Deal Flow
Ben Bennett’s New Incubator And Investment Firm The Center Aims To Prime Emerging Beauty Brands For Lucrative Exits
If you’re hunting for future Drunk Elephants, Ben Bennett’s someone to watch. The product developer and beauty trend soothsayer has started incubator and investment firm The Center to create and nurture brands he hopes will end up in...
Kosas On The Rise: The Clean Beauty Brand Secures Series B Funding
Is Sheena Yaitanes the Estée Lauder of our age? A lot of investors think so. In fact, enough think so that her brand Kosas has reeled in a series B funding round led by Erewhon, Califia Farms and...
CBD Beauty And Wellness Company Sobe Organics Secures $750K And A Licensing Deal With Perry Ellis
A pivot has paid off for Lux Beauty Club. After starting three years ago in hair extensions, the brand overhauled its business model and relaunched with CBD at its core in June. In a blazing cannabis...
New World Natural Brands Enters The Growing Men’s Market With The Acquisition Of 18.21 Man Made
New World Natural Brands has gone top shelf for its latest acquisition. Established last year, the burgeoning beauty holding company has added 18.21 Man Made, the grooming brand inspired by the Prohibition that puts its bestselling...
Collagen Sparkling Tea Brand SkinTe Pulls In $3M From Sara Blakely, Karlie Kloss, Diane Von Furstenberg And More
SkinTe is popping in more ways than one. The collagen sparkling tea brand has drawn $3 million from an array of investors, including Spanx founder Sara Blakely, The Honest Co. and ShoeDazzle co-founder Brian Lee, supermodel and Kode...
Sensitive Skin Specialist ELSI Beauty Raises $1M To Develop A Personalized Product Platform
People with highly sensitive skin often avoid beauty products out of fear the products will inflame their faces. ELSI Beauty is working to calm their fear by designing technology and skincare to ensure they don’t receive formulas...
