Musings From Deepak @ DSG Consumer Partners #50

All things consumer & insurgent brands. What I am currently reading, thinking about, and reflecting upon.

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🎀 Bows that left us wow - GlobalBees D2C Pulse — globalbees.substack.com

This week's edition of GlobalBees' D2C Pulse features 3 companies. And all 3 are DSGCP portfolio companies: eco-home cleaning product brand Koparo, D2C home-gardening start-up Ugaoo, and India's most loved coffee brand Sleepy Owl.

36 Young Entrepreneurs Awarded At BW Disrupt YEA 2021 - BW Disrupt — bwdisrupt.businessworld.in

This week, Business World announced the 36 winners of the Disrupt Young Entrepreneurs Award 21 which featured two DSGCP founders: Divij Bajaj of nutritional supplement co Power Gummies and Kabir Siddiq of D2C sleep solutions co SleepyCat.

5 Women-led D2C Brands That Are Riding High in Indian Business Ecosystem — www.indianretailer.com

Indian Retailer profiles 5 women founders, including Pallavi Utagi, CEO and Founder of DSGCP portfolio co Super Bottoms.

India FinTech Forum concludes IFTA 2021 with focus on financial inclusion and emerging technologies USA - English USA - English — www.prnewswire.com

DSGCP portfolio co Mswipe wins "Excellence in Payments" Award at India FinTech Awards 2021.

ITC steps into D2C arena after buying stake in Mother Sparsh — www.livemint.com

Interesting to see one of India's largest CPG companies ITC take a minority stake in mother and baby care brand Mother Sparsh. The mother and baby category has lacked innovation for many years without a category specific brand. DSGCP backed The Moms Co in 2016 and recently excited to Good Glamm Group.

Not so sweet situation: More than half of packaged beverages sold in Singapore contain high levels of sugar — www.foodnavigator-asia.com

60% of packaged non-alcoholic beverages sold on the Singapore market contain high amounts of sugar and will be label Grade C or D in the soon-to-be-implemented Nutri-Grade system. Brands will have to reformulate and new #insurgentbrands will have opportunity to enter the market.