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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Overseeing venture studio that is creating transformative wellness brands aiming to improve people's daily lives, routines, and overall well-being.First brand launching October 2024

Verim Growth is a consumer focused fractional CMO group specializing in driving revenue across channels- digital, social, and retail. The team is led by Emilio Pineda, who helped scale Goodles, the better for you mac and cheese brand Co-Founded by Gal Gadot. Our core levers to drive revenue are:1. Crafting and executing high converting performance marketing strategies with content that converts profitably 2. Digital ecosystem optimization- website optimization, landing pages, email campaigns, Amazon, TikTok Shop.3. Operational efficiencies- We develop roadmap for operational effeciencies that drive down COGS and create better experiences for customers4. Driving growth at Retail- we have helped dozens of brands enter Target, Sephora, Ulta, Walmart, Erewhon, Whole Foods.Our team is obsessed with the mindset of the end consumer. The team is super hands on, has a strong track record of increasing revenue for clients and helps brands and start-ups solve their biggest growth or operational challenges.

Building consumer wellness brand in stealth mode.

Humanity is a venture builder and agency for consumer brands in the entertainment, creator, and health & wellness space.Led Ideation, discovery & research, analysis of market opportunities, establishment of key performance indicators, and the testing and validation of assumptions for 15+ businesses.Sourced deal flow (internal ideation + external), which resulted in 20+ venture prospects identified using my network within the VC, accelerator, angel, founder, and incubator ecosystem.Responsible for the implementation of user journeys/customer segmentation, design sprints, and rapid prototyping. Collaborated with cross functional teams (Design, Product, Engineering, Strategy) to come up with minimum viable product.Focused on the following consumer brands- LV.TV- a live, social commerce platform hosted by influencers- Giftland- influencer gifting platform- SweetGlo- a direct to consumer beauty and wellness brand- Bliss-an @home live meditation and emotional wellness tech platformAgency: Worked with creators, influencers, and companies on developing brand extensions, including licensing, partnerships, consumer products, endorsements, and lifestyle brands (Fun Socks X Coachella, Hallstein Water, Cai Para X Natti Natasha, and Monet X Art Basel).Identified gaps in the market, trends, and relative positioning for creator led ventures.

Invigorate helps organizations commercialize innovation in the food & beverage, CPG, retail, wellness, and tech space.Developed economic models and business plans for new ventures, scaled new lines of business, and helped organizations commercialize innovation in the food & beverage, CPG, retail, and wellness tech space. Led positioning, competitive analysis, product development, financial modeling, go-to-market, and monetization strategies for consumer brands and products. Incubated, developed, and launched Lane Life, a retail destination experience featuring the healthiest brands and lifestyle products that were rotated every month. Led partnerships and rev shares with 30 healthy lifestyle brands that owned a portion of the square footage in the store. Hired and managed a team of 15.Led naming, branding, strategy, product formulation and financial modeling for Simply Soupreme, the first ready to drink premium soup in a bottle.Led strategy, product, and vendor partnerships for Zencredible, an online travel booking platform featuring wellness inspired destinations and products.

Led the creation of a cold pressed juice brand dedicated to making functional beverages.Led branding, capital raising efforts, negotiation of term sheets, secured retail and manufacturing space, design and built of store, and co-led the formulation of flavors and product profiles.Responsible for day-to-day operations, communications, and strategic decision-making across the company and partner ecosystem- including writing monthly investor emails and updates.First month did over $100k of sales- attracted interest from athletes and prolific beverage investors for retail roll-out (was asked by Peloton to be juice partner prior to their launch).Managed, hired, and grew a team of 15 employees and created a loyal following in the Hamptons. Our brand was featured the Sunday edition of the Wall Street Journal.

Sage Lane was a division of Phoenix Partners, a leading inter dealer broker, that raised capitalon behalf of hedge fund and fund of funds clients. Worked with fund managers to understand their proposition and then distilled complex ideas and data into clear and concise structured frameworks to pitch to senior executive decision-makers.Responsible for deal sourcing, analysis, deal structuring, and investor relationships.Developed relationships with existing & new LP relationships across the US- endowments, investment banks, pension funds, family offices, fund of funds, consultants, and high net worth individuals.

Autumn Entertainment financed films and video game developers.Led the sourcing and analysis of entertainment properties & IP and helped raise capital for a portfolio of independent and studio level films.

London, Gb

Worked on European equity & derivatives sales desk covering all sectors and geographies across Europe.Built relationships with institutional clients and pitched equity research to leading hedge funds and asset managers.

Northstar was a public real estate investment trust (Ticker: NRF) focused on real estate investments.Worked within the Real Estate Debt Group structuring and investing $500m+ in debt and mezzanine investments. Analyzed investments across property types- hotel, multi-family, R&D, residential, and office and presented to Investment Committee.Trained at global headquarters in NYC before opening up LA office with Managing Director.Focused on building financial models, assessing risk, negotiating term sheets, and helping structure deals.