, is up for sale after Series A falls through
Haus launched in 2019 as an answer to a generation’s craving for a more transparent alcohol brand, raising millions in venture funding from angels such as Casey Neistat, Away co-founder […]
Bigblue raises $15 million for its D2C order fulfillment service
French startup Bigblue has raised a $15 million Series A funding round. The company operates an order fulfillment platform for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. In other words, a D2C brand can […]
E-commerce aggregator Merama gets its horn after just 12 months in business
When it comes to investment in e-commerce aggregators in Latin America lately, when it rains, it pours. Merama, which acquires or launches Latin American digital brands, hit a $1.2 billion […]
Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow
Companies typically have to settle on strategies that align with their customers, employees, investors, and regulators. The more they know about how the other side will decide, the clearer their […]
It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money
Sindhya Valloppillil Contributor Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and […]
Extra Crunch roundup: Antitrust jitters, SPAC odyssey, white-hot IPOs, more
Some time ago, I gave up on the idea of finding a thread that connects each story in the weekly Extra Crunch roundup; there are no unified theories of technology […]
Why VC funding is falling out of favor with top D2C brands
Ali Kriegsman Contributor Ali Kriegsman is co-founder and COO of Bulletin, a B2B wholesale marketplace. A Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, her first book, “How to Build a Goddamn Empire,” […]