Deal Flow
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,...
Showerless Body-Care Startup Busy Beauty Raises $500K To Streamline Personal Maintenance
Busy Beauty, the startup simplifying personal maintenance, has cleaned up with $500,000 from several high-profile investors. The investors backing the emerging brand include former Burt’s Bees and Seventh Generation CEO John Replogle, partner at One Better Ventures,...
Schmidt’s Naturals Creator Jaime Schmidt Pivots From CPG Entrepreneur To Investor With New Firm Color
Husband and wife Chris Cantino and Jaime Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt’s Naturals, have formed investment firm Color to fund companies led by women, minorities and other societally-disadvantaged groups, and backed nut butter startup Wild Friends Foods. Color...
L’Oréal Establishes Venture Fund To Make Minority Investments In Rising Startups
L’Oréal has joined the corporate parade into venture investment with the launch of a fund making minority bets on startups poised to shake up the beauty industry. Called BOLD Business Opportunities for L’Oréal Development, the fund’s first investment...
