Kudos
Consumer fintech.
Source: TechCrunch, 2024 ↗The celebrity money desk
Who's really writing the cheques
Sara and Erin Foster ran creative at Bumble from 2017 to 2020, built the clothing brand Favorite Daughter, and were early around Mirror before Lululemon bought it — a track record of being close to consumer brands before they got big. In 2023 they made it formal, launching Oversubscribed Ventures with Phil Schwarz to invest at early stage in consumer and the technology underneath it.
Consumer fintech.
Source: TechCrunch, 2024 ↗Direct-to-consumer swimwear brand.
Source: TechCrunch, 2024 ↗Ear-piercing and aftercare business run by licensed nurses.
Source: TechCrunch, 2024 ↗Bottled water made from recovered ocean-bound plastic.
Source: TechCrunch, 2024 ↗They are advisers to Bumble rather than early shareholders in it, and the Bumble and Mirror association is about proximity and creative work, not a documented equity stake in either. Oversubscribed is young and its cheque sizes are not public.