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Jan 2019
Digital Brands Group is a curated collection of luxury lifestyle, digital-first brands. We bring together like-minded direct-to-consumer names under one portfolio to share operational, infrastructure, and data resources as means to drive down redundant fixed costs that are difficult to establish and expensive to maintain. By eliminating demanding administrative responsibilities for our brands, we stimulate creativity, innovation, and a maniacal commitment to the product and customer experience.
OUR BRANDS
DSTLD | Premium Denim + Essentials
http://www.dstld.com
ACE Studios | Performance Luxury Suiting + Sportswear
http://www.acesuits.com
Investor
Jul 2015
Dwell’s mission is simple: We champion home design that improves people’s lives. From our daily content on Dwell.com to our social media channels to our celebrated 22-year-old print magazine, we feature new ideas about what a home can and should be, offer expert advice for making your own space a better place to live, and provide a marketplace for the best-designed products available.
We reach 40 million people every year by lifting up ideas that make design more sustainable and accessible.
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May 2026
Candy isnt supposed to have 14g of protein. Its not supposed to have 8g of prebiotic fiber. And its definitely not supposed to have less than 2g of sugar while still tasting like the sour worms you used to demolish after soccer practice. GLiTCH does all of that. High-protein gummy candy (sour worms and clusters) with no artificial dyes, no sugar alcohols, and no chalky supplement aftertaste. Real candy. Real macros. This wasnt supposed to work. It does. Manufactured domestically in Texas. Cheat Code Candy.
Founder
Jan 2026
GrowBrands is the decision system for founder-led DTC brands.
Most brands don’t fail because they lack tools or hustle.
They fail because they keep making decisions in the dark.
GrowBrands helps founders stop guessing and scale with conviction by turning brand, customer, and performance signals into clear decisions and prioritized actions—not dashboards, templates, or generic advice.
We sit on top of Shopify, CRO scans, and market inputs to answer one question founders care about most:
“What should I do next—and what should I ignore?”
What makes GrowBrands different:
• An AI Digital Strategist that synthesizes brand clarity, market reality, and performance signals
• Locked Brand Truths that prevent random tactics and premature scaling
• Ranked action plans with clear execution paths (DIY, guided, or done-for-you)
• Embedded specialists across brand, CRO, growth, and retention—without agency bloat
Built for:
Founder-led DTC brands with real traction who are tired of:
• Conflicting advice
• Expensive retainers
• Shiny tools with no conviction
• “Testing” without direction
GrowBrands doesn’t replace founder judgment.
It sharpens it—so every dollar, hire, and campaign is intentional.
Built by operators who’ve scaled founder-led brands past $50M+.
2024
Founder
Aug 2024
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Strategic Advisor, Growth & Partnerships
Mar 2024
Gardencup makes clean eating so easy its unavoidable with premium salads & bowls delivered right to your door, ready to eat, every week. Take the guesswork out of lunch and stock the fridge with a weeks worth of truly effortless meals you can feel good about.
Gardencup salads & bowls are
-full-size, restaurant-quality meals made the with freshest, finest, whole-food ingredients
-packed with fresh-diced produce, lean proteins, and clean dressings
-perfectly portioned, macro-optimized, nutrient-dense
-100% ready-to-eat, on demand: zero prep required, just take & shake
-100% reusable/recyclable cups
-delivered right to your home or office anywhere in the US
-made-fresh to order & guaranteed fresh 5+ days after delivery
-build your own custom pack @ gardencup.com and skip, edit, or cancel anytime
Managing Partner
Feb 2024
Where Capital Meets Execution for the Next Generation of Consumer Brands
FlightPlan Ventures is a venture studio and fund purpose-built for founders scaling Shopify-native and omnichannel consumer brands.
We don’t just invest—we operate.
We don’t just advise—we build with you.
Our dual-engine model combines:
🔹 A Venture Studio that partners with early-stage founders to build growth systems, brand strategy, acquisition and retention flywheels, and operational infrastructure.
🔹 A Growth Fund that backs breakout DTC and commerce-enablement SaaS companies with capital and execution support.
We specialize in high-LTV, repeat-purchase categories like:
🥗 Food & Beverage
💊 Health & Wellness
🧢 Lifestyle & Fashion
🛠️ Commerce-Enablement SaaS (Shopify ecosystem)
Our unfair advantage?
We’ve been operators. Weve scaled brands from $0 to $29M. And we only win when our founders win.
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