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22 Nov

Beauty Brand Yepoda Gets Investment From Chris Good, JamJar

MILAN — Beauty brand Yepoda has closed a series A funding round led by JamJar Investments and former Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. executive Chris Good, who will join the label not only as investor but additionally as adviser. Additional funding for the round got here from V3 Ventures, led by Treatwell founder Lopo Champalimaud, and Slingshot Ventures.  The worth of the investment was not disclosed, but Yepoda said the financing might be used to expand its product range in addition to global footprint and omnichannel offering. To this end, the brand will open its first brick-and-mortar store worldwide in Milan on Dec. 5. Based in Germany, Yepoda was launched in 2020 by Veronika Strotmann and Sander van Bladel with a mission to make K-beauty...
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15 May

Fable Investments Increases Its Stake in Perfumer H –

PARIS — Natura & Co.’s enterprise capital fund Fable Investments has increased its stake in Perfumer H, the fragrance brand of perfumer Lyn Harris, with a purpose to help extend its product line, bolster its management team and support expansion in Asia. Harris, a former Robertet perfumer who founded the London-based fragrance brand Miller Harris within the ’90s, today operates Perfumer H out of England together with her husband, Christophe Michel. The nine-year-old brand combines natural ingredients and refillable options. Fable Investments’ first-ever deal was with Perfumer H, in late May 2021, when it took a minority investment within the activity. Terms of the brand new stake weren't disclosed, but Fable generally invests between 2 million euros to 10 million euros in...
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9 May

Juliette Has a Gun Raises More Investments – WWD

NEW YORK – Juliette Has a Gun has raised a latest round of funding, with Cathay Capital private equity group raising its stake within the area of interest French fragrance brand and Weinberg Capital Partners taking a minority share. Specific terms of the deal weren't disclosed, however the news, which broke Tuesday, comes two years after Cathay Capital took an initial minority stake in Juliette Has a Gun. The investment comes at a time when area of interest fragrances are a major growth driver of the burgeoning perfume market. Since Cathay Capital’s investment, Juliette Has a Gun has been consolidating its footprint within the U.S., China and the Middle East, and continues developing in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Juliette Has a Gun was...
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21 Apr

Prada Group Ups Investments in Industrial Strategy, Sustainability

VALVIGNA, Italy — A vertical industrial structure is nearly par for the course today in the posh industry, but Patrizio Bertelli, executive director of the Prada Group, on Thursday made a degree of letting reporters gathered at the corporate’s plant in Valvigna, Tuscany, know that he is just not jumping on the bandwagon — quite the opposite. In his usual feisty manner, Bertelli said that back within the ‘90s when he began constructing the network of plants that has grown in time to comprise 24 industrial facilities, of which 21 are in Italy, he was challenged by popular opinion. He recalled that he was told then that his strategy “didn't make sense, and folks wondered why I'd not simply turn to...
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