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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)

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.

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.

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.

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.