Deal Flow
ZitSticka Secures $5M In Series A Funding And Readies For Ulta Beauty Launch
ZitSticka aims to be a breakout star of the breakout segment—and it’s just been given fuel to help it get there with a $5 million series A funding round led by venture capital firm BFG Partners....
Buzzy Bee Product Brand Beekeeper’s Naturals Raises $3.5M From Sonoma Brands
If Beekeeper’s Naturals wasn’t buzzing before, it is now. The bee product wellness brand has drawn $3.5 million in series A funding from Sonoma Brands, a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in...
Angel Investment Community Fempire x SoGal Is On A Mission To Educate And Inspire Budding Female Investors
In the beauty industry, there’s an experience shared by many female founders that has nothing to do with retail realities or formulation foibles. “They’ll go out and pitch to 50, 100, 300 investors and get noes...
NakedPoppy Scores $4M For Clean Beauty Curation And AI-Driven Product Recommendations
Clean indie beauty brands have a new platform to help them get into consumers’ hands. Created by Jaleh Bisharat and Kimberly Shenk, NakedPoppy is a curated website for busy women without the time or inclination to stroll...
Great Expectations For Beauty Investments, Great Expectations for BeautyX Capital Summit
The headlines say it all—the emerging beauty market is full of great expectations. In the space of a few months, news that five-year-old startup Glossier has surpassed the $1 billion mark (“Glossier Now Valued At More Than...
Genuine Health Acquires Growing Natural Body Care Brand Basd
Supplements company Genuine Health has acquired plant-driven body care brand Basd for an undisclosed sum. The deal combines two rising forces on the Canadian natural products scene. It also marks the first acquisition for Genuine Health,...
