Indu Raises Over $5M In Seed Funding From Unilever Ventures, V3 Ventures And More

Indu is growing up. The British brand aimed at teens and started by the co-founders of Feelunique has moved to the next developmental phase of fundraising by securing $5.1 million in a seed...

Lily Collins Joins Silas Capital And G9 Ventures In Celebrity Hairstylist-Founded Roz’s Oversubscribed Seed Round

Before launching her clean luxury haircare brand, Roz, in 2021, Mara Roszak spent two decades as a hairstylist handling the hair of some of Hollywood’s brightest stars—Emma Stone sported a loose, polished look courtesy...

XRC Ventures Expects Wellness Deal Activity To Pick Up

After a slowdown in vitamin and supplement brand deals, XRC Ventures predicts activity will pick up over the next two to four years. As covered in the venture capital firm’s second quarter report...

Why Wittington Ventures Is Leaning Into Consumer Investments As Other VC Firms Do The Opposite

In Canada, it’s hard to escape the impact of the Weston family. From a single Toronto bakery established in 1884 by American-born entrepreneur George Weston, it spawned aptly named George Weston Ltd., a multibillion-dollar publicly traded retail colossus...

CORE Industrial Partners Acquires Majority Stake In Playful Makeup Brand Winky Lux

CORE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm backing behind-the-scenes industry technology, manufacturing and services, is getting a pop of conspicuous girliness. It’s acquired a majority stake in the maximalist makeup brand Winky Lux for an undisclosed...

Tattoo Care Brand Stories & Ink Secures $1.6M With The Aim Of Doubling Sales In 18 Months

Stories & Ink has raised $1.6 million in funding to support its next phase of growth. The funding is from a mix of new and existing investors, including The Emerson Group, a retail distributor with Crown...