TikTok-Favorite Small-Batch Perfume Brand Ffern Has A Limited Client Ledger—And 20,000 People Waiting To Get On It

Timed with the summer and winter solstices and spring and fall equinoxes, Ffern sends seasonal perfumes to a limited group of clients on what it calls its ledger. The number of people on the ledger is a...

Why Marc Lore-Backed Wizard Believes Text Is The Next Big Thing In Beauty Shopping

SMS isn’t just for marketing anymore. Wizard is betting beauty shopping will accelerate at the speed of a text as conversational commerce revs up. The Marc Lore-backed text commerce company has kicked into high gear...

Bread Beauty Supply Closes Oversubscribed Multimillion-Dollar Seed Round

Curly haircare brand Bread Beauty Supply has closed a multimillion-dollar seed funding round led by Fearless Fund. Bread founder Maeva Heim didn’t disclose the exact amount or the terms of the funding, but says the round was...

Fearless Fund’s Arian Simone On What She Looks For In A Brand And Introducing Debt-Based Financing

Venture capital firm Fearless Fund has nailed down four main criteria for investing in a brand. It has to have a compelling story behind it, strong team, traction in the market and quality products. Bread Beauty...

Groundbreaking Textured Haircare Subscription Service Curlbox To Close

Curlbox, a groundbreaking textured haircare subscription service, is closing. The news was shared Friday via the company’s social media accounts, website and email list. The last day for customers to shop from Curlbox is July 31, and...