# Investing in early stage DTC startups - Ryan Springer, Founding Partner, Midnight Venture Partners

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Ryan is a Founding Partner at Midnight Venture Partners, a seed/growth stage consumer DTC investor.

In this episode, we talk about:
- How did Midnight Venture Partners got started?
- Trends in the DTC space
- Common mistakes that you see DTC founders make
- Cost-effective acquisition channels
- Difference between DTC & Retail
- Importance of retention
- Why sustainability products need to be better than competition?
& lots more



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**Links mentioned:**

VAE Coffee - <https://vaelabs.com/>

Midnight Venture Partners - <https://midnightvp.com/>

Follow Ryan on Linkedin - <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-springer-466a02aa/>


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Ryan is a Founding Partner at Midnight Venture Partners, a seed/growth stage consumer DTC investor.

In this episode, we talk about:
- How did Midnight Venture Partners got started?
- Trends in the DTC space
- Common mistakes that you see DTC founders make
- Cost-effective acquisition channels
- Difference between DTC & Retail
- Importance of retention
- Why sustainability products need to be better than competition?
& lots more

Investing in early stage DTC startups - Ryan Springer, Founding Partner, Midnight Venture Partners

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