Brian Swette
Angel Investor
Pebble Beach, United States
Brian Swette is a Series A investor in Pebble Beach focused on Retail and Fashion. Brian Swette has more than 25 years of international marketing, strategy, and general management experience helping consumer-oriented companies scale their business. In addition to Shutterfly, Inc., Swette currently serves on the board of directors for Jamba Juice, CBL Partners, FRS Company and Care.com.Swette has served on the board of BurgerKing since 2003 and became Non-Executive Chairman in 2006. Formerly the Chief Operating Officer of eBay, Swette oversaw its international expansion, marketing and customer support that made eBay the most successful e-commerce site on the Internet. Swette was instrumental in expanding eBay into new product categories and his addition of used cars turned eBay into the country's biggest car dealer. During his time at eBay, Swette helped to establish the eBay brand by focusing on the unique relationships that the company built with its users and the sense of community created by the eBay Web site.Prior to eBay, Swette was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Pepsi-Cola. Swette is a Trustee of Arizona State University, Endeavor.org and The Global Institute of Sustainability.Swette holds a B.S. in Economics from Arizona State University.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (50%)
- Fashion 1 (50%)
- Shopping 1 (50%)
- E-Commerce 1 (50%)
- Food Processing 1 (50%)
Stage
- Series A 1 (50%)
- Series B 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Daring Foods is a startup company that produces plant-based chicken aimed to provide a healthy food alternative.The company's products include vegan meat products that are dairy and egg-free as well as contain no palm oil, genetically modified organisms, hormones, or antibiotics, thereby creating a sustainable, delicious and nutritiousplant-based option for an audience that consumes chicken multiple times a week.Ross Mackay founded the company in Los Angeles, California in 2018. | $8.8M / Series A / Sep 22, 2020 | ||
| thredUP is transforming resale with the mission to inspire a new generation of consumers to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, thredUP has become one of the world's largest resale platforms for women's and kids' apparel, shoes and accessories. thredUP is extending the life cycle of clothing,changing the way consumers shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for the fashion industry. | $7M / Series B / May 12, 2011 |
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What does Brian Swette invest in?
Brian Swette invests primarily in Retail, Fashion and Shopping startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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