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Birchbox Owner Femtec Health Is Looking For A Buyer
Birchbox owner Femtec Health Inc. is up for sale, according to a sale memo soliciting potential buyers that was obtained by Beauty Independent. The sale memo reveals the company, which is better known...

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...