Forecast Labs

Congratulations to Lalo, a Forecast Labs portfolio company, on its launch into retail. Beginning this week, Lalo's baby products and toddler products are available at Target locations across the United States. “When you bring a fresh perspective — and not just saying, ‘I want to get my stuff on your shelves,’ regardless of what the category is — that goes a long?way with building out that relationship,” Gregory Davidson told Modern Retail. Read on below. https://lnkd.in/ed_N8G4h

Barron's ran a feature this weekend about the importance of confronting estate planning when you are young and healthy. It includes commentary from Trust & Will, a Forecast Labs portfolio company. You can find an excerpt below. “If you don’t want to burden your parents with stress—or your loved ones or friends—this is a really amazing gift,” Craig M. Parker says. “When you’ve written it down, they can say, ‘I’m not making the decision, I’m honoring your decision.’ That’s a very different thing.” https://lnkd.in/ejs3yCUA

Congrats to Forecast Labs portfolio company Trust & Will on their Series C! They have modernized the once labor-intensive and expensive process of estate planning, delivering better modern solutions. From CNBC's coverage of the announcement today: “Every family deserves access to estate planning, and every professional deserves tools that simplify the process while delivering exceptional results,” co-founder and CEO Cody Barbo said. “This Series C funding is more than a company milestone — it’s a step toward transforming estate planning into an essential service that touches every family’s life and legacy.” Read on for more. https://lnkd.in/emZq5tGj

A The Wall Street Journal story today focused on marketing campaigns and AI advancements features Nicole Fisch from Lalo. Lalo is a Forecast Labs portfolio company. See below for an excerpt from the story: “It’s almost like a necessary evil,” said Nicole Fisch, senior vice president of marketing at baby products brand Lalo, which uses Google’s AI-fueled Performance Max campaigns to run ads online. “You see the numbers and it does drive sales, but…at what cost?” https://lnkd.in/e7zPWSmh

Tariffs remain on the minds of many American business owners. Some companies, including Lalo, a Forecast Labs portfolio company, are lowering prices to give their customers some much-needed ease at a time of uncertainty. “The bet was that it was going to be good for business, but it started with a bet on our customers. When you can do price reduction, you can accelerate velocity of growth,” said Michael Wieder, co-founder, president and CMO of Lalo." Read on below. https://lnkd.in/e9rttqdC

Forecast Labs portfolio company Trust & Will released today results of a survey of 10,000 respondents that "found that 66% of the Silent Generation, who are 80 and older, report having a will, but that the same is true for only 44% of baby boomers, most of whom are turning 65 in the next few years." How's that impacting American wealth? Read on below. https://lnkd.in/ePa2ChVR

Business Insider featured Forecast Labs portfolio company, Lalo, in its story tonight about tariffs and business impact. "It can be way more expensive to move your supply chain than to eat the tariff," said Michael Wieder, cofounder and CMO of Lalo, a baby product brand with most of its supply chain in China. "We don't want to react on things that are going to end up being a waste of money and a waste of time." Read on at the link below. https://lnkd.in/ej2n9Z8y

Forecast Labs portfolio company Lalo was featured in this Fast Company article about the impact of tariffs on businesses. “I think that there’s going to be a contraction of newer businesses and newer brands entering the market,” Michael Wieder says. “It takes more capital than ever to do that, and it’s going to be expensive to buy the inventory.” https://lnkd.in/egT8W2-G

This week, Michael Wieder, cofounder of Lalo, a Forecast Labs portfolio company, was quoted in Inc. Magazine about expected tariffs. You can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/ehYDd3ME.

Stacy Spikes, founder and CEO of MoviePass is cited in this Inc. Magazine story about how to get RTO right. Stacy "called workers back into the office four days a week in summer 2022. His team opposed the decision, but Spikes negotiated: If they tried it and hated it, the company would return to remote work. In the end, the team agreed to stay together at their office in Manhattan’s West Village." MoviePass is a Forecast Labs portfolio company. https://lnkd.in/dhKscBdp