Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

Why This Venture Studio Backed By VF Corp is Investing in Consumer Tech with David Wagner and Jesse Marble, Co-Founders of Wildwood Ventures

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Our guests today are David Wagner and Jesse Marble, Co-Founders of Wildwood Ventures. Wildwood Ventures is backed by VF corporation, a holding company whose portfolio includes iconic outdoor and activity-based lifestyle and workwear brands like Vans, North Face, Timberland, Dickies. Wildwood Ventures invests in consumer technology companies that make lives better.

We discuss:

* The origin of Wildwood Ventures and its relationship with VF Corp

* How they typically structure deals as an incubator

* The venture studio model

* How they position themselves as a new fund and approach sourcing

* Consumer technology they want to be part of & more



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Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage InvestingBy Mike Gelb