Deal Flow
Cult Capital Examines How Brands Can Succeed In A Crowded And Confusing Skincare Market
Amid the noise in the skincare market, Cult Capital is zeroing in on brands that can rise above it by advancing ingredient delivery systems and cut through it with transparency and edited routines.
How To Sell A Small Beauty Brand, According To Founders Who’ve Done It
Huge beauty brand transactions like L’Oréal’s $2.5 billion acquisition of Aesop and Kering Beauté’s $3.8 billion purchase of Creed last year make headlines, but there are many small beauty brand transactions that don’t get any press. In...
Megalabs Acquires Majority Stake In Hair Growth Brand DS Laboratories To Boost Dermatology Business
Pharmaceutical and supplement company Megalabs has acquired a majority stake in DS Laboratories, a brand specializing in hair growth products, to heighten its presence in dermatologists’ offices. Terms of the deal weren’t...
Brand Incubator Squared Circles Closes $40M Series A Funding Round Led By L Catterton
Squared Circles, the venture studio and incubator behind Kelly Slater’s personal care brand Freaks of Nature, has closed a $40 million series A funding round to fuel brand creation. The round was...
Nearing Closure Of Its Second Fund, True Beauty Ventures Talks De-risking Investments In A Challenging Market
Gearing up to close its second fund by the end of June, True Beauty Ventures has faced many of the challenging capital conditions that have bedeviled beauty brands fundraising recently, including the ripple...
DC Advisory Forecast: Private Equity To Reign Over Increased Beauty M&A This Year
DC Advisory forecasts a boost in beauty mergers and acquisitions for the remainder of the year, with private equity firms leading the charge in scooping up attractive assets as they remain bullish on the beauty...
