Deal Flow

DFN Ventures Invests In Crème Collective To Grow Outsourced Infrastructure For Beauty Brands
DFN Ventures has invested in Crème Collective, and its founder Jeremy Triefenbach has become CFO of the sales and marketing agency that’s worked with many of the beauty industry’s most-coveted and cutting-edge brands.

Great Many Closes $3.6M Pre-Seed Round For Hair Growth Clinics, Telehealth And Products
UPDATE: Great Many, the hair loss clinic launched by former Heyday chief brand officer and co-founder Michael Pollak, has secured $3.6 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round. The round was led by consumer...

Indu Raises Over $5M In Seed Funding From Unilever Ventures, V3 Ventures And More
Indu is growing up. The British brand aimed at teens and started by the co-founders of Feelunique has moved to the next developmental phase of fundraising by securing $5.1 million in a seed...

Lily Collins Joins Silas Capital And G9 Ventures In Celebrity Hairstylist-Founded Roz’s Oversubscribed Seed Round
Before launching her clean luxury haircare brand, Roz, in 2021, Mara Roszak spent two decades as a hairstylist handling the hair of some of Hollywood’s brightest stars—Emma Stone sported a loose, polished look courtesy...

XRC Ventures Expects Wellness Deal Activity To Pick Up
After a slowdown in vitamin and supplement brand deals, XRC Ventures predicts activity will pick up over the next two to four years. As covered in the venture capital firm’s second quarter report...

CORE Industrial Partners Acquires Majority Stake In Playful Makeup Brand Winky Lux
CORE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm backing behind-the-scenes industry technology, manufacturing and services, is getting a pop of conspicuous girliness. It’s acquired a majority stake in the maximalist makeup brand Winky Lux for an undisclosed...