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Let's Play Brydge: GenZ's TJ Max, Tigernuts, & LA #TechWeek 😇
Ruffin Mitchener
October 02, 2024
If you’re new here, welcome to the Brydge Club deal-flow newsletter! Each Wednesday we will be highlighting 2-3 female founded startups fundraising at the angel, pre-seed, and seed stages. Want to learn more about a company featured? Simply reply to this email.
Investors, please make sure to complete this brief survey, so that we can best understand your investment goals and curate deals based on your preferences! Without further ado…introducing the Sorette and Desksides.
off-price retail marketplace, we work with excess and overstock inventory and pass those savings onto YOU.
We’re an off-price retailer partnering with high quality brands to sell excess inventory at 20-80% off regular retail price. We play an important role in the circular economy by extending product lifecycles and keeping items out of landfills. So far, we’ve saved 100,000 pounds of clothing and accessories.
Meet the Founding Team
Rachel Gannon is a retail industry expert with over a decade as a buyer for Gap, Macy's, RueLaLa and ban.do. Her co-founder and CTO Robbie has 15+ years software engineering experience building multiple enterprise APIs for Fortune 500 companies.
Key Milestones
4Xed monthly revenue and are already at $84K MRR
50+ brand partners on our platform including Baggu and Ganni
Quickly growing audience of 45K Millennial and Gen-Z consumers
The Fundraise
Stage: Pre-Seed
Other Investors: Techstars
Minimum Check Size: $5K+ Direct, <$5K SPV Opportunity
Please respond directly to this email to request an introduction to the Offe Market team.
The first plant-based dairy product made out of Tigernuts.
Tigernuts are root vegetables indigenous to West Africa and Eastern Spain. They are high in prebiotic fiber, healthy fats, iron, and pottasium, but low in sugar and carbs. We are transforming Tigernuts into a household staple like Banza did for chickpeas and Oatly for oats.
Meet the Founding Team
Grace Bronstein is a former litigation attorney with twin passions for wellness and sustainability. She spent time in the environmental space at Columbia Law school, working for the Environmental Legal Clinic and serving as Senior Editor of the Environmental Law Journal. Grace struggled to find a plant-based milk that was healthy, delicious, and sustainable, until she discovered tigernut milk.
Key Milestones
A La Colombe former Managing Partner has joined as Head of Sales, bringing valuable industry expertise and a strong cafe network.
Secured commitments from multiple high-profile coffee chains in NYC, demonstrating traction and market demand in a key region.
Gained commitments from hotels in Miami and Las Vegas, marking expansion into the hospitality industry in major tourist destinations with large purchase orders.
Onboarded a dedicated sales and operations team to launch Spill in early 2025.
The Fundraise
Stage: Pre-Seed
Other Investors: Electric Feels, Connecticut Innovations, Amar Radia (founder of MTHK and Dishoom)
Minimum Check Size: $10K Direct, SPV Opportunity
Please respond directly to this email to request an introduction to the Spill team.
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