In the male-dominated world of venture capital, one firm is breaking into the cosmetics market and supporting companies focused on tech and led by women and diverse teams.
ATHR Beauty, the brand Tiila Abbitt is leading to “disrupt the $500 billion beauty industry with clean and sustainable makeup that works,” is in the midst of a funding raise; but it’s not the usual sort.
This month, the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson contributed to the brand’s seed financing round. It’s funding that will allow the D2C brand, specializing in active beauty for Black women, to reach more consumers with more products.
This week, the new venture capital fund focused on DTC femtech, wellness, clean beauty, and sustainable fashion announced a first group of funded brands.
The renewable chemistry company, backed by the likes of Chanel and BASF Venture Capital, launched its Citropol line of emollients late last week despite the postponement of all 2020 beauty ingredient tradeshows.
This week the professional hair brand and the firm announced a deal that will see Olaplex grow in terms of global market reach, product portfolio, and retail strategy.
This week, the venture capital firm focused on science-based beauty and wellness businesses announced that it is funding and partnering with ELSI Beauty, a microbiome friendly, sensitive-skin care brand that’s making good use of tech and consumer data....
The global cosmetics and personal care ingredient supplier hired a chief accelerator director in 2017, invested in One Ocean Beauty in 2018, and this week the company is exhibiting at Uplink Live in New York City. At this year’s BeautyX Capital Summit,...
This month the beauty brand, founded by Shelly Sahi and dedicated to making color cosmetics for women with medium skin tones, was awarded $100,000 in the Rise of the Rest competition for venture capital.
The mobile-first beauty company plans to greatly expand its branded cosmetics and personal care portfolio as well as to grow the business in new markets.
Some are calling brands following this approach the third generation of beauty, others believe that brick-and-mortar cosmetics and personal care shops are insulated from online retail competition. No matter your perspective, beginning next month Julep...
With several historically web-only cosmetics players now investing in bricks and mortar, it looks like brands are flying in the face of the recent industry emphasis on going digital; Cosmetics Design looks at why.
A new generation of consumers who are “informed, educated, connected and engaged” are driving innovation in beauty, according to industry expert Michel Barrocas.
A recent campaign by Benefit Cosmetics indicates that the beauty industry has entered 2014 with a renewed focus on harnessing social media to drive consumer engagement.
The Seattle-based cosmetic company set up by former Starbucks executive Jane Park just a short 18 months ago has managed to raise $10.3 million in a Series B financing round.
The company has received $7 million in a 'Series B' financing round that it aims to invest in formulations that will specifically treat skin problems such as acne and dermatitis.
Natural personal care companies are expected to be a key target for investors in 2010, according to Organic Monitor’s latest Strategic Insights report.
RCP Therapeutics is set to recieve significant investment from a US-based venture capital firm which will lead to the spin off of a new company dedicated to cosmeceuticals.
