Luxury Skincare Disruptor True Botanicals Nabs Series B Investment From NextWorld Evergreen

True Botanicals, the clean beauty brand shaking up luxury skincare, has received a series B investment from NextWorld Evergreen. The investment caps off an eventful two years for True Botanicals that’s seen...

Founded By A Vietnamese Immigrant, House Of M Beauty Raises $2M From The Vietnamese American Community

For its first external funding, House of M Beauty has turned to its community. Launched by Vietnamese immigrant Anne Nguyen Oliver in 2019, the prestige skincare brand based in Tustin, Calif., has drawn $2 million from Vietnamese...

Luc-Henry Rousselle Joins Investment Bank DC Advisory To Lead Beauty And Personal Care Practice

Luc-Henry Rousselle, a long-time beauty industry dealmaker who’s helped guide transactions involving Beekman 1802, InstaNatural, Sky Organics and many more brands, has joined DC Advisory as managing director in the United States to lead the...

Dame And Hey Jane Backer Amboy Street Ventures Closes $20M Fund

Amboy Street Ventures has closed a $20 million fund to back women’s health and sexual wellness startups. Led by founding partner Carli Sapir, who previously worked in private equity and is also...

The Indie Beauty And Wellness Fallout From Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse

The Flex Company founder Lauren Schulte Wang was manning her brand’s booth at the consumer packaged goods trade show Expo West on Thursday afternoon when she began receiving worrisome texts from fellow founders about Silicon...

XRC Labs Venture Partner Andrew Ross On Channel Economics, The Relationship Between Strategics And Small Brands, And A Pomade He Loves

After almost six years at The Estée Lauder Cos., where he was EVP of strategy, new business development and integration, Andrew Ross joined XRC Labs, a venture capital firm and accelerator founded by Pano...