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23 Dec

Inside Operations at Ipsy’s Parent Company – WWD

When Ipsy launched in 2011, the corporate focused on shipping full-sized beauty products out to big-time beauty enthusiasts.  It was during an era when YouTube-based makeup tutorials were on the rise, including those by Michelle Phan, Ipsy’s founder. The corporate’s launch followed Birchbox, but Ipsy’s mission — “to encourage everyone to specific their unique beauty” was different.  “Our innovation got here in two fronts. One is sort of this angle that influencers really matter and are democratizing beauty…The opposite one that individuals don’t really speak about that much is, we were the primary to have a beauty quiz,” said Marcelo Camberos, chief executive officer of Ipsy parent company Beauty For All Industries. “You can not subscribe to Ipsy in any way, shape or...
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28 Nov

Sevetri Wilson’s “Resilia” Closes $35M Series B Round To

Nonprofits do social good, however it’s almost never easy. Not due to a scarcity of passion, but underdeveloped operational infrastructure. Severtri Wilson recognized this and founded her SaaS (software as a service) company Resilia to assist nonprofits further their day-to-day capability to give attention to what matters. Now, due to a latest investment, Resilia’s reach goes to go even further. In a news release shared with ESSENCE, the corporate announced the closing of a $35M in a history-making series B round. Investors include Panoramic Ventures, Canadian VC Framework Enterprise Partners, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Fund alongside returning investors Mucker Capital, Callais Capital, Cultivation Capital, Engage Ventures, SoftBank Group’s SB Opportunity Fund, Kimble Ventures, The Jump Fund, and Fearless Fund....
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