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Overloaded consumers will fuel soaring demand for AI that makes life easier, top venture capitalist says

Julie Bornstein Raises $50 Million For AI Fashion Search Startup

Daydream Rakes in $50M Seed Funding to Build an AI-Powered Search Engine Suited for E-Commerce

Consumer is Actually Thriving, Says Glossier, Away, Farmer’s Dog-Backer Forerunner Ventures

Every Startup Has AI in its Pitch Deck and it Should

Midas List 2024: #66, Kirsten Green

Fay: Dietitian startup has been booming from Ozempic patients and emerges from stealth with $25M from General Catalyst, Forerunner

Top Tech VCs Talk Investment Environment

Exclusive: The Inside Story Of Chime, America’s Biggest Digital Bank

Chefs Love Wonder, the Latest App Trying to Disrupt Delivery

Wonder: Chefs Love the Latest App Trying to Disrupt Delivery. Will Diners Follow Suit?

OURA: The Wearable Revolution — CEO Tom Hale On the Perks Of Data & Why You Should Opt In

Exclusive: Stress-Free Auto Care raises $11M to expand its modern repair shops

Most Innovative Companies 2024: How Glossier Is Democratizing The World Of Beauty Products

Marc Lore Is Not Just Looking To Make A Quick Billion

Speechify: Text-to-Speech App Launches Gmail Integration And Voice Cloning

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Consumer Startups Are a Better Bet Than Enterprise Startups

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Glossier’s CEO Charts Next Chapter Of Growth

Marc Lore’s Startup Wonder Is Opening Food Halls Inside Walmarts, A Sequel To His Last Startup’s $3B Sale To Walmart

Business of Fashion

Prose: Doing For Skin What It Did For Hair

Curology Expands Into Hair Care

Skip navigation Search Create Avatar image How Kirsten Green Built Forerunner Ventures

Wonder: A Serial Entrepreneur’s Second Shot at Disrupting Food Delivery

Ritual: CEO Kat Schneider on 2024 Plans, ‘We’re Going Deeper, Not Wider’

Modern Meditations: Kirsten Green

Behind The Tech: Ōura Is Keeping The Pulse On Health For Every Body

Jeff Bezos-Backed Real Estate Company Arrived Launches A New Fund To Acquire More Single-Family Homes Across The U.S.

Tally Health, AmplifyMD: The Next Big Things in Tech 2023

Craftwork Out To Modernize Home Services Market, Scores $6 Million Seed Round

Glossier Talks Sales, Sephora and Beyond

Dutch: Pet Care's Future is Online

Faire: Shopify takes a stake in Faire, makes it the recommended wholesale marketplace for merchants

Wall Street Journal

Glossier Changed the Makeup Game. Where Does It Go Next?

Catch Is Building Tools That Offer Customers Cash Back For Shopping

Topline Pro grabs $12M in new capital to help home service businesses get discovered

Making the Right Bets: How Forerunner Ventures Closed a $1B Funding Round by Anticipating What Consumers Want Next

Business of Fashion

Investors Look Beyond Brands for the Next Great Fashion Start-Up

Forerunner Ventures Sees A Future Full Of ‘Digitally Native Franchises’

Forerunner Ventures sees a future full of ‘digitally native franchises’

How Old Are You, Really? New Tests Want to Tell You

Kale: Software Startup Stands Out By Turning Everyday Shoppers Into Brand Ambassadors

Midas List 2023: #59, Kirsten Green

A-Frame Brands CEO Ari Bloom On Launching Startups With Celebrities Like John Legend And Naomi Osaka

Ritual: Supplements Brand Launches In Target Nationwide

The Farmer's Dog: Emotional Super Bowl Commercial Earns USA TODAY Ad Meter Title

Oura Ring Generation 3 Review: A Relationship For The Long Term

Faire Keeps Inventory Flowing Amid Supply Chain Challenges

Cotopaxi: What I Know Podcast

Glossier Gets A Makeover

Calibrate on 60 Minutes | Recognizing and Treating Obesity as a Disease

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Brian O'Malley on The Creator Economy | The Information

Glossier: Why Its Stores Are Uniquely Successful In This Economy

Hollywood Reporter

Inside A-Frame, the Incubator for Star-Led Brands | The Hollywood Reporter

Has Marc Lore Discovered the Secret to Entrepreneurship? | Inc

Dutch: TIME's Best Inventions of 2022

Faire Marketplace Sees Growing Appetite For Specialty Food And Beverage Brands | Forbes

Business Insider

The 24 Most Promising Retail Startups | Business Insider

Invest Like The Best

Invest Like The Best Podcast, Ft. Kirsten Green

Consumer Investing in 2022

Why Defining Your Brand Is More Vital Than Ever

A Conversation On Today's M&A Market With Kirsten Green

Forerunner Ventures founder Kirsten Green’s $1 billion fund aims to expand the definition of consumer investing

Nasdaq Tries to Boost Board Diversity, ft. Eurie Kim

Live Shopping Powered by Small Brands, ft. Brian O'Malley

10 Rising-Star Consumer Companies, ft. Prose

The Modern Retail Podcast

Jason Bornstein on the Evolution of DTC Financing

OURA: New SpO2 Sensing Feature

Scaling Both Teams and AUM

Exchanges at Goldman Sachs Podcast

GS Great Investors Series: Forerunner's Eurie Kim

Business Insider

13 VCs Funding Creator Economy Startups, ft. Brian O'Malley

How Josh Fabian Turned a Video Game Side Hustle into an Exploding Startup

Fortune Brainstorm Tech: Sleep Lab, ft. ŌURA, Eurie Kim

The New York Times

Startup Funding Hits 2019 Lows, ft. Kirsten Green

Meet the Stellar CEOs Helming A-Frame's Brands

The Consumer VC

Brian O’Malley on the Empowerment Economy

The Midwestern Resale Retailer Besting S&P 500, ft. Jason Bornstein

Business of Fashion

Where Fashion-Tech Investors Are Putting Their Money

The Information

Canal: Startups That Help Online Retailers Cut Out Facebook Ads

Eclipse Is on a Mission to Replace Dairy with $40M in Fresh Funding

Away’s Biggest Launch in Years is F.A.R.

Eclipse: Smashburger Launches Plant-Based Milkshakes

Wall Street Journal

Marc Lore’s Food-Delivery Startup Wonder Raises Series B

Business Insider

Invest in Real Estate for $100 with Arrived

A-Frame: The 2022 Queer 50 List | #27: Avantha Arachchi, COO

The Yes: Pinterest Pins Retail Hopes on Acquisition

Chime: The Forbes Fintech 50 2022

A-Frame Brands Founder on Launching BIPOC Celebrity-Led Brands

Business Insider

Faire, The Yes: Retail Tech Power Players List

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Arrived: Real Estate Startups Sell Fractional Lifestyle

The Yes: Pinterest Acquisition

Glossier’s New CEO

Harper's Bazaar

Buy the Oura Ring, But Make It Gucci

CNBC Disruptor 50 List, ft. Chime, ŌURA

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Women-Led Venture Funds Have Already Raised More Money Than Last Year

Soaked by Slush Podcast

Forerunner's Brian O'Malley on Building for Consumers

Business of Home Podcast

The Expert: Why Forerunner Is Betting on The Expert, ft. Nicole Johnson

Eurie Kim on How Retail Brands Are Future-Proofing

OURA: Bringing on a New CEO, ft. Eurie Kim

Oura Ring Startup Brings on New CEO to Lead Its Pre-IPO Growth Push

Business Insider

9 VCs to Know if You're Raising Capital as a DTC Founder