Deal Flow
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...
Tattoo Care Brand Stories & Ink Secures $1.6M With The Aim Of Doubling Sales In 18 Months
Stories & Ink has raised $1.6 million in funding to support its next phase of growth. The funding is from a mix of new and existing investors, including The Emerson Group, a retail distributor with Crown...
African Skincare Brand Uncover Raises $1.4M To Help It Go Global
Nairobi-based Uncover, a skincare brand with sunscreen, serum, sheet masks and more for women with melanated skin, has raised $1.4 million in an oversubscribed funding round to heighten its presence in existing markets and expand beyond them....
West Lane Capital Partners Breathes New Life Into Beauty Bakerie With Acquisition
Fresh off the acquisition of Mented Cosmetics, West Lane Capital Partners is enlarging its beauty business again by buying Beauty Bakerie. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It represents a precipitous reversal of fortunes...
“Keurig For Makeup” Company BoldHue Raises Over $3M In Seed Funding To Launch Custom Foundation Device
BoldHue, the beauty technology company behind a cosmetics-mixing countertop device, has raised $3.37 million in seed funding to bring its total funding to $5.37 million and finance the release of its device. Founded...
