Prior to joining Susa Ventures as an investor, I was a research associate at Silicon Valley Bank where my team monitored and analyzed the evolving landscape of venture capital. I was super fortunate to work alongside incredibly good people who were forward thinking, collaborative, and were equally obsessed with the…

The beauty market includes cosmetics, hair-care, skincare, fragrance, and salon tools. Together, these segments constitute an $80B market in the U.S., estimated to grow to $90B by 2020. The cosmetics segment alone accounts for 50% of total beauty sales, with prestige beauty outpacing other segments. 61% of U.S. women reported…

Originally published on February 23, 2017 Snap Inc is set to go public. For multiple reasons this is a big deal — liquidity to the markets after a starved 2016, an awesome outcome for Snap’s investors encouraging more investment dollars to tech, validation that unicorns can have optimal exits, and…

Originally published on December 13, 2016. As the holidays approach and what feels like an inflection point in e-commerce with Cyber Monday hitting all-time records ($3.4B in sales), Alibaba Singles Day blowing it out of the water ($1B in sales just in the first 5 minutes…think about that the next…

Originally published on October 12, 2016. Post and infographic done in collaboration with Jim Marshall (Head of Emerging Manager Practice), original post found on . …