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27 Jan

Beauty Rolodex: Investors in Europe

Beauty Rolodex: Investors in Europe
Europe-based beauty investors proceed to multiply in the wonder arena as a bunch of latest brands increasingly come to market. Following are some key players — enterprise capital, private equity and strategics’ investment arms — on the Continent and within the U.K., listed in alphabetical order. 360 Capital Headquarters: Paris and Milan Current Beauty Investment: 900.care Deal Size: In pre-seed and seed, it invests initial ticket starting from 150,000 euros to 2 million euros. In series A, it invests between 2 million euros and 6 million euros. Key Player: Emanuele Levi, general partner Lively Partners Headquarters: London Current Beauty Investments: Facetheory and Vieve Deal Size: Invest 200,000 kilos to 750,000 kilos in seed rounds and 5 million kilos to fifteen million kilos in growth rounds. Key Player: Jason Mahendran, partner Alven...
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27 Jan

First-half Results Are In — the Beauty Industry Is

First-half Results Are In — the Beauty Industry Is
The sweetness industry continues to be up. In line with Circana, dollar sales have continued to speed up in each prestige and mass beauty, growing a respective 15 percent and 9 percent in the course of the first half of 2023. Prestige beauty posted $14 billion in total sales in the course of the period; mass beauty generated $28 billion. In prestige, sales saw a lift due to continued growth in unit sales, or variety of products actually sold, in every category, while mass sales primarily grew due to average price increases. (Beauty prices have increased 9 percent on average in mass, verses 2 percent in prestige). “It continues to be the case that prestige beauty is the one...
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