Deal Flow
Why We Are Paradoxx’s Yolanda Cooper Raised $4M In Five Rounds Over Three Years
Before Yolanda Cooper launched the eco-conscious hair products brand We Are Paradoxx, she realized two fundamentals about getting it off the ground: She had to secure lot of money to produce its Supernova cordless curling and straightening...
Facial Destination Heyday Raises $20M Series B Round To Fuel Franchise Expansion
Stylish skincare service provider-cum-retailer Heyday has raised $20 million in a series B round of funding. The round was led by Level 5 Capital Partners with participation from existing Heyday investors...
Eric Ryan Sells A Third Brand With Unilever’s Acquisition Of Welly
Unilever has acquired a majority stake in Welly Health PBC, the playful bandage brand from the mind of entrepreneurial consumer packaged goods maverick Eric Ryan, for an undisclosed price. The deal comes less than two years after...
Dame Products’ Alexandra Fine On Her Brand’s $4M Seed Round, Selling Vibrators In Department Stores And Sex Talk On Social Media
Dame Products has closed a $4 million seed round, marking the sexual wellness brand’s first capital raise since drawing $970,000 through crowdfunding campaigns for the launch of its hands-free couples vibrator Eva in 2014 and...
Biossance Parent Company Amyris Acquires Clean Skincare Brand Terasana To Move Into Cannabis Beauty
In its first consumer brand acquisition, biotechnology firm Amyris Inc. has picked up natural skincare brand Terasana with the goal of pushing it into the cannabis beauty market. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Amyris’s purchase...
Reckitt Benckiser Group Acquires Bold Feminine Wellness Brand Queen V
In a major development for the millennial-driven crop of startups striving to reinvent feminine hygiene, Reckitt Benckiser Group has acquired Queen V, a brand that’s brought a bold voice to the segment at mass retailers. Terms of...
