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Kline Identifies Likely Indie Beauty Acquisition Targets
Science, not sex appeal, is the beauty industry’s strongest selling point today. That’s the conclusion Kline & Company is drawing in a new report listing 20 likely indie beauty acquisition targets across skincare, makeup,...
Fundamental Brands Invites The Public To Invest As It Acquires And Reenergizes Beauty Assets
Beauty’s newest holding company player, Fundamental Brands, has begun rolling up small beauty assets, starting with skincare label Amala and Black haircare brand and manufacturer Lucky Heart, and is now raising capital to fuel...
Osmo Raises $70M Series B To Expand AI-Powered Fragrance Ingredient Design And Manufacturing
Osmo, which uses artificial intelligence to map molecules and generate fragrance formulas, has raised $70 million in series B funding to scale fragrance manufacturing and ingredient supply, as AI tools become increasingly central...
Gut Health Startup Good Bacteria Raises $3.2M To Grow Probiotic Supplement Business
Good Bacteria has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to support marketing, product development and growth initiatives as it scales its probiotic supplement business. The round included consumer-focused venture firms
Undressing Beauty’s Unsexiest Deal: The Logic Behind Clorox’s $2.25B Purell Acquisition
The Clorox Co., the conglomerate behind some of the most utilitarian of household cleaning brands, is expanding its territory of utility by acquiring Purell maker GOJO Industries in a roughly $2.25 billion deal that’s...
Pat McGrath Labs Files For Chapter 11 As Auction Shifts To Court-Supervised Restructuring
After weeks of speculation over who would nab Pat McGrath Labs in an auction, the brand has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, shifting the process to a court-supervised restructuring and extending uncertainty over its potential new...
