VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Traditional brands, namely eCommerce/luxury fashion and CPG brands are trying to figure out how to get in the action. Toya represents a new type of digital ,branded, social experiences that are already creating brand equity. The way we valued Toya is not only by the future value of potential cash flows.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2018

And his biggest project to date just might be Brabble, a Disruptive Technology Company that combines social media and eCommerce with valuable patented technology that drives revenue for customers. Brabble also can be used as a standalone technology to drive revenue for large ecommerce retailers via their patented technology called Star Tags.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees backoffice and so on. But, based on our sales and the amount we we’re looking to raise, $60-$120K, it could have meant giving up over 40% equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Business equity investors are buying a portion of your business, so they are looking to fund a specific business with a specific offering, not a generic technology. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees backoffice and so on. But, based on our sales and the amount we we’re looking to raise, $60-$120K, it could have meant giving up over 40% equity.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Coca-Cola has brand equity that makes people gravitate towards it. In this article, you’ll understand what brand equity is and how to build it so your audience reaches for your product, service, or solution over the rest. Why brand equity matters now more than ever. Brand equity. It’s the safer bet. Every day in the U.S.,

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

One of the reasons we like backing ecommerce companies is that here in the UK we spend more online that all other major countries bar Sweden and we punch above our weight when it comes to ecommerce leaders. Here’s some of the supporting data: Ecommerce'

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2017

Similarly, a subscriber to an eCommerce store may find the content of the newsletter relevant only if the products being promoted are carefully curated based on their past purchase history. But mailing too sporadically could mean loss of brand equity or sales. Subscribers opting into a mailing list do so for very specific reasons.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 10, 2014

The latest is this chart showing growth in eCommerce investment: This is a good growth story. The growth in investor interest in ecommerce is driven by the growth in the underlying ecommerce market, and that underlying growth has legs, as I’ve blogged before. Ecommerce'

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Business equity investors are buying a portion of your business, so they are looking to fund a specific business with a specific offering, not a generic technology. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2013

There’s a good post on Business of Fashion this morning which identifies four ecommerce models that are working in fashion: Social curation (which they helpfully define as ‘product discovery and connecting people to inspiration’). Vertically integrated ecommerce. Business models Ecommerce' Online market places.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

It’s been troubling me recently that at first glance the trend towards mobile and the trend within mobile towards apps mitigates against startup ecommerce companies. Ecommerce discovery would then be through the cards of other services.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 8, 2014

At Forward Partners we invest in the ecommerce ecoystem and one of the sub-areas is innovative product companies building their brands online. Ecommerce' This chart is taken from a presentation to DemoLabs by Helen Greiner, founder and CEO of CyPhy works and formerly of iRobot. It’s a capability timeline for drones.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 11, 2014

Business Insider has just published a great deck showing the potential in ecommerce. We’re focused on the ecommerce ecosystem, so I guess I would say this anyway, but the opportunity is truly exciting. TL;DR ecommerce is a juggernaut already, still growing fast and with miles to go. Ecommerce'

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 17, 2014

The chart above shows clearly how ecommerce penetration continues to grow and grow in the US. It’s the same story over here in the UK, where ecommerce penetration reached 20% over Christmas (including click and collect). Ecommerce' Local services of many sorts are also an area that has yet to move properly online.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 15, 2014

It’s amazing to see how fast mobile is taking share from desktop and great to see the UK leading other western markets, as we do in just about all areas of ecommerce. I took this chart from Criteo’s recently published Mobile Commerce Report.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 3, 2014

From our perspective as ecommerce seed investors the industry split was the most interesting chart because ecommerce was on top. The chart above is for all their seed investments since 2010 and is a firm vote for ecommerce, although it would be interesting to see what the trends are within sectors. Ecommerce Venture Capital'

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

New research from Kahuna published on Andrew Chen’s blog found that only 12% of users engage with “ecommerce and retail” notifications, implying that up to 88% of users find them annoying. If you are involved with m-commerce you should go read it… Ecommerce' They are from Andrew Chen’s post.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 23, 2014

Andy Dunn from Bonobos wrote yesterday about the dominance of Amazon in what he calls ecommerce 1.0

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2013

You will either be building an ecommerce brand that people will love, or supplying software and services into the ecommerce sector. We think about ecommerce in the widest sense, including innovative product companies that sell direct and businesses building new ways to buy things online.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 13, 2014

Ecommerce' Better still, even after this growth online retail in the US will only be 11% of total retail sales, up from 9% this year. That leaves miles to go. I love this market.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Mahesh Vellanki from Redpoint put up an interesting post yesterday about ecommerce valuations. Etsy is arguably more of a marketplace than an ecommerce company and marketplaces have higher margins, more defensibility and hence attract higher multiples, so I would discount them.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Subscription ecommerce has become quite a hot business model over the past couple of years, perhaps reaching peak hotness 6-12 months ago. Phil Wilkinson, the founder of Kopi, is an old friend and we were discussing characteristics of good ecommerce subscription businesses over lunch yesterday.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

For a while we’ve spent more online per head than other developed economies and created more than our fair share of ecommerce winners as a result. Global eCommerce is forecast to grow at 23% 2013-2014 and 18% 2014-2015. Within that the UK eCommerce is forecast to grow at 17% 2013-2014.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

As you know at Forward Partners we’re ecommerce and marketplace investors, so we like to keep tabs on all aspects of the ecommerce market. Historically there haven’t been many exits in ecommerce, so it’s good to see the number rising. E-Commerce exits hit highs in 2014.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2016

He said that when he made those investments in 2012 and 2013 eCommerce wasn’t a hot sector with VCs and that remains the case now, but here at Forward Partners we’ve made a number of ecommerce investments and, like David and his partners at Venrock, think there will be more Dollar Shave Club scale exits going forward.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

We all know that ecommerce penetration has been growing fast. Ecommerce' This first chart shows how fast – US penetration was up 54% to 6.0% from 2007-12. Put another way that’s a CAGR in online sales of around 15%. That level of growth is projected to continue going forward. The growth won’t come evenly though.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 10, 2013

Amazon Ecommerce' We are seeing small pieces of evidence that great products and amazing shopping experiences are the new drivers of growth – Fab’s success and the recent IPO of Moleskin are two that spring to mind – but innovative as they are there is space for all the examples I’ve seen to go much further.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Alex Malorodov ( @amalorCBS ), an MBA candidate at Columbia University who recently completed a summer internship at Gotham Ventures penned a great post about ecommerce category killers on CBInsights last week. Dollar Shave Club and Warby Parker – or it can be product quality – e.g. Frank & Oak and Harry’s.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 23, 2014

From our perspective as ecommerce investors the most interesting thing is confirmation that Amazon is the only volume acquirer in our market, and generally not at huge valuations. That makes it crucial that ecommerce startups can get to high valuations based on fundamentals – i.e. the ability to generate profits and cash.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2014

‘Investor led studio’ or better ‘Ecommerce investment studio’ could be a great way to describe Forward Partners. The tagline on our website is ‘The catalyst for ecommerce startups’ and that’s great for marketing copy because it conveys the sense that we help make things happen.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 11, 2016

Andy Dunn, the founder of Bonobos and one of the most thoughtful writers I know on ecommerce, penned a good piece yesterday entitled Digitally Native Vertical Brands. The DNVB [vertically integrated ecommerce company] is usually maniacally focused on customer experience and on customer intimacy. our partner company Spoke ).

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Early this year Amie Fineberg, who has been my amazing assistant for over 10 years, mentioned that she and several other employees at Benchmark had fallen in love with a new ecommerce service, and that I might want to check it out. Fundamentally, we share the common concern that many of the new “Ecommerce 2.0”

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 15, 2014

We are ecommerce investors and 17 years after this letter was written personalisation is one of our investment themes. Ecommerce' The title of this post is a bastardisation of this quote from the letter: Today, online commerce saves customers money and precious time.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 22, 2015

I just saw this chart in a Morgan Stanley investor note with the subtitle eCommerce Hits it’s Stride. Firstly it’s good to see that top investment banks continue to see a lot of growth ahead in eCommerce, but more exciting is the notion that an inflection point is coming towards the end of this decade. Ecommerce Exits'

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Ecommerce' They get these trends, it’s why they bought sites like IMDB and Goodreads, but there is no way they can take advantage of them on Amazon.com. Vertical often means local, which is good news for those of us in startup hubs outside of Silicon Valley.

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