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September 8–10, 2025 · Industry City, Brooklyn
Beanstalk 2025.
A look back at three days of 1:1 meetings, boardroom discussions, and private dinners with the founders, CEOs, and senior operators defining the Disruptor Brands ecosystem.
By the numbers
What 2025 looked like.
1,000+Senior Executives
10,000+1:1 Executive Meetings
$20B+In Combined Revenue
30+Private Dinners
Partners · 2025
Powered by our 2025 partners.
The operators, platforms, and capital partners who powered Beanstalk 2025.
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— Who joined us in 2025 —
Who’s in the room.
1,000+ founders and senior executives from the world’s most innovative consumer brands.
Eline de Graaf
President North America
Dyson
Vasiliki Petrou
Founder Unilever Prestige, ex CEO, Investor
quantum consulting, Founder Unilever Prestige
Alex Frias
EVP Marketing
Steve Madden
Jake Karls
Co-Founder & Rainmaker
Mid-Day Squares
Josh Krepon
President, DTC
Steve Madden
Eric Schwartz
Chief Marketing Officer / SVP
The Clorox Company
Puneet Nanda
CEO
GuruNanda, LLC
JuE Wong
Group CEO
Performance Beauty Group
Clayton Spencer
CEO
Poncho
Lukas Noritzsch
CFO
Kombo Ventures
Peter Baldwin
Founder and ceo
birddogs
Eyal Baumel
CEO
Flywheel
Jay Hunter
Chief Revenue Officer
K2O
Jeremy Sharrard
CMO
ButcherBox
Randy Yang
Chief Growth Officer
Mammoth Brands
Adam Tishman
Co-President / Founder
Helix Sleep / 3Z Brands
Gonzalve Bich
CEO
BIC
Curtis Matsko
CEO
PLG
Molly Demarest
COO
Nugget
Rodney Williams
Founder
Trestle Glen Group
Jacob Zuppke
CEO
Whisker
Andrew Case
Co Founder
MoonBrew
Nadine Kheirallah
SVP International
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS
Bryan Myers
President & CEO
[solidcore]
Ben Diamond
CEO
True Classic
Brendan Gardner-Young
COO
Thrive Causemetics + Bigger Than Beauty Skincare
Dan Park
CEO
Clutch
Laurent Guillemain
CEO & CoFounder
HelloFresh, The Pets Table
Matthew Kaness
CEO (former)
GoodwillFinds
Abhi Ramesh
CEO
Misfits Market
Claudine Patel
Divisional CMO - DVP Brand & Strategy Nutrition
Abbott Nutrition
Ethan Falk
COO
Terminal X
Mark Abrials
CMO + Co-Founder
Avocado Green Mattress
Aurelian Lis
CEO
Dermalogica
Julia Bedanova
COO
Million Dollar Baby Co
Aman Advani
CEO
Ministry of Supply
Connor Noe
Co-founder
Nello
Charles Liu
Chief Operating Officer
Conair
Les Mandelbaum
Owner, CEO
UMBRA LTD/LLC TCH INC
Jennifer Hyman
CEO and Co-Founder
Rent the Runway
Steven Borrelli
CEO
Cuts
Ankit Patel
SVP of Global Growth
U Beauty
Ben Lewis
CEO
Little Spoon
Greg Sewitz
Co-CEO
Magic Spoon
Sam Koch
SVP Growth & Ecommerce
OSEA Malibu
Fabian Seelbach
CEO
Cometeer
Joseph De Sena
Founder & CEO
Spartan
Benoit Vatere
Chief Media Officer
Liquid Death Mountain Water
Andrew Perlmutter
CEO
NBA Take-Two
Kyle Widrick
Founder / GP
Pari Passu Venture Partners
Emma Taylor
Global Head of Internet Investment Banking
Barclays
Brandon Yoshimura
Director
Solomon Partners
Dan Reich
Founder
Reich Capital
Jodi Kessler
Partner
Wittington
Edward Lando
Founder
Pareto Holdings
Jon Owsley
Managing Partner
L Catterton
Jesse Derris
President
Orchestra
Jackie Dunklau
Co-Founder & Partner
Aria Growth Partners
Ari Labell
Member/Investor
The Angel Group
JB Osborne
Co-Founder & CEO
Red Antler
Eline de Graaf
President North America
Dyson
Vasiliki Petrou
Founder Unilever Prestige, ex CEO, Investor
quantum consulting, Founder Unilever Prestige
Alex Frias
EVP Marketing
Steve Madden
Jake Karls
Co-Founder & Rainmaker
Mid-Day Squares
Josh Krepon
President, DTC
Steve Madden
Eric Schwartz
Chief Marketing Officer / SVP
The Clorox Company
Puneet Nanda
CEO
GuruNanda, LLC
JuE Wong
Group CEO
Performance Beauty Group
Clayton Spencer
CEO
Poncho
Lukas Noritzsch
CFO
Kombo Ventures
Peter Baldwin
Founder and ceo
birddogs
Eyal Baumel
CEO
Flywheel
Jay Hunter
Chief Revenue Officer
K2O
Jeremy Sharrard
CMO
ButcherBox
Randy Yang
Chief Growth Officer
Mammoth Brands
Adam Tishman
Co-President / Founder
Helix Sleep / 3Z Brands
Gonzalve Bich
CEO
BIC
Curtis Matsko
CEO
PLG
Molly Demarest
COO
Nugget
Rodney Williams
Founder
Trestle Glen Group
Jacob Zuppke
CEO
Whisker
Andrew Case
Co Founder
MoonBrew
Nadine Kheirallah
SVP International
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS
Bryan Myers
President & CEO
[solidcore]
Ben Diamond
CEO
True Classic
Brendan Gardner-Young
COO
Thrive Causemetics + Bigger Than Beauty Skincare
Dan Park
CEO
Clutch
Laurent Guillemain
CEO & CoFounder
HelloFresh, The Pets Table
Matthew Kaness
CEO (former)
GoodwillFinds
Abhi Ramesh
CEO
Misfits Market
Claudine Patel
Divisional CMO - DVP Brand & Strategy Nutrition
Abbott Nutrition
Ethan Falk
COO
Terminal X
Mark Abrials
CMO + Co-Founder
Avocado Green Mattress
Aurelian Lis
CEO
Dermalogica
Julia Bedanova
COO
Million Dollar Baby Co
Aman Advani
CEO
Ministry of Supply
Connor Noe
Co-founder
Nello
Charles Liu
Chief Operating Officer
Conair
Les Mandelbaum
Owner, CEO
UMBRA LTD/LLC TCH INC
Jennifer Hyman
CEO and Co-Founder
Rent the Runway
Steven Borrelli
CEO
Cuts
Ankit Patel
SVP of Global Growth
U Beauty
Ben Lewis
CEO
Little Spoon
Greg Sewitz
Co-CEO
Magic Spoon
Sam Koch
SVP Growth & Ecommerce
OSEA Malibu
Fabian Seelbach
CEO
Cometeer
Joseph De Sena
Founder & CEO
Spartan
Benoit Vatere
Chief Media Officer
Liquid Death Mountain Water
Andrew Perlmutter
CEO
NBA Take-Two
Kyle Widrick
Founder / GP
Pari Passu Venture Partners
Emma Taylor
Global Head of Internet Investment Banking
Barclays
Brandon Yoshimura
Director
Solomon Partners
Dan Reich
Founder
Reich Capital
Jodi Kessler
Partner
Wittington
Edward Lando
Founder
Pareto Holdings
Jon Owsley
Managing Partner
L Catterton
Jesse Derris
President
Orchestra
Jackie Dunklau
Co-Founder & Partner
Aria Growth Partners
Ari Labell
Member/Investor
The Angel Group
JB Osborne
Co-Founder & CEO
Red Antler
Joe Milano
Former CDO
JRM Consulting
Justin Yoshimura
CEO, Co-Founder, Chairman
CSC Generation
Adam Goldston
Co-Founder/Co-CEO
APL
Connor Wilson
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman
Thursday
George Hanson
EVP, Ecommerce
Mattress Firm
Rachel Bishop
Board of Directors
Sally Beauty
Eline de Graaf
President, North America
Dyson
MacCoy Merkley
CMO
Portland Leather Goods
Aaron Esmailian
CMO
birddogs
Vlad Seuruk
CEO
Cata-Kor
Vy Nguyen
CEO
Avocado Green Mattress
David Ghiyam
Co-Founder
David Ghiyam
Reba Hatcher
Chief Commercial Officer
ButcherBox
Jacob Sternberg
CMO
Jomashop
Raina Moskowitz
CEO
The Knot Worldwide
Jordan Nathan
Founder & CEO
Caraway
Alex Lomov
CMO
Snap Supplements
Aron Susman
CFO
Ro
Hillary Peterson
Founder and Board Chair
True Botanicals
Philippe von Borries
CEO
Esspo
Sylvette sein
Chief Marketing Officer
Venus et Fleur
David Heath
Founder/Executive Chair
Bombas
Geoffrey Sanders
Chief Marketing Officer
Firstleaf
Vivek Kumar
CEO
Articore (TeePublic & Redbubble & Dashery)
Eric Grossberg
Executive Chairman
Brilliant Earth
Jonathan Millet
CEO
Townhouse
Ismail Salhi
CEO
Wildgrain
Brian Berger
Founder / CEO
Mack Weldon
Josh Marehbian
CFO
FabFitFun
Jeff Avallon
Board of Directors and Chief Strategy Officer
Caraway
Adam Weber
CMO
Hungryroot
Jeremy Lowenstein
CMO
Milani Cosmetics
Anushka Salinas
CEO
Nanit
sean frank
ceo
Ridge Wallet
Katy Mimari
CEO & Founder
Caden Lane
Andres Engel
COO
Ridge Wallet
Daniel Kane
Chief Product Officer
Ridge Wallet
April Siler
Chief Executive Officer
Good Eat’n
Jack Benzaquen
CEO
Duradry
Aaron Labowitz
Founder
Entertainment Earth
Michal Geller
Owner
Michal Geller Consulting
Mary van Praag
CEO
Milani Cosmetics
Taryn Rayment
Chief Marketing Officer
J. McLaughlin
Mehtab Bhogal
Founder
Karta Ventures
Chondita Dayton
Head of Marketing
Spot and Tango
Can (John) Sanay
North America Chief Business Officer SodaStream
PepsiCo / SodaStream
pete maulik
Partner
The Newcastle Network
James Watt
Founder
Social Tip
Isaac Medeiros
CEO
Mini Katana
Olivier Garel
Managing Partner
Unilever Ventures
Charlie Rubin
VP
Pentland Ventures
Jonathan Opdyke
Managing Partner
Brand:Detroit
Danielle Lay
Partner
New enterprise associates
David Roberts
Managing Director
Great Hill Partners
Anthony Choe
Managing Partner
Provenance
Ann Chung
Senior Managing Director
The Blackstone Group
Ndamukong Suh
Developer and entrepreneur
House of Spears
Cindy Cheng
Head of Consumer, Late-Stage VC
Wellington
Jonathan Metrick
Operating Partner & CMO
Sagard
Julie Bornstein
Founder and CEO
Daydream
Joe Milano
Former CDO
JRM Consulting
Justin Yoshimura
CEO, Co-Founder, Chairman
CSC Generation
Adam Goldston
Co-Founder/Co-CEO
APL
Connor Wilson
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman
Thursday
George Hanson
EVP, Ecommerce
Mattress Firm
Rachel Bishop
Board of Directors
Sally Beauty
Eline de Graaf
President, North America
Dyson
MacCoy Merkley
CMO
Portland Leather Goods
Aaron Esmailian
CMO
birddogs
Vlad Seuruk
CEO
Cata-Kor
Vy Nguyen
CEO
Avocado Green Mattress
David Ghiyam
Co-Founder
David Ghiyam
Reba Hatcher
Chief Commercial Officer
ButcherBox
Jacob Sternberg
CMO
Jomashop
Raina Moskowitz
CEO
The Knot Worldwide
Jordan Nathan
Founder & CEO
Caraway
Alex Lomov
CMO
Snap Supplements
Aron Susman
CFO
Ro
Hillary Peterson
Founder and Board Chair
True Botanicals
Philippe von Borries
CEO
Esspo
Sylvette sein
Chief Marketing Officer
Venus et Fleur
David Heath
Founder/Executive Chair
Bombas
Geoffrey Sanders
Chief Marketing Officer
Firstleaf
Vivek Kumar
CEO
Articore (TeePublic & Redbubble & Dashery)
Eric Grossberg
Executive Chairman
Brilliant Earth
Jonathan Millet
CEO
Townhouse
Ismail Salhi
CEO
Wildgrain
Brian Berger
Founder / CEO
Mack Weldon
Josh Marehbian
CFO
FabFitFun
Jeff Avallon
Board of Directors and Chief Strategy Officer
Caraway
Adam Weber
CMO
Hungryroot
Jeremy Lowenstein
CMO
Milani Cosmetics
Anushka Salinas
CEO
Nanit
sean frank
ceo
Ridge Wallet
Katy Mimari
CEO & Founder
Caden Lane
Andres Engel
COO
Ridge Wallet
Daniel Kane
Chief Product Officer
Ridge Wallet
April Siler
Chief Executive Officer
Good Eat’n
Jack Benzaquen
CEO
Duradry
Aaron Labowitz
Founder
Entertainment Earth
Michal Geller
Owner
Michal Geller Consulting
Mary van Praag
CEO
Milani Cosmetics
Taryn Rayment
Chief Marketing Officer
J. McLaughlin
Mehtab Bhogal
Founder
Karta Ventures
Chondita Dayton
Head of Marketing
Spot and Tango
Can (John) Sanay
North America Chief Business Officer SodaStream
PepsiCo / SodaStream
pete maulik
Partner
The Newcastle Network
James Watt
Founder
Social Tip
Isaac Medeiros
CEO
Mini Katana
Olivier Garel
Managing Partner
Unilever Ventures
Charlie Rubin
VP
Pentland Ventures
Jonathan Opdyke
Managing Partner
Brand:Detroit
Danielle Lay
Partner
New enterprise associates
David Roberts
Managing Director
Great Hill Partners
Anthony Choe
Managing Partner
Provenance
Ann Chung
Senior Managing Director
The Blackstone Group
Ndamukong Suh
Developer and entrepreneur
House of Spears
Cindy Cheng
Head of Consumer, Late-Stage VC
Wellington
Jonathan Metrick
Operating Partner & CMO
Sagard
Julie Bornstein
Founder and CEO
Daydream
Joshua Maynard
GM of Ecommerce
Beast Industries
Dovas Zakas
Co-founder, CMO at The Pets Table
HelloFresh
Andrew Fried
CMO
Mint Mobile
Karoline Dygas
VP, Sourcing & Procurement (CPO)
Nordstrom
Elizabeth Maul
SVP Retail Hair
Wella
Becky Moyes-Dresher
Chief Operating Officer
La Ligne
Christina Hull
Head of Corporate Development, International
Kenvue
Kartik Rathod
Investor & Board Partner
Mastermind Toys
Sean Gill
CEO & Founder
Triquetra Health
Aaron Zagha
CMO
Newton
Jess Schinazi
CEO
Away
Behzad Soltani
COO
Movado Group, Inc.
Brian Bordainick
Co Founder
Starface
Eric Ryan
Serial Entrepreneur
Cereal
Justin Allen
Cofounder / CEO
Tushy Inc
DAVID Lester
Co-founder
OLIPOP PBC
Jenica Myszkowski
CEO
Camp
Ricky Silver
CEO
Daily Harvest
Omar Muakkassa
Chief Financial Officer
Fellow Industries Inc
Justin Stefano
Founder
Esspo
Jonathan Weiss
CFO
Raw Sugar Living
Cassandra Thurswell
CEO
Kitsch LLC
Aaron Wolk
Co-Founder / Chief Creative Officer
Bombas
Monica Freedman
Chief DTC Officers
Veronica Beard
Bryan Cano
Head of Marketing
True Classic
Justin Demes
Chief Growth Officer
Tru Fragrance & Beauty
Anna Harman
CEO
Studs
Demetri Karagas
CEO
Thirty Madison
Chris Garcin
CEO
Pit Viper
Gary Horsfield
Chief Supply Chain Officer & Global Head of Blade Excellence & AMI
BIC
Logan Chierotti
Founder
Physician's Choice
Neha Kumar
Co-CEO
Full Glass Wine
Teddy Fong
CEO
Million Dollar Baby Co
Paola Peretti
President/CEO NA
Nasta Pet Food
Jake Miller
CEO and Founder
Fellow Industries Inc
Chad Janis
CEO
Gruns
Melissa Palmer
CEO
OSEA Malibu
Cody Plofker
CEO
Jones Road Beauty
Jason Bergsman
CEO
MeatEater
Connor MacDonald
CMO
Ridge Wallet
Avi Golan
CFO
Ridge Wallet
Austin Dutra
Chief Design Officer
Ridge Wallet
Billy May
CEO
Brooklinen
Jessica Sturzenegger
Founder ceo
Amara
Don Faul
CEO
CrossFit
George Davis
Chief Marketing Officer
Cozy Earth
Ken Ohashi
CEO
Brooks Brothers
Dan DeMeyere
Chief Product and Technology Officer
thredup
Julie Bornstein
Co-Founder & CEO
Daydream
Mike Blank
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Connect Ventures
Paul Yeh
Managing Partner
Conductive Ventures
Geoffrey Woo
Managing Partner
Anti Fund
Sam Yagan
CEO
Corazon Capital
Christin Levine
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Hayden Williams
Partner
BrandProject
Jay Liebowitz
Brian Thorne
Partner
Silas Capital
Laura Chau
Partner
Canaan Partners
James Brennan
CEO
Enlightened Brand Ventures
Joshua Maynard
GM of Ecommerce
Beast Industries
Dovas Zakas
Co-founder, CMO at The Pets Table
HelloFresh
Andrew Fried
CMO
Mint Mobile
Karoline Dygas
VP, Sourcing & Procurement (CPO)
Nordstrom
Elizabeth Maul
SVP Retail Hair
Wella
Becky Moyes-Dresher
Chief Operating Officer
La Ligne
Christina Hull
Head of Corporate Development, International
Kenvue
Kartik Rathod
Investor & Board Partner
Mastermind Toys
Sean Gill
CEO & Founder
Triquetra Health
Aaron Zagha
CMO
Newton
Jess Schinazi
CEO
Away
Behzad Soltani
COO
Movado Group, Inc.
Brian Bordainick
Co Founder
Starface
Eric Ryan
Serial Entrepreneur
Cereal
Justin Allen
Cofounder / CEO
Tushy Inc
DAVID Lester
Co-founder
OLIPOP PBC
Jenica Myszkowski
CEO
Camp
Ricky Silver
CEO
Daily Harvest
Omar Muakkassa
Chief Financial Officer
Fellow Industries Inc
Justin Stefano
Founder
Esspo
Jonathan Weiss
CFO
Raw Sugar Living
Cassandra Thurswell
CEO
Kitsch LLC
Aaron Wolk
Co-Founder / Chief Creative Officer
Bombas
Monica Freedman
Chief DTC Officers
Veronica Beard
Bryan Cano
Head of Marketing
True Classic
Justin Demes
Chief Growth Officer
Tru Fragrance & Beauty
Anna Harman
CEO
Studs
Demetri Karagas
CEO
Thirty Madison
Chris Garcin
CEO
Pit Viper
Gary Horsfield
Chief Supply Chain Officer & Global Head of Blade Excellence & AMI
BIC
Logan Chierotti
Founder
Physician's Choice
Neha Kumar
Co-CEO
Full Glass Wine
Teddy Fong
CEO
Million Dollar Baby Co
Paola Peretti
President/CEO NA
Nasta Pet Food
Jake Miller
CEO and Founder
Fellow Industries Inc
Chad Janis
CEO
Gruns
Melissa Palmer
CEO
OSEA Malibu
Cody Plofker
CEO
Jones Road Beauty
Jason Bergsman
CEO
MeatEater
Connor MacDonald
CMO
Ridge Wallet
Avi Golan
CFO
Ridge Wallet
Austin Dutra
Chief Design Officer
Ridge Wallet
Billy May
CEO
Brooklinen
Jessica Sturzenegger
Founder ceo
Amara
Don Faul
CEO
CrossFit
George Davis
Chief Marketing Officer
Cozy Earth
Ken Ohashi
CEO
Brooks Brothers
Dan DeMeyere
Chief Product and Technology Officer
thredup
Julie Bornstein
Co-Founder & CEO
Daydream
Mike Blank
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Connect Ventures
Paul Yeh
Managing Partner
Conductive Ventures
Geoffrey Woo
Managing Partner
Anti Fund
Sam Yagan
CEO
Corazon Capital
Christin Levine
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Hayden Williams
Partner
BrandProject
Jay Liebowitz
Brian Thorne
Partner
Silas Capital
Laura Chau
Partner
Canaan Partners
James Brennan
CEO
Enlightened Brand Ventures
Social proof
Beanstalk. In their own words.
Harley Finkelstein
President at Shopify
“The best event of the year. Their team does an amazing job curating attendees to make sure that everyone attending brings real value to the table.”
Bruce Smith
Founder at Hydrow
Hillary Peterson
Founder of True Botanicals
“I haven't been this excited for a non-Haus hosted event in… ever. Not sure how they managed to get such an amazing list of brands and attendees.”
Olivia Kory
Chief Strategy Officer at Haus
Larry Fitzgerald Jr.
NFL All-Pro Wide Receiver & Investor
“These were truly amazing events that united brands and service providers to exchange best practices and spark ideas for taking things to the next level.”
Charles Liu
COO at Conair
Sean Frank
CEO at Ridge
“What an amazing conference with super high quality attendees. I am going to RSVP for next year as soon as registration opens!”
Paul Yeh
Co-Founder & Partner at Conductive VC
Hudson Leogrande
Founder at CMFRT
“Beanstalk was truly a blast. For me it was the best event of the year — caliber of people, diversity in roles, and good dynamics with 1:1 meetings and table talks.”
Andrei Rebrov
Co-Founder at Scentbird and Finsi
Steven Borrelli
CEO at CUTS
Harley Finkelstein
President at Shopify
“The best event of the year. Their team does an amazing job curating attendees to make sure that everyone attending brings real value to the table.”
Bruce Smith
Founder at Hydrow
Hillary Peterson
Founder of True Botanicals
“I haven't been this excited for a non-Haus hosted event in… ever. Not sure how they managed to get such an amazing list of brands and attendees.”
Olivia Kory
Chief Strategy Officer at Haus
Larry Fitzgerald Jr.
NFL All-Pro Wide Receiver & Investor
“These were truly amazing events that united brands and service providers to exchange best practices and spark ideas for taking things to the next level.”
Charles Liu
COO at Conair
Sean Frank
CEO at Ridge
“What an amazing conference with super high quality attendees. I am going to RSVP for next year as soon as registration opens!”
Paul Yeh
Co-Founder & Partner at Conductive VC
Hudson Leogrande
Founder at CMFRT
“Beanstalk was truly a blast. For me it was the best event of the year — caliber of people, diversity in roles, and good dynamics with 1:1 meetings and table talks.”
Andrei Rebrov
Co-Founder at Scentbird and Finsi
Steven Borrelli
CEO at CUTS
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