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Why Wittington Ventures Is Leaning Into Consumer Investments As Other VC Firms Do The Opposite
In Canada, it’s hard to escape the impact of the Weston family. From a single Toronto bakery established in 1884 by American-born entrepreneur George Weston, it spawned aptly named George Weston Ltd., a multibillion-dollar publicly traded retail colossus...
Monogram Capital Partners’ Oliver Nordlinger Believes Predictions Of A Beauty Slowdown Are Overblown
Monogram Capital Partners is one of the most active private equity firms in the beauty industry—and it doesn’t expect to shed that position anytime soon. Out of its portfolio of more than 25 companies spanning food...
Unpacking Beauty Copacker Consolidation With Raymond James Investment Banker Jon Tenan
Raymond James has been the fulcrum of several recent big deals in the beauty space, including those involving the brands Roc, K18 and Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare. More under the radar, the investment bank is...
Longtime Investment Banker Andrew Shore On What Investors Want From Emerging Brands And The State Of Beauty M&A
After 41 years on Wall Street, including 37 years orchestrating beauty and personal care deals, Andrew Shore has retired from investment banking. For the last 15 years, he’s been managing director at Moelis & Co., where he...
True Beauty Ventures And View From 32 On Why Brands Have To Be Much More Than Retail Ready To Enter Chains Today
While their domains are undoubtedly distinct, beauty retailers and beauty investors are becoming much more alike. “We’re making bets on which brands might be successful scaling,” says Rich Gersten, co-founder and managing partner of True Beauty Ventures,...
Top Knot Ventures’ Manica Blain On Why Individual Investors Are Particularly Important For Early-Stage Brands Today
After pitching 20 venture capital firms and receiving a term sheet from one, Indu, a forthcoming teenage beauty brand from Feelunique co-founders Aaron Chatterley and Richard Schiessel, ended up securing $4.8 million in funding from...
