Investors
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...
Sexual Healthcare Provider TBD Health Secures $4.4M In Funding To Expand Services
Digital and in-person sexual healthcare provider TBD Health has closed a $4.4 million seed round. The round was led by Tusk Venture Partners
Unilever Ventures Invests $2M In Scalp Care Brand Straand
Straand has received $2 million in pre-seed funding from Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever. The funding represents the Australian flake-fighting haircare brand’s first institutional capital and comes as the...
Norwest’s Sonya Brown On How Problem-Solution Brands Solve Problems Facing Beauty Businesses Today
Sonya Brown, co-head of the growth equity team at investment firm Norwest Venture Partners, has been a prominent beauty industry backer for two decades. As a VP at private equity firm Summit Partners in...
Follain Founder Tara Foley Jumpstarts Investment Bank Consensus Advisors’ Beauty And Wellness Practice
At retailer Follain, founder and former CEO Tara Foley guided many early clean beauty brands taking their first steps into stores. Now, in her new position as managing director at boutique investment bank Consensus
