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Founded By Former J&J Execs, Ignite Venture Studio Helps Underrepresented Founders Bring Brands To Market
Whether big or small, consumer packaged goods companies face a myriad of challenges. Conglomerates often lack innovation and the agility to execute on fresh ideas. Startups are brimming with fresh ideas, but lack the infrastructure to...
Waldencast’s Michel Brousset On The SPAC Process And The Sort Of Brands He Wants To Back
The beauty industry is a magnet for all manner of investors—from angels to family offices and venture capital funds to private equity firms. The latest money engines to enter the industry are special purpose...
Arian Simone’s Fearless Fund Is Out To Close The Funding Gap For Women Of Color Founders
By now, the abysmal percentage of venture capital funding going to women of color founders is well-known. For effect, it bears repeating: it’s less than 1%. The figure is even more pitiful considering that...
Wildling Co-Founder Gianna De La Torre Addresses Asian Cultural Appropriation Issues
In the past month, against the backdrop of repeated hate crimes targeting Asian Americans, there’s been a reckoning in the beauty industry over Asian cultural appropriation, specifically involving gua sha, a tool used by...
Touchland Disrupted The Hand Sanitizer Category—And Has Plans To Disrupt Even More In The Future
Long before hand sanitizers became the accessory du jour, Andrea Lisbona recognized the utilitarian product was in desperate need of a shakeup. “Considering millions of people use hand sanitizers on a regular basis, it was actually...
Why Jiva-Apoha Founder Angela Shore Is So Committed To Hand-Blending Oils
Before wellness and beauty became a conjoined category, Angela Shore focused on healing rather than improving. She started her brand Jiva-Apoha, which takes its name from the Sanskrit term for soul-healing, in 2013...
