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New Clean Beauty And Wellness VC Firm Sekhmet Ventures Launches With Investment In Ingestible Brand Stamba
Sekhmet Ventures, a new venture capital firm dedicated to the beauty and wellness category, has launched with an investment in superfood ingestible brand Stamba. The firm is putting seed investments ranging primarily from $500,000 to $1.5 million...
What’s Next For Private Equity Firm NextWorld Evergreen And Its Retail Wunderkind Credo?
NextWorld Evergreen has quietly become a power player in the better-for-you consumer goods universe. The private equity firm backs clean beauty chain Credo and plant-based color cosmetics brand W3ll People. Like the beauty concepts it’s invested in,...
The $900M Elemis Deal: What High Valuations Mean For Indie Beauty Brands
The beauty bull market received another upward jolt earlier this month with the revelation that global beauty giant L’Occitane had acquired British skincare leader Elemis for $900 million. L’Occitane, which was the first...
Cruelty-Free Beauty Box Service Petit Vour Looks To Push Its Business To The Next Level With Equity Crowdfunding
When cruelty-free merchandise was difficult to find on beauty aisles six years ago, Petit Vour offered a discovery platform for customers hunting for beauty products meeting high ethical and aesthetic standards. Today, with the market headed in...
With An Unsuccessful SeedInvest Campaign In Its Rear-view Mirror, From Molly With Love Gives Crowdfunding A Second Try On Indiegogo
Molly Beane won’t let a misstep stop her. Her skincare brand, From Molly With Love, didn’t reach its capital target during a SeedInvest campaign last year, but she’s moved on from that letdown to return to...
New World Natural Brands Adds Nügg Beauty To A Swelling Portfolio
New World Natural Brands has acquired Nügg Beauty to assemble a portfolio of four brands in less than a year. The emerging personal care holding company’s purchase of the face mask specialist started by Conny Wittke,...
