trashhagcute

Thanks for the response. That makes a ton of sense. Best of luck to you- I totally agree that the consumer vc space needs improvement. I don't know why YC decided to get into probably the most risky space that exists in the investing world!? but happy for you that they did, and perhaps it speaks to your experience which is very impressive.

You mention taking companies public. I actually used to do consumer PE for a family fund with a buy and hold / long term growth strategy like yours. We advised founders, grew cpg companies, took them public. I really never saw a CPG company go public without expanding into brick & mortar at some point - do you think this has changed? Are you planning to help your brands enter b&m retail if it makes sense down the road? It was often a big reason CPG companies wanted PE backing, frankly. Also, lmk if by ecomm you really meant ecomm retailers in which case this is irrelevant.. seems like you meant dtc cpg.