Dear Sugar Capital Community,
Happy New Year!
See below for many updates from across our companies this holiday season and visit sugarcap.com to see our full portfolio.
We wish you a happy and healthy new year!
Commerce Enablement Portfolio News
AirRobe From circular economy to surf culture innovators: 10 Aussie female-founded startups to watch in 2023 | Smart Company
Bounty 14 Retail-Tech Startups to Watch in 2023, According to VCs| Business Insider
Disco Recession Anxiety Took The Month Off – Shoppers Aren’t Afraid To Spend| Disco
Novel Why NFTs Matter| Novel Commerce
Brand Portfolio News
Cake Vibrators' 'big year' at CVS and Target irks far-right pundits | Glossy
Caraway 8 Slick Nonstick Cookware Sets That Don’t Have Abandonment Issues | Refinery29
Chptr Chptr x Camille Walala Customizable Memorial Streetwear featured in Milk + Design | Milk + Design
Feastables A Year on YouTube - Explore the most popular videos and creators of 2022 | YouTube
Feastables MrBeast's billion-dollar business and the real reason VCs want to invest | Fast Company
Feastables MrBeast's $1.5B YouTube empire | Bloomberg
Jupiter Jupiter Takes An Inside-Out Approach To Scalp Care With New Supplement | Beauty Independent
Jupiter Beauty & Wellness Briefing: Dandruff is suddenly attractive | Glossy
Jupiter Brands Disrupt The Dandruff Category As OTC Products Continue To Proliferate | Beauty Independent
Locket This Founder Created A Photo-Sharing App For His Girlfriend, Went Viral on TikTok, and Raised $12.5 Million in Capital | Entrepreneur
Locket How Locket, a widget built by a guy as a gift to his girlfriend, became an Apple App Store Award winner | Fast Company
Locket The 2022 Good Tech Awards | NYT
Omsom Asian food startups continue to gain traction among investors and retailers | Modern Retail
Starface Julie Schott Is In Touch With Her Inner Teen | Bustle
Industry News
The $25 Gift Card Rules Christmas in a Year of Inflation | WSJ
Google and Meta’s Advertising Dominance Fades as TikTok, Streamers Emerge | WSJ
The Year TikTok Made the Multiverse Real (And Murdered the Newsfeed in the Process) | Vanity Fair
A new AI chatbot is getting buzz for being able to have intelligent-sounding conversations, write music, and even code | Business Insider
