Sugar Capital News: Bounty, Chptr, Locket and More
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