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Private Equity Firm Saves Uoma Beauty From Closure

Rachel Brown — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:05:33 +0000

Uoma Beauty has found a savior in MacArthur Beauty LLC.

As reported by the publication Business of Fashion, the arm of investment firm The MacArthur Cos. has acquired intellectual property of the makeup brand known for fighting for diversity in beauty product assortments and corporate management for

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Subtl Raises $5.5M In Series A Funding To Make It Easy For Time-Pressed Women To Do Their Makeup On The Go

Rachel Brown — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:01:15 +0000

Subtl, a makeup brand known for stackable products that on-the-go women can effortlessly slip into their purse or gym bag, has stacked up nearly $5.5 million in series A funding.

More specifically, the round involves $5 million from Cult Capital, backer of scalp care brand Act+Acre and clean cosmetics brand

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Period Care Brand The Flex Co. Acquires Sex Education Platform Allbodies Health

Claire McCormack — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 05:01:08 +0000

Sustainable period care brand The Flex Co. has acquired sexual health education platform Allbodies Health.

Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It marks The Flex Co.’s third strategic acquisition. In 2016, the year it launched, The Flex Co.

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Unilever Ventures Reinvests In Straand To Increase The Scalp Care Brand’s Funding To Over $4M

Rachel Brown — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 23:10:40 +0000

Straand has raised roughly $2.6 million from the Harvey Family Office and Unilever Ventures to accelerate international growth.

The capital brings the Australian microbiome-centered scalp care brand’s fundraising total to $4.6 million. It previously raised $2 million from Unilever Ventures, the venture arm of Unilever that has an

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BGM Ventures Secures Controlling Minority Stake In Sara Happ

Rachel Brown — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:11:36 +0000

If Sara Happ isn’t on your lips today, it hopes to be tomorrow.

The brand that put lip scrub on the beauty industry map has sold a controlling minority stake to BGM Ventures, a company led by Greg Cooper, who guided third-party logistics provider Fulfillment Works to $20 million in

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The Big Difference Between European And American Beauty Deals

Jane Carlson — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 23:41:59 +0000

Venture capital and private equity firms’ relationship with beauty is deeper in the United States than it is in Europe, while the European beauty market is characterized by more later-stage activity.

In the last decade, American beauty and wellness brands have racked up 60% more venture capital deals than their European counterparts,

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