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27 Mar

Natural, By-subscription Personal Care Brand 900.care Raises 21M Euros

PARIS — Natural, refillable, by-subscription skincare and hygiene brand 900.care has raised 21 million euros. The funding round was led by Lombard Odier Investment Managers, alongside 900.care historic investors White Star Capital, Swen Blue Ocean and Founders Future. With the brand new funds the French brand’s founders Aymeric Grange and Thomas Arnaudo plan to step up 900.care’s internationalization in neighboring countries after successfully entering Belgium and Switzerland. The duo launched the brand in 2021 with the aim of converting consumers to refillable natural hygiene and care products, due to this fact eschewing single-use plastic. The natural products range from shower gels, toothpaste, deodorant and shampoo to laundry and dishwashing tablets. The products, that are made in France, were beta-tested by greater than 10,000 people....
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12 Mar

Nailboo Parent Company Raises Money, Plans Recent Nail Products

Underlining Beauty, the parent company of Nailboo, has raised a $6 million seed round that it plans to make use of to scale up the business. The round was led by Peter Warnøe and Christian Tarp at Nordic Eye Enterprise Capital, a fund in Denmark. With the capital, Underlining intends to expand its direct-to-consumer business, create more product lines and launch in retail.  At once Underlining operates three brands: TatBrow, Nailboo and Hide, a skincare line. The corporate relies in Miami, and was founded by Raz Romanescu. Amanda Johnson, the cofounder of Mented, joined Underlining as chief marketing officer in 2021. “We wish to turn out to be a worldwide consumer distribution company with a portfolio of iconic brands,” said Romanescu in an...
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1 Feb

Minthub, Maker of Products for Sexual Health, Raises Seed

Shine Ventures has made its first seed investment. The angel investment firm for early-stage start-ups, founded by Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward, the cofounders of influencer talent management agency Shine Talent Group, has partnered with Minthub, a business-to-business company developing white-label products across intimate care, sexual health and well-being meant for use during various life stages.  Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Hunichen, cofounder of Shine Ventures, said: “We strongly imagine within the vision and mission behind Minthub and are excited by their products that may shine a lightweight on missed health conditions.” The investment can be used for completion of the Male Intimate Care Range and Women’s Sexual Wellness Wearable Device. The previous targets biological conditions from incontinence to severe conditions comparable to...
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10 Jan

Bee Shapiro’s Ellis Brooklyn Raises $1 Million – WWD

Fragrance business Ellis Brooklyn has raised a $1 million seed round from Stage 1 Fund and Toni Ko, the founding father of NYX. Ellis makes eau de parfums, candles and body care. It was founded by Latest York Times’ Skin Deep columnist and writer Bee Shapiro, and was early to the clean-ingredients trend within the fragrance category.  With the capital, Shapiro plans to deepen Ellis’ international distribution and hire an worker who “can dovetail not only our e-comm, but additionally the e-comms of our retailers,” she said. “Our e-comm is way up. We had our biggest month ever, like within the history of our brand, in July in e-comm,” Shapiro said. For a lot of brands, fragrance sales have suffered as stores closed and consumers...
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