Subtl Raises $5.5M In Series A Funding To Make It Easy For Time-Pressed Women To Do Their Makeup On The Go

Subtl, a makeup brand known for stackable products that on-the-go women can effortlessly slip into their purse or gym bag, has stacked up nearly $5.5 million in series A funding. More specifically, the round involves $5 million...

Period Care Brand The Flex Co. Acquires Sex Education Platform Allbodies Health

Sustainable period care brand The Flex Co. has acquired sexual health education platform Allbodies Health.  Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It marks The...

Unilever Ventures Reinvests In Straand To Increase The Scalp Care Brand’s Funding To Over $4M

Straand has raised roughly $2.6 million from the Harvey Family Office and Unilever Ventures to accelerate international growth. The capital brings the Australian microbiome-centered scalp care brand’s fundraising total to $4.6 million. It...

BGM Ventures Secures Controlling Minority Stake In Sara Happ

If Sara Happ isn’t on your lips today, it hopes to be tomorrow. The brand that put lip scrub on the beauty industry map has sold a controlling minority stake to BGM Ventures, a...

The Big Difference Between European And American Beauty Deals

Venture capital and private equity firms’ relationship with beauty is deeper in the United States than it is in Europe, while the European beauty market is characterized by more later-stage activity. In the last decade, American...

Stride Consumer Partners Takes A Minority Stake In Odele

Stride Consumer Partners has obtained a minority stake in Odele for an undisclosed amount. The private equity firm is betting that the masstige phenomenon underpinning the success of skincare brands like Naturium...