Investors
Eight Black Women Beauty Company Founders On What It’s Like To Raise $1M Or More
The dismal rate of funding for Black women-led startups has been an unfortunate fixture of the investment landscape. In 2020, 93 Black women raised over $1 million in venture capital and, in total, Black women-led startups received less...
Common Heir Raises $2.5M To Accelerate Merchandise, Retail And Sustainability Efforts
Common Heir is looking to ramp up its merchandise, retail and sustainability efforts with $2.5 million in new funding, an amount that surpassed the clean beauty brand’s fundraising goal by more than $1 million. Among Common...
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...
