Standard Dose And Olika Backer LB Equity Expands Consumer Sector Reach With Defunkify Investment

Lucas Brand Equity has made its first foray into the fabric care sector with an investment in eco-friendly detergent specialist Defunkify. LBE led a series A round with participation...

Why We Are Paradoxx’s Yolanda Cooper Raised $4M In Five Rounds Over Three Years

Before Yolanda Cooper launched the eco-conscious hair products brand We Are Paradoxx, she realized two fundamentals about getting it off the ground: She had to secure lot of money to produce its Supernova cordless curling and straightening...

Facial Destination Heyday Raises $20M Series B Round To Fuel Franchise Expansion

Stylish skincare service provider-cum-retailer Heyday has raised $20 million in a series B round of funding. The round was led by Level 5 Capital Partners with participation from existing Heyday investors...

Eric Ryan Sells A Third Brand With Unilever’s Acquisition Of Welly

Unilever has acquired a majority stake in Welly Health PBC, the playful bandage brand from the mind of entrepreneurial consumer packaged goods maverick Eric Ryan, for an undisclosed price. The deal comes less than two years after...

Dame Products’ Alexandra Fine On Her Brand’s $4M Seed Round, Selling Vibrators In Department Stores And Sex Talk On Social Media

Dame Products has closed a $4 million seed round, marking the sexual wellness brand’s first capital raise since drawing $970,000 through crowdfunding campaigns for the launch of its hands-free couples vibrator Eva in 2014 and...

Biossance Parent Company Amyris Acquires Clean Skincare Brand Terasana To Move Into Cannabis Beauty

In its first consumer brand acquisition, biotechnology firm Amyris Inc. has picked up natural skincare brand Terasana with the goal of pushing it into the cannabis beauty market. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Amyris’s purchase...