Mike Gelb

Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

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Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription. Mike also interviews founders that are building some of the most disruptive consumer facing co...

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Mike Gelb

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How to Build Brands Through Storytelling // Jeff Cantalupo and Brentos Fernandez at Listen Ventures 11.04.2022 31:06

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Thank you Erin Grant for pitching this as an episode idea and making it happen. This episode is all about how to build...

How She Created a New Finance Category to Help eCommerce Brands Scale // Michele Romanow, CEO of Clearco 04.04.2022

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Thank you Radha Kapoor for the introduction to our guest today Michele Romanow , Co-Founder and CEO of Clearco . Clear...

How He Leveraged Twitter To Raise a Fund & Help Founders // Mac the VC, Founder of RareBreed Ventures 31.03.2022 34:09

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Today’s guest is McKeever “Mac” Conwell II, or how as he’s most well known – Mac the VC . Mac is the founder of RareBr...

Why He's Buying Mom & Pop Amazon Businesses // Michael Ronen, Co-Founder of Branded 28.03.2022 43:00

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today is Michael Ronen , Co-Founder and President of Branded . Branded acquires and partners with top-perfor...

Is There a Divide Within Better-For-You? // with Jason Karp, CEO of HumanCo 24.03.2022 1:02:43

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Last week we had our first LIVE podcast event during SXSW at Cosmic Coffee & Beer Garden in Austin where I chatted wit...

Why she wants make it simple for parents to invest in their kids with Ksenia Yudina, Founder/CEO of UNest 17.02.2022 30:39

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Today’s guest is Ksenia Yudina , Founder/CEO of UNest , the first mobile app that makes it easier than ever for parent...

How one visit to pick up a prescription led to creating a new type of pharmacy w/ Eric Kinariwala Founder/CEO of Capsule 15.02.2022 28:16

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today is Eric Kinariwala , founder and CEO of Capsule . Capsule is the pharmacy that delivers your prescript...

How He Built A Brand Based off of His Lifestyle with Joe Kudla, Founder/CEO of Vuori 03.02.2022 45:37

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Thank you Nagraj Kashyap for the introduction to our guest today Joe Kudla , founder and CEO of Vuori . Vuori is perfo...

How He's Building a New Food Category For Kids with John Foraker, Co-Founder & CEO of Once Upon A Farm 01.02.2022 36:41

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today on Consumer VC is John Foraker , co-founder, and CEO of Once Upon a Farm . Once Upon A Farm produces f...

Why Pernod Ricard is Investing in Consumer Tech with Brandon Yahn Co-founder of Convivialité Ventures 27.01.2022 24:39

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest on today’s episode is Brandon Yahn , co-founder, and Partner of Convivialité Ventures . Convivialite is Pern...

How He's Building The Next Billion Dollar Fitness Machine with Avrum Elmakis, Founder/CEO of CLMBR 25.01.2022 35:03

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today is Avrum Elmakis Founder/CEO of CLMBR . CLMBR is an at-home the first vertical climber with a touch sc...

How She Turned Her Love of Scents into a Leading Candle Brand with Abigail Cook Stone, Founder & CEO Otherland 21.01.2022 34:30

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today is Abigail Cook Stone , Founder & CEO Otherland . Otherland transforms your home into an immersive wor...

How SoftBank Vision Fund Invests in Consumer with Nagraj Kashyap, Managing Partner at SoftBank Vision Fund 19.01.2022 48:22

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today is Nagraj Kashyap , Managing Partner at SoftBank Vision Fund . SoftBank Vision Fund is one of the larg...

How Consumer Brands are winning Web3 with Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, GP at Hannah Grey 14.01.2022 38:57

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest on Consumer VC today is Jessica Peltz-Zatulove , General Partner at Hannah Grey . Hannah Grey is a first che...

What's next after the iPhone with Mike Ghaffary, General Partner at Canvas Ventures 11.01.2022 42:00

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, My guest today is Mike Ghaffary who is a General Partner at Canvas Ventures , a firm that specializes in leading Serie...

Helping You Buy Your First Home with All-Cash Offers with Tushar Garg, CEO of Flyhomes 06.01.2022 33:25

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Our guest today on Consumer VC is Tushar Garg , co-founder and CEO of Flyhomes . Its mission is to build the world’s b...

The Evolution of the Natural Foods Movement with Stephen Hughes, co-founder & GP at Sunrise Strategic Partners 04.01.2022 44:15

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. ✓ 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great holiday. The first episode of Consumer VC in 2022 is with Stephen Hughes...

How Diverse Populations Lead to Greater Opportunities with Nisha Dua, Co-Founder & GP at BBG Ventures 21.12.2021 32:38

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, Thank you Deb Benton for introducing me to our guest today Nisha Dua , co-founder and General Partner at BBG Ventures...

Are Seed Rounds Overpriced? w/ Ben Sun, GP at Primary Venture Partners 16.12.2021 40:54

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Hey Friends, My guest today is Ben Sun , co-founder and general partner at Primary Venture Partners . Primary focuses on investing...

The Power of Billboards with Brett Thomas, Co-founder & General Partner at CAVU Venture Partners 14.12.2021 49:11

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s issue is brought to you by Burkland Associates and Skillful . Hey Friends, Our guest on today’s episode of Consumer VC is w...

Holiday Recap: Jeremy Cai, CEO of Italic 10.12.2021 32:16

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s issue is brought to you by Burkland Associates and Skillful . Hey Friends, During the holidays, we’re sharing highlights fr...

Holiday Recap: Mark Gainey, Founder of Strava 07.12.2021 36:14

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s issue is brought to you by Burkland Associates and Skillful . Hey friends, During the holidays, I’m going to be sharing hig...

Holiday Recap: Andy Dunn, Founder of Bonobos 02.12.2021 26:57

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s issue is brought to you by Burkland Associates and Skillful . Hey friends, During Hannukah and Christmas, I’m going to be s...

Holiday Recap: Alex Fine, CEO of Dame Products 30.11.2021 22:52

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s issue is brought to you by Burkland Associates and Skillful . Hey Friends, During Hannukah and Christmas, I’m going to be s...

How Her Daughter Inspired Her to Create a Cookie for Everyone with Denise Woodard, CEO of Partake Foods 23.11.2021 35:52

Welcome to The Consumer VC, a newsletter about venture capital and consumer startups delivered straight to your inbox. If you aren’t subscribed, come and subscribe below. 🎧 You can also listen to this episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and other podcast players. Today’s issue is brought to you by Burkland Associates and Skillful . Hey Friends, Thank you Charlie Hanna for the introduction to...