Gin Lane
VC Fund
New York, United States
Gin Lane is a VC fund in New York focused on Dental and E-Commerce. We launch brands to market, grow early stage start ups, and partner with category leaders - forming carefully curated relationships that are built upon a shared long-term vision. Over the past decade, we have helped create over $5 billion in startup value and have led numerous Fortune 500 businesses through today's evolving landscape.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Gin Lane invests in
Stages Gin Lane invests in
Countries Gin Lane invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Emmett Shine
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Dental 2 (25%)
- E-Commerce 2 (25%)
- Health Care 2 (25%)
- Consumer Goods 2 (25%)
- Product Design 2 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (25%)
- Funding Round 2 (25%)
- Angel 1 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
- Series D 1 (13%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Krug
Partner // Investor
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Partner // Investor | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
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Emmett Shine
Co-founder
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Co-founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Haus
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Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes. | Pre-Seed / Jun 25, 2019 | |
Relode
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Relode is one platform that works equally well for employers, employees, and ultimately the patients they care for. Relode is a community-based online platform for healthcare professionals to easily match jobs and candidates. It allows healthcare professionals to refer friends or directly apply for great jobs and be rewarded.It was founded in2014 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. | Corporate Round / Nov 13, 2017 | |
quip
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Quip is an oral care company designing and delivering products, advice and professional services to make oral health more simple, accessible, and enjoyable — starting with a better electric toothbrush. As the first to market direct-to-consumer oral care subscription service — with fresh supplies delivered every three months, oral care advice sentstraight to hundreds of thousands of consumers, and a bidirectional tech platform in development to connect users with a large dental professional network — quip is working to elevate every part of the oral care experience for everyone. | Nov 01, 2016 | |
SmileDirectClub
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SmileCareClub at home invisible aligners are a series of tight-fitting, custom-made plastic aligners that gradually shift teeth into their desired position. The company has pioneered teledensitry by matching patient's with endorsed local SmileCareClub dental professionals in their area for virtual office visits to prescribe and overseetreatment. By removing constant office visits and utilizing emerging technology SmileCareClub is able to provide aligner therapy at less than half the price of traditional channels while still ensuring standard of care through their network of affiliated licensed dental professionals. The basic concept for SmileCareClub was envisioned by Jordan Katzman and Alex Fenkell In 2013, they teamed up with David Katzman and Doug Hudson to create SmileCareClub. The company is backed by Camelot Venture Group who has had success in disrupting other medical regulated spaces such at 1-800 Contacts and direct to consumer diabetes company Simplex Health Care. SmileCareClub CEO Doug Hudson who founded Simplex Health Care has also had success in the hearing aid space with his past company Hearing Planet which utilized a network of audiologist to bring hearing aids to the home. | $46.7M / Jul 01, 2016 | |
OTHR
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Creating the largest library of branded 3D Printing I.P. for the $320B homewares industry. | $750K / Angel / Dec 01, 2015 | |
Cadre
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Cadre is an online marketplace that connects investors and operators of real estate. It enables investments and transactions, provides a sophisticated technology product for managing processes, and powers predictive analytics for its investors. Investors are able to sell their interest on the secondary marketplace thereby introducing liquidityinto an antiquated industry. They are able to gain transparency, efficiency, and liquidity through the use of its proprietary technology, and are able to make better, more data-driven decisions. Founded by Ryan Williams, and Josh and Jared Kushner, Cadre was launched in 2014. | $18.3M / Series A / Mar 24, 2015 | |
Sweetgreen
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Sweetgreen is an American fast-casual restaurant chain that serves simple, seasonal, healthy salads, and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning. Founded in 2007, the company is based in Washington, District of Columbia. | $22M / Series D / Dec 03, 2013 | |
Harry's
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Harry is a developer of an online platform used to sell shaving equipment and accessories for men. It designs and manufactures its own line of razors and replacement blades, as well as other shaving consumables, and offers its products a-la-carte via its online store or through a subscription model that enables consumers to meet their groomingessentials need online.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York. | $10.5M / Series A / Jun 01, 2013 |
Co-Investors
ACME Capital
1 deal together
Align Technology
1 deal together
Black Jays
1 deal together
Blue Slide Ventures
1 deal together
Capital A Partners
1 deal together
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What does Gin Lane invest in?
Gin Lane invests primarily in Dental, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 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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The team at Gin Lane includes Alex Krug (Partner // Investor) and Emmett Shine (Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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