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27 Jan

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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19 Dec

The Investors Behind Celebrity Beauty Brands – WWD

Nowadays, it looks as if every celebrity has launched a beauty brand. There’s Gwen Stefani’s Gxve Beauty; Hailey Bieber’s Rhode skincare line and, in fact, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty. Celebrity names could also be on the label, but most of the lines launched with famous faces are literally financially backed by big incubators and investors. Here, a consistently updated list of celebrity beauty brands — and the businesses and investors behind them. Jessica Alba‘s The Honest Co., which is now publicly traded on the Nasdaq, has been backed by Lightspeed Enterprise Partners, L Catterton and plenty of other firms. Drew Barrymore‘s Flower Beauty was one in all the primary celebrity beauty brands to launch. It's backed by brand incubator and manufacturer Maesa. Kristen Bell launched her...
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2 Jul

The Changing Face of Beauty Investors – WWD

Look out strategics. There are recent, formidable competitors on the sweetness M&A scene: family and individual investors. While some are taking minority stakes in or wholly snapping up indie brands, others are willing — and able — to shell out as much as billions for major acquisitions. This yr, all eyes were on the Aesop, valued at greater than $2.5 billion, which ultimately signed an agreement with L’Oréal. But in the most recent stage of negotiations, the Courtin family, which owns Groupe Clarins, was vying against the world’s largest beauty company for the Australian beauty brand through its investment arm Famille C Participations. Famille C Participations has been energetic in beauty as of late. In March 2022, it acquired the buzzy clean brand...
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10 Apr

Moj Mahdara On Closing The Gap Between Founders And

Moj MahdaraKohl Murdock Moj Mahdara is best generally known as the disruptor who mobilized the ability of Gen-Z and variety to show the complete beauty industry on its head for the higher a part of a decade. Holding fast to their belief within the power of influence over affluence, Mahdara has now turned their sights to the sector of enterprise capital. Because the CEO and architect of Beautycon, Mahdara manifested a vision where content creators could construct iconic CPG brands, and Gen-Z talent could fundamentally break from the homogeneity and establishment of the wonder and wellness industries. Mahdara’s keen eye for next-generation brands, talent, and trends prompted platforms like Latest York Times and WWD to call Beautycon the “mecca” and “superbowl”...
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