Slingshot Ventures

We're thrilled to share that portfolio company Wild, has been acquired by Unilever! We couldn’t be prouder of Wild’s rapid growth and impact. This acquisition will accelerate Wild’s mission to eliminate single-use plastics in personal care, with Unilever’s global reach helping them scale even further. 🌍 Big congratulations to Freddy Ward, Charlie Bowes-Lyon, and the fantastic team for making this happen. Proud to have been a part of the journey!

🚀 Huge milestone for our portfolio company Yepoda! 🚀 Yepoda is taking things to the next level - launching in 100+ SEPHORA stores across 13 European countries! 💄✨ For years, Yepoda has built a loyal community that values: ✨ High-performance K-Beauty 🌿 Clean, effective ingredients 🌎 Sustainable solutions And now, they’re bringing that same excellence to one of the world’s biggest beauty retailers. Staying true to their commitment to clean, effective skincare has truly come to fruition. Huge congratulations to the Yepoda team and founders Veronika and Sander, for making this happen! 🚀 This is just the beginning. P.S. Next time you walk into SEPHORA, you know what to look for. 😉 #SlingshotVentures #Consumer #VentureCapital #KBeauty

Wasteless AI is making food waste reduction profitable. Using AI-powered dynamic pricing, Wasteless helps supermarkets and grocery stores: ✅ Cut food waste by up to 50% ✅ Boost revenues and improve profitability ✅ Stay ahead of regulations And now, the EU has made it a legal requirement. 🔻 By 2030, retailers and food businesses must reduce 30% of per capita food waste at the retail and consumer levels. This isn’t just a sustainability initiative. It’s a compliance mandate. Companies that don’t adapt will fall behind. 🤝 Sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand and the smartest retailers are already making the shift. ⛵Go go go, Team Wasteless AI! Oded Omer Ralph de Vries

🚀 Exciting news from our portfolio! We’re thrilled to celebrate BOLDKING as they take a major step forward in their journey - launching nationwide in Kruidvat (part of the AS Watson Group)! Making high-quality shaving routines more accessible has always been BOLDKING's mission, and this partnership brings their innovative products to consumers across the Netherlands. From full-body razors to nourishing shaving gels, you can now find BOLDKING's complete shaving lineup at your local Kruidvat. A huge congratulations to Piet-Hein Smit, Maurits L. and the rest of team BOLDKING on this milestone - we’re proud to support your growth!

🚀 Scaling your D2C business in 2025? You will want this! Daniel & Otto put together 50 must-have tools to help founders optimize and scale their: Order management Marketing content & creatives Customer engagement & analytics ...and much more! Some of our favorites? 🔹 tryatria.ai – AI-powered ad workflow platform. 🔹 Open (YC W24) – AI customer support ecosystem. 🔹 Instant – Drag & drop page builder for Shopify. 💡 Check out the full toolkit in the comments below. ⬇️ Did we miss a game-changing tool you swear by? Let us know - we’re always updating the list! #SlingshotVentures #ConsumerVC #D2C

🚀 Huge milestone for Check! 🚀 Incredible to see our portfolio company Check closing 2024 with 8% EBIT profitability and expanding its market share to 75%! 🎉 Profits are being reinvested to upgrade the fleet and expand into electric cars and e-bikes, reinforcing Check’s mission to become the leading platform for electric shared mobility in the Netherlands. Proud to support such a dynamic and ambitious team on their journey! Marco Knitel, Paul van Merrienboer 📖 Read more about their success via the link below. #Mobility #VentureCapital #PortfolioHighlight 💪 Marco Tom Roope Otto Marly Amy

👏 Proud to see us featured in the third edition of the UK consumer VC list! As Taos points out, we truly are the delight of the pack. 😁 To all the founders out there—or if you know a founder in your network—who are building an exciting business in the consumer space, we would love to connect. 💌 marly@slingshot.ventures Marco Pieters Tom Kist Roope Vahahyyppa Otto van Wassenaer Amy Toornent

🌟 Big news from one of our portfolio stars, Wild! 🌟 We’re thrilled to share that Wild, the UK-based natural deodorant brand redefining sustainable personal care, has officially launched in the US! This marks an amazing step in their journey to bring effective, eco-friendly solutions to more customers worldwide. 🌎 We’re proud to support founders like Freddy, Charlie and their team, who are taking bold steps to create a positive impact globally. 🚀 Congratulations, Wild—this is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter! #VentureCapital #PortfolioHighlight #ConsumerProducts

Another milestone for team Wasteless AI! Now live in 640 Carrefour stores across Argentina. Go Oded Omer, Yossi Regev, Ralph de Vries, Tomas Pasqualini, Olivia Wyatt and team!🔥 [Article in Dutch]

📣 Focal powered by HSBC Innovation Banking, is back! 🚨 Applications for Focal’s S24 demo day are open to startups raising in the next six months. It takes 7 minutes to apply at gofocal.vc, and even those who don’t make it to demo day can get introductions to over 250 leading VC fund partners, including Slingshot Ventures! Last demo day alone, applicants received over 1600 introductions from investors; it's one of the highest leverage activities you can do for your fundraiser. #focal #startup #fundraising #vc #demoday