Investing in Pet and Retail Strategy for Digitally Native Brands with Andrea Hippeau

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

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Investing in Pet and Retail Strategy for Digitally Native Brands with Andrea Hippeau

The Consumer VC Episode 168 with Andrea Hippeau, Partner at Lerer Hippeau

Mike Gelb

Oct 05, 2021

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Our guest today is Andrea Hippeau, Partner at Lerer Hippeau. Lerer Hippeau is one of the most active New York based early-stage venture capital fund. Some of their investments include Allbirds, Chubbies, Cotopaxi and Glossier.

In this episode we discuss:

- Opportunities in the pet space

- How she diligences companies

- Why New York is a great place to start a consumer business

- When it makes sense for a digitally native brand to go into retail

- Characteristics of a venture backable consumer brand

I hope you enjoy listening!

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

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