Springdale Ventures bets that the next breakout company may look less like software and more like a jar, pouch or bottle. Its edge is knowing what happens after a product leaves the pitch deck and meets a shelf.
Maveron has spent more than a quarter-century betting that small changes in daily behavior become large companies. Its product is patient partnership - and its raw material is the way people live.
Forerunner made its name by noticing what consumers wanted before spreadsheets could prove it. Now the firm behind Chime, Oura and Glossier is applying that habit to AI - with $3 billion, a compact team and an unusually broad definition of consumer.