Top Tier Holiday Shopping Guide 2021

With the holidays right around the corner, we here at TTCP thought we would try and take some of the stress out of your holiday shopping. Whether the recipient works in venture, tech, or just likes getting presents, any gift from this list is sure to please. We spent the whole year with our ears to the ground, finding the latest and greatest consumer products from our managers and consolidated them into this list. It has been a record year for company creation, and the pool of companies for this blog did not disappoint. So, you can rest assured there is something for everyone on this list.

Whether it’s your fur baby or your real baby, nothing competes with seeing the excitement on their face when new toys and treats arrive. We continue to see trends around sustainability in children’s products and an emphasis on what we can do to keep our pets healthy. Fuzzy delivers expert care and vet-curated products tailored to your pet. Ten Little is an e-commerce platform that helps you curate toys and footwear options for your babies and toddlers. Maisonette is a one-stop-shop for parents of babies and young children.

You can never go wrong with Gadgets. The holidays haven’t been the same since RadioShack went out of business. This year we have items that move through the air, over the ground, and through cyberspace. Anybody know of some venture-backed companies working on underwater submersibles? Maybe next year. Opal Camera is a maker of professional webcams which help find and focus on your voice and face, cutting out distracting background noise and movements on important Zoom calls. Skydio is a drone manufacturer with AI to help operators, allowing even novice pilots to navigate like a pro. Want to gift an eBike but don’t want to pay full price? Dance provides eBikes on a subscription basis, so you can benefit from fast, easy, eco-friendly transport without breaking the bank.

Since many of us are still working from home and with a newfound purpose for curating our living spaces, the companies in this year’s home goods list will help keep your home clean and comfortable. Oliver Space is a platform intended to offer home décor on a monthly subscription basis, perfect for all the recent grads who moved back in with their parents during Covid and are finding themselves back in the market for an apartment and furniture. Sproutl, is for all our plant parents; it’s a platform that operates a marketplace for horticultural supplies. Finally, Trifo is a robot vacuum, a perfect gift to give to someone you think could benefit from a cleaner living space in 2022.

Travel is coming back! Give someone the gift of an unforgettable experience or help them shop for socially conscious products. Cabana is a hotel on the go, book a van and turn the journey to your vacation destination into the adventure itself. Alternatively, you can bring the outdoors to them with Bloom & Wild, a flower gifting and delivery platform. Has all this discussion of gifts made you want to skip the holidays altogether? Goody makes ordering and tracking your gifts easy. Just download the app and send gifts via text.

Make sure your loved ones are rolling into 2022 looking their best with these eco-friendly, fashion-forward items. SaySh is a maker of athletic footwear for women that is both functional and stylish. Summersalt is the perfect gift for someone who loves the ocean and cares about the environment; this swimwear brand manufactures bathing suits that are eco-friendly and affordable. While you are at it, get them a pair of environmentally responsible sunglasses from Wire Glasses to compliment that new bathing suit at the beach. 

If you have not found what you are looking for yet, you can rest assured you will find it in one of these next three categories: wine, food, and coffee. Cookunity is an online food delivery platform with a twist; all the dishes are chef-curated cuisines, prepared using farm-fresh ingredients. You can find the perfect wine to pair with that dish on Bright Cellars, the platform designed to match consumers with the wine that best fits their personal tastes. Not shopping for a foodie or wine enthusiast? Spinn Coffee is a tech-enabled brewing machine, which can be operated from your phone, it will even send you alerts for when you are low on beans, and you can order replacements from the app to your door.

New to the TTCP gift list is a category for our crypto enthusiasts. For starters, consider a Coinmine machine, a compact device that allows even the most novice user to mine for cryptocurrency. OpenSea is a peer-to-peer marketplace for digital collectibles (NFTs). Finally, Sorare is for your crypto fanatic friend who is also a fantasy sports nut. The platform allows you to build fantasy football (soccer) teams by trading NFTs of player cards. 

Still haven’t found what you are looking for? Check out our extended list below!