# Brian Swette

> Brian Swette is a Series A investor at Endeavor (Pebble Beach) backing Retail and Fashion. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Endeavor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor)
- Location: Pebble Beach, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-swette-8748a54
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.swette.1

Brian Swette is a Series A investor at Endeavor 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daring Foods | 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 | 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 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Maveron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maveron) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Good Friends](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodfriends) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NextView Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextview-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Operator Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operator-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Palm Tree Crew Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palm-tree-crew-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Endeavor

VC Fund · New York, United States

About EndeavorEndeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28 billion US, have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4 billion US in capital.Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
About Endeavor CatalystEndeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$250M+ AUM across three funds and has made 200+ investments to date in 32+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 37 companies valued at $1B+, including 29 unicorns. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.

5 contacts available at Endeavor.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Swette | Member of the Board of Trustees | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-swette-2 |
| Vincent Speranza | Director Nacional de Operaciones | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vincent-speranza |
| Adrian Garcia-Aranyos | TitlePresident | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-garcia-aranyos |
| Ahmet Onur | Entrepreneur | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmet-onur |
| Alexis Pantazis | Entrepreneur | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-pantazis |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Brian Swette last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Swette closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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