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New York, Us

Growth Equity & Venture Capital for the Next Generation of Consumer Brands:● Bare Snacks - better-for-you snacks (acquired by VMG Partners then PepsiCo)● Bellroy - purpose-driven accessories, making better products in a better way● Boll & Branch - DTC bedding, worlds largest buyer of fair trade/organic cotton (‘19 exit to L Catterton)● Casper - DTC mattresses like no other (early investor / exit IPO)● Dos Toros - move over Chipotle, a better fast-casual taqueria (Founders Table)● Evereden - whole family skin care● Herbivore - natural, sensorial skin care● Hello Cake - next gen sexual wellness● ILIA Beauty - #1 clean color cosmetics brand (‘22 exit to Clarins/ Famille C)● Lord Jones - CBD personal care (acquired ‘20)● Makeup by Mario - luxury makeup by world-renowned makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic● ROZ - Nature-inspired haircare by celebrity hairstylist Mara Roszak● Sakara Life - beloved DTC wellness brand harnessing food as medicine● Summersalt - earth friendly inclusive DTC swimware brand● Violette FR - Violette demystifies the elusive French girl beauty routine● Vacation, Inc - making sunscreen fun again!● Wonderbelly - clean digestive health

Melbourne, Au

Bellroy is a purpose-driven, digitally native accessories brand that offers “modern classic” wallets, backpacks and considered carry products. Beloved for its clean and minimalist aesthetic, Bellroy is one of a handful of DTC brands effectively applying a responsible methodology to the way it sources, designs, manufactures and sells its products. Silas Capital is honored to have led Bellroy’s first growth equity financing.

Summit, New Jersey, Us

Silas Capital led both Boll & Branch's 2016 Series A and 2017 Series B rounds then exiting to L'Catterton in August 2019. Boll & Branch is reshaping the textiles industry from the bottom up. With a unique commitment to transparency and ethical sourcing across its labor and supply chain. The Company sources, manufactures and sells organic luxury linens made to exacting standards, softness and durability — for a fraction of the price of old incumbent brands through a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model. By selling direct, Boll & Branch transfers millions of $s savings on to benefit its farmers, its factory workers, and its customers.

BUILT is a design-focused consumer products brand specializing in iconic bags & cases (from lunch bags to laptop sleeves). As CEO/Co-Founder, was able to take a total of $1.5M in equity and grow BUILT from a concept to a highly profitable $30 million international brand generating $5 million in annual EBITDA (with 50+ employees in U.S. and China). BUILT was acquired by Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCUT).

A $150 million corporate venture capital arm of Hollinger International, a $1 billion revenue global media firm. Identified and evaluated strategic and financial investments in privately-held consumer Internet companies. Portfolio investments include: Deal Time / Shopping.com (IPO, 2004); Trip.com (trade sale $320MM, 2000); Interactive Investor Int'l (IPO London, 2000); Vault.com (trade sale $64MM, 2008).