I listen to podcasts for all sorts of reasons—market updates, entertainment, and relaxation. Last year, my husband sent me an Invest Like the Best episode about a company that is transforming private investing through technology. He knew I’ve thought for ...
CircleUp Growth Partners is excited to announce its investment in IQBAR, a nutrition bar brand focused on brain health and function, as well as key dietary trends important to today’s consumer. After years of eating sugary, carb-filled snacks that led ...
We’re thrilled to announce CircleUp Growth Partners’ investment in Partake Foods, a modern snacking platform that leads with allergy friendly products. Denise Woodard launched Partake when her daughter was diagnosed with severe allergies, and she’s on a mission to make ...
It had been nearly a year since I’d heard from my dear friend, Suzanna Silva Newsom, when she called in July with serendipitous news. Suzy explained that her company, Good Dirt—a fast-growing sustainable garden product brand based in North Carolina—had ...
Originally hailing from Australia, The Good Crisp Companyhas reimagined the classic canister stacked chip and is now winning over the American consumer with their guilt-free and great tasting potato chips. Earlier this year, we announced our investment in the company and today we wanted to share why we were most excited by the opportunity. An ...
CircleUp Credit Advisors (CCA) has financed a portfolio of over 100 emerging CPG brands and extended $150M+ in credit since launching in mid-2017. We lend to all types of consumer brands using innovative credit products, second-to-none consumer industry expertise, and friendly terms to make the process easy. Earlier this week, we hosted a webinar on ...
CircleUp’s primary asset is Helio, a collection of data and algorithms, on top of which there are business applications. Today those applications are equity and credit funds that invest directly into early-stage CPG brands. Helio finds, classifies, and evaluates CPG companies on a set of dimensions calibrated for success outcomes. Through years of facilitating investments, ...
Fast Company recently announced the 2019 Most Innovative Companies list, and we are excited to share that CircleUp was named #3 Most Innovative Data Science Company. CircleUp is included alongside the likes of Lineage Logistics, Orbital Insights, and Hopper, who are all taking a data-driven approach to solve unique global problems. It’s an honor to ...
Warren Buffett says in his 1989 annual report that “Having a dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” Taking Buffett’s words to heart, I wanted to reflect on past experiences and distill my choices for joining CircleUp into three points:. An innovative business model with a strong ...
Founded by brothers Justin and Tyler Catalana, Fort Point Beer Company is a San Francisco-based craft brewery made up of people who believe the simple things in life can be a whole lot better. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that we are joining forces with Fort Point and have made an investment in the company. ...
Why is category classification important? Take a look at the products below and see if you can categorize them into specific sub-industries. This task is relatively simple for a human. Now imagine it is a task you need to perform frequently and instantaneously across 1.4 M companies. The human eye becomes insufficient. Enter CircleUp’s Industry ...
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Community Job Board. Since 2012, the CircleUp Community has expanded to now include more than 300 innovative consumer and retail brands that are growing quickly as they launch new products and reach new consumers. Over the last six years, we’ve spent time listening to our ...
More isn’t always better. And this couldn’t be truer when developing your data strategy. What data even matters? How do you know it matters? Where do data acquirers spend their time? What data do you go after next? Often times, it’s hard to structure these questions cogently without being overwhelmed. At CircleUp, we boil things ...
Below is a compilation of the content that reverberated through CircleUp inboxes in 2018 and struck a chord.
