The Consummate | 18 February 2024
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We’ve had an eventful start to the new year, so let’s dive in!
DSGCP AGM & Investor Trek 2024 🇮🇳
We welcomed our LPs at the DSGCP AGM & Investor Trek 2024 in Mumbai, the first in India since the pandemic.
The event was packed with panel discussions, company presentations, and retail market visits. We’re grateful to all our LPs, founders, and brands who made this event a success.
The Insurgent Brands Forum 2024 🚀
We conducted the second edition of The Insurgent Brands Forum, presented in collaboration with Bain & Company, where we proudly launched our latest report, "Game Changers: The Value Creation Playbook." This year's focus was on exits within the consumer ecosystem.
We were honored to hear from business leaders, including Saugata Gupta, MD & CEO of Marico, and Punit Gupta, President & Head of India Sales at Tata Consumer Products. Additionally, we were privileged to hear insights from founders such as Rajeev Samant, Founder & CEO of Sula Vineyards, and Mohit Sadaani, Co-Founder of The Moms Co.
Hari Premkumar from DSGCP and Navneet Chahal from Bain & Company provided an exclusive preview of the key findings from this year's report.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to all attendees – founders, investors, operators, LPs, and strategics – for taking their participation!
Special Mention: The Economic Times covered key takeaways from The Insurgent Brands Playbook 2023.
Currently Consuming ☕️
Selling Fruit Peels, Getting into Retail, and How One Chat Changed His Trajectory with Matt Weiss, CEO of RIND Snacks
RIND Snacks makes crave-able whole fruit snacks – focused on the peel. This episodes dives into product launch strategies, RIND’s approach to retail expansion and the several challenges of food CPG.
How to Build an Iconic Brand Without Breaking the Bank — This Founder's Formula for Early Marketing
From crafting a compelling brand to scaling strategies post-launch, this article outlines what it takes to create a minimum viable brand, how to harness the power of influencer marketing and leveraging experiential campaigns to differentiate and scale.
Consumer Products Report 2024: Resetting the Growth Agenda
Bain & Company’s first annual Consumer Products Report dives into how CPG companies must reshape their businesses to reignite profitable, volume-driven growth.
Keeping Up With the DSGCP Family 🤝
Supertails raises USD 15 Million led by RPSG Capital Ventures and other existing investors– Fireside Ventures, Saama Capital, Sauce VC, and DSGCP.
DSGCP portfolio companies, Arata and Koparo pitch on Sharktank.
SuperBottoms and XYXX are now both certified Great Places to Work.
Vanshika Kaji, co founder, KNYA, received a special mention in the E-commerce & Retail category of Forbes 30 Under 30.
SATURDAYS opens its 50 store in Indonesia, marking its expansion in 19 cities in the country.
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