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Billions of dollars in venture capital have poured into direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands over the past ten years, funding hundreds of upstart brands challenging the incumbents in <a href="https://www.inc.com/magazine/201805/tom-foster/direct-consumer-brands-middleman-warby-parker.html" target="_blank">nearly every</a> product category. These brands, once <a href="http://fortune.com/2014/11/21/into-the-gloss/" target="_blank">ignored</a> by investors, are now raising multi-million dollar rounds pre-launch and recruiting top talent.