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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

At GM, I actually got onto the buyout co-investment team that worked on AMF, the bowling company--so I know more about the retail economics of bowling than most people and I still have a bowling pin deal toy in my apartment.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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They also have a separate $300 million fund focused on bricks-n-mortar consumer retail. Richard started as a principal and over a few years built a strong track record under Bob Davis and was promoted. Highland has been around for 22 years currently investing the 8 th fund which is $400 million.

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A theory about the current IPO market

TechCrunch

And the late-stage venture capital markets, along with the changing value of tech stocks and the huge boom in consumer (retail) investing. TechCrunch has covered the IPO window as closely as we can over the last few years.

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Balance raises $56M to tip the one-click checkout scales in favor of B2B merchants

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There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online.

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Survey Results – COVID-19 Ignited a Small Business Renaissance

Smart Hustle Magazine

This might seem surprising, given the abundance of available retail space — and plummeting rents — brought on by the pandemic, but e-commerce has truly changed the face of direct to consumer retail. What kinds of businesses? What sorts of new businesses sprang up during 2020? Just about every kind you can imagine.

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Flora poised to bloom as sustainable brand marketplace launches this year

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Kaya was also in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on consumer retail M&A. Prior to starting the company, Ulubay was a private equity investor and former Goldman Sachs investment banker working on investment in technology and e-commerce.