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...

Amazon Business Buyer Suma Brands Purchases MedZone

Suma Brands is in the MedZone. The Amazon brand acquirer has purchased the company behind sports personal care and skincare brands MedZone, SweatZone and Zone Naturals, maker of the natural anti-chafe stick Chub Rub. Terms of...

Branded Acquires Men’s Grooming Brand Fresh Heritage

Branded is adding to its beauty, personal care and lifestyle portfolio with the acquisition of

True Beauty Ventures’ Cristina Nuñez On Bridge Mentorship, Missteps Indie Brands Make And Hot Beauty Categories

About a year and a half ago, Cristina Nuñez and Rich Gersten set out on a novel project to establish True Beauty Ventures as a venture capital firm with operational and financial expertise focused on beauty and...

Skintellectual Favorite Stratia Raises $2M From The Body Shop Owner Natura & Co.’s Investment Arm

Skintellectuals spreading the gospel of Stratia have a reason to celebrate. Their favorite brand is very likely to get in the hands of more people soon. Fable Investments, the venture capital arm of Natura &...