D2C
Praktis lands $20M to help Indonesian D2C brands handle their supply chains
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 a
Ronbow nabs $10M to deliver custom cabinets in as short as 3 weeks
California-based startup, Ronbow, wants to shorten delivery times and reduce the costs of customized cabinets with its proprietary design and manufacturing software.
India shipping logistics giant Shipyaari exposed customer data
Shipyaari, a Mumbai-based software company that offers shipping logistics to major consumer brands, exposed the personal data of thousands of its customers because of a months-long spill of its intern
Haus, 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 Jen Rubio an
Athleisure icon Ty Haney raises $9.8M in fresh funding for her blockchain rewards startup
Outdoor Voices founder Ty Haney made a name for herself by making sportswear the hottest trend among non-athletes. Now, the 33-year-old entrepreneur is betting she can bring together another underrate
Daily Crunch: Tata Group releases ‘super app’ that bundles 11 consumer services
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The Parentinc raises $22M led by East Ventures for its parenting community and D2C brand
The Parentinc, a Singapore-based startup that runs a parenting community and direct-to-consumer product line, announced today it has raised $22 million. The round was led by East Ventures with undiscl
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 outsourc
Brand incubator Harry’s Labs makes acquisition of D2C deodorant brand Lumē
Prior to agreeing to acquire Lumē, Harry’s had looked at over 100 companies for possible M&A opportunities.
E-commerce aggregator Merama gets its horn after just 12 months in business
The company touts this new round of funding as “the largest Series B round ever raised in Latin America.”
An inclusive new DTC beauty platform secures $3 million in funding — and a supercharged offline strategy
Earlier this week, Thirteen Lune, a direct-to-consumer beauty platform that was launched last year in LA with $1 million in seed funding from Diddy, Gwyneth Paltrow and Beautycounter founder Gregg Ren
Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow
In DTC, how companies decide omnichannel strategies depends on how well they know what their customers' choices are and what their ideal strategy will be.
Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce
We interviewed MuteSix CRO Greg Gillman to discuss how the LA-based performance marketing agency bets on content and data to work with its direct-to-consumer e-commerce clients.
Bright Cellars lands more funding to personalize its subscription-based wines
Bright Cellars, a six-year-old subscription-based wine seller has, like many upstarts, evolved over time. While it once sent its club members third-party wines that fit their particular profiles, Milw
5 predictions for the future of e-commerce
The direct-to-consumer wave is a critical enabler for the e-commerce progress we expect to see over the next decade as we strive toward inevitable 50% penetration.
With its newest round, Liquid Death will exclusively ‘murder your thirst’ at Live Nation events
Liquid Death, a four-year-old, LA-based canned mountain water startup that has steadily garnered market share and press coverage by promising, amusingly, to “murder your thirst,” just ra
Where is the e-commerce app ecosystem headed in 2021?
The closest match to the growing e-commerce stack is the marketing automation stack, making it worthwhile to compare and contrast the growth of these ecosystems and what drives consolidation.
Everdrop raises $21.8M Series A round led by Felix Capital for its dissolvable cleaning tablet
It’s almost too simple. You get a tablet made of household chemicals that can be dissolved in water which can become a cleaning spray for the kitchen, glass and bathroom, with no need to ship the wa
It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money
Shifting consumer demands within beauty and retail are creating rich opportunities for U.S.-based beauty/consumer tech SaaS companies.
Extra Crunch roundup: Antitrust jitters, SPAC odyssey, white-hot IPOs, more
Some time ago, I gave up on the idea of identifying a thread that could connect each story in this weekly roundup. There are no unified theories for technology news.