Direct to Consumer Startups

Cymbiotika is a direct-to-consumer wellness brand that sells nutritional supplements, including products like Golden Mind and Topical Magnesium, available via one-time purchase or subscription.

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Cyrano is a brand-building platform that handles behind-the-scenes operations—investing, building, launching, operating, and scaling—for creators and brand founders. It positions itself as an operational engine for modern consumer brands.

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dalba global operates the premium vegan skincare brand d'Alba, built around white truffle ingredients, along with related lines including d'Alba Signature (lifting skincare), Veganery (inner beauty/health functional foods), and the Truffle di Alba fine dining restaurant. Based in Seoul, South Korea, the company sells beauty and personal care products domestically and internationally through retailers such as Costco and Ulta Beauty.

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The D'Amelio family's official website, serving as a hub for their shows, brands, and businesses, including D'Amelio Brands, a company that develops and operates consumer brands across footwear (D'Amelio Footwear), food (Be Happy Snacks), and apparel. Based in Los Angeles, the family builds consumer products alongside their media and entertainment ventures.

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Dae is a hair care brand offering styling and hair products such as styling creams and taming wands sold directly to consumers.

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DAILYLOOK is a personal styling subscription service that pairs customers with a personal stylist and delivers a curated box of premium clothing based on a style quiz. It offers free two-way shipping as part of its consumer apparel styling offering.

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DailyObjects designs and sells consumer tech accessories such as phone cases, chargers, and organizers for everyday use. It operates as a direct-to-consumer brand offering lifestyle and mobile accessory products.

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Dakine is a consumer brand selling outdoor and action-sports gear, including bags, packs, and accessories, through its ecommerce site.

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Dale of Norway is a heritage knitwear brand that designs and produces wool sweaters, cardigans, jackets and accessories in Norway. It sells premium Norwegian-made knitwear direct to consumers, with this site being its official US store offering delivery across the United States.

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Daluma sells selfcare and wellness products including supplements, fresh foods, and skincare, organized around goals like anti-aging, gut health, and performance. The German brand markets a "Health Club" membership and positions its products around clean ingredients and sustainability.

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Dame designs and engineers sexual wellness products, including vibrators such as Eva and Fin, developed in-house to address disparities in sexual pleasure and satisfaction for women. The company also runs Dame Labs and works to reshape how sexual wellness and pleasure are understood.

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Dancing Queens sells dance shoes for various dance styles such as salsa, bachata, and line dance, and offers discounted bookings for dance festivals and events through its site. It serves dancers and dance festival attendees.

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Dandelion Chocolate makes small-batch, single-origin chocolate using only cocoa beans and organic cane sugar, with no added vanilla, lecithin, preservatives, or cocoa butter. It sells chocolate bars, truffles, hot chocolate mixes, baked goods, and baking kits directly to consumers.

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Daps makes dissolvable oral strips that deliver 45mg of natural green-tea caffeine plus a B-vitamin trio (B12, B6, B7) as an alternative to coffee and energy drinks. The strips melt on the tongue in seconds and are sold directly to consumers by subscription in peppermint and spearmint flavors.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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Dare Vegan Cheese makes plant-based, non-dairy cheeses—including spreadable and pimento varieties—sold to vegan and lactose-intolerant consumers. The products are offered direct to consumers with delivery.

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Daring makes 100% plant-based chicken products with a short ingredient list, sold at retailers and offered to restaurants for their menus. The company positions its products as a replacement for conventional chicken in everyday recipes.

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Datavations is a merchant enablement platform that provides cross-retailer transaction data, competitor tracking, and category insights to consumer brands. It serves brands selling through retail channels by offering store-level performance data, inventory management, and pricing tools across multiple retailers.

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David makes high-protein nutrition bars, including its Gold (28g protein) and Bronze (20g protein) bars marketed as low-calorie, zero-sugar options. The company sells directly to consumers and positions its bars against competitors like Barebells and Quest Nutrition.

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Dayglow offers curated coffees sourced from a selection of roasters. It appears to be a direct-to-consumer online coffee retailer.

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Days brews non-alcoholic (0.0% ABV) beers, including a lager and a pale ale, made with plant-based, all-natural ingredients and lower in calories. The Edinburgh-based brand sells its alcohol-free beers direct to consumers as a substitute for regular beer.

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DaysAhead sells clinical-grade haircare products such as hair growth serums, pre-wash reset serums, and roll-on ampoules designed to reduce hairfall and promote regrowth through quick daily routines. The direct-to-consumer brand markets these formulations to consumers in India.

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De la Calle makes a modern Mexican soda based on tepache, a fermented pineapple drink made with pineapple, turbinado sugar, spices, and carbonated water. The lower-sugar beverages are sold in retail stores and shipped directly to consumers.

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Dedoles is an online store selling colorful patterned socks and related apparel, offering products in a range of sizes for consumers. It operates as a direct-to-consumer ecommerce retailer.

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Defunkify makes enzyme-based laundry detergents, powders, and odor/stain-removing boosters designed to eliminate odor at the source without synthetic fragrances, phosphates, chlorine, or optical brighteners. Its products target athletes and active users with technical and performance fabrics, using plant-based, ProvenSafe-tested formulas sold direct to consumers.

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