The Funding Conundrum: Can You Build A $100M Beauty Brand With Less Than $15M?
In a recent report on how to build a $100 million brand, the venture capital firm XRC Ventures estimates it takes $15 million to $25 million in funding for a brand to reach the sales threshold where large...
BAM Ventures’ Shamin Walsh On The Financial Discipline Of Early-Stage Consumer Investing
For early-stage consumer brands in BAM Ventures’ portfolio, the firm often represents a pivotal milestone: their first institutional investor. It takes that position seriously, acting as a bridge between scrappy beginnings, when product-market fit is still...
Ex-TikTok Shop Beauty GM Launches Firm To Help Brands Win The AI Shopping Revolution
Kelsie Johnston, one of the architects of TikTok Shop’s explosive growth in the United States, is turning her attention to the next wave in retail disruption: artificial intelligence-driven agentic commerce. Launched today, her new...
Pacha Soap Co. Pursues Growth With Rebrand And New Gen Z Line Foxly
When the idea for Pacha Soap Co. took shape in Andrew Vrbas’s dorm room at Hastings College in Nebraska, his mission was clear: foster local economies by ethically sourcing ingredients from some of the world’s most impoverished...
Beauty Independent To Launch C*Suite Summit To Help Beauty Executives Navigate Growth’s Most Challenging Stage
After piloting it in April, Beauty Independent is officially launching C*Suite Summit, a two-day forum running from March 30 to 31 in New York City directed at beauty and wellness executives navigating one...
