Musings From Deepak @ DSG Consumer Partners #51

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

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Influence: How the SaladStop! Group plans to spend its new $12m fund - Your Money with Michelle Martin (9am - 12pm) - Omny.fm — omny.fm

DSGCP portfolio co SaladStop! Group, Asia's largest healthy food chain, recently closed a S$12 million series B investment round, featuring some of the most prominent investors in the region. Michelle Martin gets Adrien Desbaillets, Co-Founder and CEO, SaladStop! Group what the company plans to do with the new funds.

‘Back to normal’: Local brands trending in Indian alcohol sector but mid-range drinks feeling the squeeze — www.foodnavigator-asia.com

This is consistent to what we are seeing at DSGCP portfolio co Sula Wines, where we are seeing strong growth as markets open up.

The FL Leadership Summit & Awards 2021 Winners Announced — www.forwardladies.com

Cat Gazzoli, CEO of DSGCP portfolio baby food co Piccolo, wins Start-up Entrepreneur Award at The FL Leadership Summit & Awards 2021. Congratulations.

DSGCP portfolio co Growthwell Foods Opens New Innovation Centre to Scale Up Vegan Meat And Seafood Production — www.greenqueen.com.hk

The new facility is capable of producing 4,000 metric tons of animal-free products per year, the line will be supported by extensive R&D activities designed to improve the texture, taste and nutrition of proprietary HAPPIEE! branded products. Particular attention will be paid to clean proteins, with legumes and algae already being explored.

Mswipe ropes in Kotak executive as CEO of its lending arm Mcapital — www.vccircle.com

DSGCP portfolio co Mswipe continues to build its senior team as it looks at new building new revenue streams that leverage its huge SME merchant base. Mcapital, the lending arm of Mswipe, has recruited Rohit Agarwal, who was Kotak Mahindra Bank’s National Head,

Mastercard partners with Mswipe and Samhita-CGF — www.financialexpress.com

DSGCP portfolio co Mswipe will partner global payment network Mastercard to help micro merchants from Tier II to VI Indian cities enter the digital payments ecosystem.

Direct-to-Consumer Brands Become Platforms as They Expand Beyond Core Products — www.pymnts.com

Warby Parker wants to move beyond glasses. Allbirds is moving beyond shoes. D2C brands are now testing if their once core category centric brands can become platforms and allow them to get a larger share of existing customers wallets and attract new customers.