D2C startups

Starting a Business

These College Friends Started a Side Hustle Out of 'Sheer Frustration.' It Did $1 Million in the First 9 Months and $20 Million in Year 4.

Courtney Toll and Annabel Love came up with their business idea during summer internships in college.

News and Trends

Recur Club Unveils INR 150 Cr Fund to Boost D2C Growth in Quick Commerce

This special fund targets loan disbursal within seven days.

News and Trends

D2C Skincare Brand Foxtale Raised USD 30 Mn Series C Funding

Last year, the Mumbai-based brand raised USD 18 million (around INR 150 crore) in its Series B funding round, led by Panthera Growth Partners from Singapore.

Entrepreneurs

Quality Hygiene Provider for Every Age

The Indore-based hygiene brand Millennium Babycares excels in baby, fem-care, and adult hygiene products.

Women Entrepreneur®

The Indian Glow: Romita Mazumdar, Founder and CEO, Foxtale

She gained invaluable insights by working in a beauty store and interacting with over 3,000 women which guided the product development

Entrepreneurs

Transforming Dairy

Starting with small-scale pilots in 2016, they allowed customers to subscribe and pay for milk in advance. By 2019, they established a solid customer base of around 5,000 subscribers, setting the groundwork for their D2C journey

News and Trends

Athleisure Driven By Modern Lifestyles

Kabra's journey began during his MBA studies abroad in 2015, culminating in the launch of XYXX in 2016. The brand name reflects a disruptive vision, emphasizing individuality.

Entrepreneurs

Doyens of D2C: How these Founders are Reshaping the Space

Our current issue is one dedicated to the doyens of D2C. One clear theme, which emerged out of our conversations with entrepreneurs featured in this edition, is their newfound focus towards quick commerce, which is driving sales to a new high

Women Entrepreneur®

Revolutionizing Sleep

Through extensive research, the team discovered that Indians are among the most sleep-deprived people in the world, often spending nearly 26 years of their lives on beds supported by outdated mattress technology. This gap in the market highlighted a critical need for innovation

Entrepreneurs

The Wellness Crusader

"We observed a highly unorganised sector riddled with counterfeit products, misleading label declarations, and a lack of proper quality control measures. As consumers, we struggled to find authentic, highquality products we could trust," said Shreyans Jain, founder & executive director, Nutrabay

Entrepreneurs

The Cow-loving Milkman: Dr. Kishore Indukuri of Sid's Farm

In 2016, with just 20 cows and a dream of creating something better, Sid's Farm was born—a direct-to-consumer (D2C) dairy brand driven by a passion for quality

Entrepreneurs

The Comfort Redefiner

Freecultr, founded in 2019, redefines India's innerwear market with a data-driven, consumer-centric D2C model. Expanding globally, it emphasises comfort, sustainability, and customer feedback, aiming for 50% growth by 2025.

News and Trends

The Multi-Hyphenate: Kriti Sanon and Tarun Sharma

Sanon believes in nature as well as science, and she wanted to create something that would hyphen both. And that's how she met, Tarun who also runs another successful D2C venture mCaffeine

Entrepreneurs

Skillmatics: Creating Screen-Free, Sustainable Learning Experiences for Children

The brand creates eco-friendly, educational games promoting skill development and critical thinking, offering sustainable, screen-free play for children through innovative, digital-first strategies and global expansion.

News and Trends

D2C Insider Launches INR 25 Cr Super Angels Fund to Boost New-Age Consumer Brands

With an INR 25 crore corpus, The Super Angels fund aims to invest in 20-25 pre-seed/seed-stage D2C startups, offering capital, mentorship, and strategic guidance, with INR 1 crore average cheque sizes.