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#261 - What Makes Brands Investable at Founders & Funders? with Hannah Dittman

The Startup CPG Podcast · 11 Aug 2026 · 52m · Episode 350

What this episode covers

Hannah Dittman, Operations & Finance Host at Startup CPG and former investor at Main Post Partners and Morphe, explains what makes a CPG brand investable to venture capitalists. She details the criteria used for Startup CPG's 'Founders and Funders' and 'Roadshow' events, emphasizing that investors look for clear exit potential, scalable TAM, and strong unit economics rather than just product novelty. Dittman advises founders to treat fundraising as a partnership evaluation, to contextualize traction data against competitors, and to avoid common application mistakes like skipping the pitch video or burying key metrics in verbose one-pagers.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Startup CPG, Main Post Partners, Morphe, Parthenon Group, Benefit Cosmetics
Products
Founders and Funders, Roadshow

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