KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo’s New Venture Fund Wants To Change Beauty Investing For The Better

KraveBeauty founder Liah Yoo has launched the fund Press Reset Ventures with $1 million and a mission that’s much broader than achieving a good return on beauty investments. Yoo believes the traditional venture capital model is...

Young King Raises $1.6M In Seed Round Led By SheaMoisture Co-Founder Richelieu Dennis’s New Voices Fund

Young King, a haircare brand catering to young Black boys, has raised $1.6 million in a seed round led by SheaMoisture co-founder Richelieu Dennis’s venture capital firm New Voices Fund. The round closed last year and...

Ayurvedic Haircare Brand Shaz & Kiks Raises $500K To Help Realize Its Big Omnichannel Ambitions

Ayurvedic haircare brand Shaz & Kiks has big omnichannel aspirations that will be bolstered by a $500,000 round of funding from friends, family and angel investors. About half the funding is from Concept to Co, a firm...

Athletic Greens Raises $115M In Funding At A Valuation Surpassing $1B

Supplement brand Athletic Greens has raised $115 million in a round led by Alpha Wave Ventures that pushes its valuation past the $1 billion mark.  The investors joining Alibaba and Atai Life Sciences...

Aria Growth Partners’ Trevor Nelson And Jackie Dunklau On The Strength Of Beauty As Retailers And Consumers Shift

Trevor Nelson and Jackie Dunklau have been involved with scores of investments in brands across almost every consumer packaged goods category, including beauty, personal care, food, beverage, household, baby and pet products. Think Barkthins, Evol Foods, Daily Harvest...

Family Skincare Brand Evereden Raises $32M In Series C Funding As It Ramps Up For A Sephora Launch

Family skincare brand Evereden has raised $32 million in series C funding as it aims to become the No. 1 multigenerational skincare brand in the world. The round was led by GSR Ventures, a venture capital...