Deal Flow
Beauty Brands Are Flocking To Crowdfunding Amid The VC Squeeze. Here’s How They’re Raising Money With It.
With venture capital for beauty and wellness startups scarce, even brands with track records of receiving institutional funding are flocking to crowdfunding campaigns to secure much-needed cash and connect with enthusiasts willing to put their money where their...
Hello Cake Secures $18M In Series B Funding And Acquires Fellow Sexual Wellness Brand Wet’s Parent Company Trigg Laboratories
Hello Cake, a sexual wellness and telehealth company, has secured $18 million in series B funding and purchased lubricant brand Wet’s parent company Trigg Laboratories Inc. The series B round was led by...
Beauty Contract Manufacturer M&A Lull Expected To Be Short Term
As the supply chain was unkinking after the shock of the pandemic, beauty companies looked to onshore production and emerging beauty brands with outsourced production grabbed market share, mergers and acquisitions in the beauty contract manufacturing sector were...
Sofie Pavitt Face Receives Seed Funding From True Beauty Ventures
Sofie Pavitt, the aesthetician-turned-brand founder who Nylon calls “the cool girl’s acne whisperer,” has a cool new investor. True Beauty Ventures, the beauty and wellness venture capital firm, has committed an...
Hair Growth Brand Scandinavian Biolabs Secures Nearly $4.5M In Series A Funding To Accelerate Growth
Scandinavian Biolabs has closed a nearly $4.5 million series A funding round to grow the reach of its hair growth products in European countries and the United States. The Copenhagen-based brand’s round was led by Auréa, the...
Founder Cassandra Grey Partners With Private Equity Investor To Buy Violet Grey Back From Farfetch
Violet Grey is back in the hands of founder Cassandra Grey. Earlier in the summer, she bought the beauty e-tail and content destination with private equity investor Sherif Guirgis, currently...
