Direct to Consumer Startups

It's Hanbul is a South Korean cosmetics company that develops and markets skincare and beauty products, including brands such as It's Skin, Flamel MD, and Dictionist. It focuses on research and development of skin-type-specific solutions and clean dermatological formulations for consumers.

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Quim makes plant-based intimate wellness products, including oils and serums, focused on vaginal health and sexual self-care. It sells directly to consumers with vaginas and their partners.

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Ivy City Co is a direct-to-consumer women's fashion brand that designs and sells dresses, including matching styles for women, teens, and children. Its collection focuses on occasion and everyday dresses in floral, gingham, and plaid patterns.

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IZIPIZI designs and sells eyewear, including reading glasses and sunglasses, offering collections marketed toward everyday and outdoor use. Products are sold online and through the brand's physical retail stores.

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Jack Archer sells men's pants marketed for their comfortable fit and versatility. It is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand.

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Jack's Stir Brew is a New York City coffee shop that sells specialty coffee blends online, along with related merchandise such as tumblers, mugs, and hoodies.

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Jacob makes a snack or nutrition bar using ingredients such as grass-fed beef tallow, organic berries, organic honey, and grass-fed protein, positioned as a clean, nutrient-rich food product. It targets consumers seeking whole-food-based energy and recovery nutrition.

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Jalapa Jar makes fresh, small-batch salsa using fire-roasted jalapeños, red peppers, and Roma tomatoes preserved with real lime juice. The company sells its salsa direct to consumers and offers salsa-making classes at its Brooklyn Navy Yard location.

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JamaliBox is a monthly beauty subscription box service that delivers five curated makeup, skincare, haircare, and beauty products (three customizable and two discovery items) to subscribers at discounted prices. It serves beauty consumers across the UAE and KSA, offering Base or Premium plans with free shipping and no long-term commitment.

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Jamble operates a mobile marketplace where buyers and sellers trade secondhand clothing through live-streaming and video features, targeting the secondhand fashion community.

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Jane West designs and sells cannabis smokeware and glassware, including branded pipes, bongs, and accessories. The company offers direct-to-consumer products organized into themed collections.

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Jason Markk sells premium shoe and sneaker care products, including cleaners, fabric protectors, odor eliminators, and wipes, offered individually and as subscription bundles. Its products are marketed to consumers and families as PFAS-free, plant-based, and safer-choice certified household and footwear care essentials.

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Javvy makes coffee products including coffee concentrates, protein coffee blends, protein creamers, and naturally flavored coffee syrups for at-home iced and hot coffee. It sells direct-to-consumer to coffee drinkers seeking convenient, low-sugar, better-for-you coffee options.

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JECA makes gluten-free nutrition and snack bars formulated with healthy fats, fiber, protein, and antioxidants, free of refined sugar, soy, dairy, and oils. The bars feature globally inspired flavor combinations and are sold directly to consumers, including a discovery 6-pack.

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Jennifer Kahn Jewelry designs and handcrafts silver and mixed-metal jewelry, including pendants, earrings, and chakra/healing pieces made from Precious Metal Clay. The brand sells direct to consumers online and through retail shops, and produces its work in Burlington, Vermont.

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Jerdon Style designs and sells spa-grade bath and beauty products, focusing on makeup mirrors such as lighted vanity mirrors, magnifying mirrors, dual-sided designs, and wall-mounted models. The products serve personal and professional grooming and beauty use in the USA.

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Jerome Baker is an ecommerce retailer selling glass tubes, concentrate devices, calumets, and related smoking accessories and apparel, offering both direct consumer sales and wholesale.

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Jewelbox is a jewellery brand that designs and sells lab-grown diamond jewellery, positioning its pieces as conflict-free and sustainably produced. It sells directly to consumers, offering certified diamonds along with services like buyback, exchange, and returns.

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Jingle is a mobile app that connects consumers with nearby artisanal food vendors, restaurants, and service providers (bike repair, car wash, manicures) through location-based push notifications, enabling direct delivery without intermediaries.

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Johnnie-O is an apparel brand offering premium casual clothing, including seasonal collections and collegiate/team-branded styles. Founded in 2005, it sells lifestyle apparel to consumers directly.

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Johnny Was is a women's lifestyle apparel brand offering bohemian-style clothing, signature prints, resort and swimwear, dresses, kimonos, shoes, and leather bags. It sells vintage-inspired, artisan-crafted fashion for women and is based in Southern California.

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Johrh designs and sews abayas made in Saudi Arabia using premium fabrics, with some models available for custom tailoring. It sells ready-made and occasion abayas to customers in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region, offering shipping across the GCC.

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Jolly Mama is a French brand of nutritional supplements and food products dedicated to maternity, covering fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and postpartum stages. Products such as multivitamins, DHA supplements, and snacks are formulated with experts, manufactured mainly in France, and sold direct-to-consumer via one-time purchase or subscription.

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Jonas Paul Eyewear designs eyeglasses for children, offering durable and fashionable frames for kids. Through its "Buy Sight, Give Sight" program, the company donates glasses, funding, and eye care support to children in need worldwide with frame purchases.

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