Kiki World Raises $7M From Estée Lauder And Others, Opens Platform Up To B2B Clients

Kiki World, the blockchain-enabled brand that invites consumers to weigh in on products prior to launch and rewards them for engagement, has raised $7 million in funding to help facilitate the spread of its technology to content...

Who Could Buy Space NK?

Add Space NK to the growing group of beauty companies looking to sell.  According to British news outlet Sky News, the prestige beauty specialty retailer owned by venture capital firm Manzanita Capital 

Incubator Slate Brands Acquires Frontman To Grow Its Reach With Gen Z Guys

Slate Brands, a beauty incubator with men’s brand Insanely Clean in its portfolio, is increasing its presence in the men’s space with the purchase of men’s acne care brand Frontman. The...

The Flex Co. Secures Multimillion-Dollar Investment From Justin Verlander And Kate Upton

Professional baseball player Justin Verlander and his wife model Kate Upton have made a multimillion-dollar investment in sustainable period care brand The Flex Co. The exact amount wasn’t disclosed, but the cash infusion...

XRC Ventures Pinpoints The Exact Metrics Investors Want To See From Emerging Beauty Brands Now

The goalposts keep moving up for emerging brands looking to nab early-stage capital. That’s among the biggest takeaways from a report on consumer venture capital benchmarks for the first quarter of this year...

Scent Lab Secures Seed Funding, Brings On Bulletin’s Ali Kriegsman As Co-Founder And CMO

As gen Z consumers reject signature fragrances in favor of picking scents based on moods, seasons, outfits and preferred identity traits of the moment, customization concept Scent Lab is vying to be their go-to brand...