Deal Flow
E.l.f. Beauty Acquires Naturium To Grow Skincare Market Share
Already a makeup juggernaut, E.l.f. Beauty is angling for the same status in skincare by acquiring Naturium for $355 million. The company’s deal for the brand, which consists of a combination of cash...
Private-Label Platform Blanka Raises $2M To Ease Brands’ Ability To Bring Products To Market
In 2020, Kaylee Astle launched a short-lived sunscreen brand called Goodnight Moon, which gave her a window into the struggles of nascent beauty brands that most consumers, let alone entrepreneurs prior to their entrance into beauty,...
What Does The Lawsuit Against Fearless Fund Mean For Efforts To Support Black Beauty Founders?
After a significant win in the United States Supreme Court in June striking down affirmative action in college admissions, a conservative leader that set the wheels in motion for the demise of affirmative action in...
Aerosoles Owner American Exchange Group Acquires HatchCollective To Enter The Beauty Category
American Exchange Group, owner of footwear brands White Mountain and Aerosoles, has broken into the beauty category by acquiring brand incubator HatchCollective. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. New York-based American Exchange Group takes over
When Will Early-Stage Funding For Beauty And Wellness Brands Turn Around?
If you’re an early-stage brand looking for institutional funding now, you’re late to beauty’s venture capital party. These days, as Joanna Glasner, a columnist for Crunchbase, put it, “Beauty is a pretty unattractive area for...
WWP Beauty Sells Chinese Manufacturing Operations To AMPAC, Will Shutter Remaining Business
WWP Beauty has sold its Chinese manufacturing operations to packaging manufacturer AMPAC Ltd. and is closing the rest of its business. Going forward, AMPAC will be called WWP Beauty. Bain Capital Private...
