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 &...

Waldencast Acquires Obagi And Milk Makeup To Form Unicorn Beauty Brand Holding Company

Special purpose acquisition company Waldencast Acquisition Corp. has acquired the brands Obagi and Milk Makeup to form a multibrand beauty and wellness platform valued at $1.2 billion.  Jaime Castle and Tim Coolican, CEOs of...

IgniteXL Ventures Closes $10M Fund To Back Diverse Beauty And Wellness Founders

Beauty and wellness-focused venture capital firm IgniteXL Ventures has raised $10 million for a fund backing seed-stage disruptive brands and service providers from diverse founders often underserved by venture capital.

Esker Beauty Raises $500K In Pre-Seed Funding To Help It Grow Into An Elevated Modern-Day Version Of Calgon

“My goal is to turn people into bath people,” says Shannon Davenport, founder of clean bath and body care brand Esker Beauty. She’s taken a big step toward achieving that goal by closing a $500,000 pre-seed funding...

Gloss Ventures, The Company Behind Sacheu Beauty, Grows Its Portfolio With Acquisitions And Incubation

Gloss Ventures, home of influencer Sarah Cheung’s brand Sacheu Beauty, has taken a shine to more brands. The incubator and acquirer has purchased three brands—Vitamin Bounty, Active Wow and Zoë Ayla—in transactions financed...