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25 Dec

Amber Fillerup’s Hair Brand Dae Closes $8 Million Series

Amber Fillerup’s Hair Brand Dae Closes  Million Series
Influencer Amber Fillerup Clark’s Dae Hair has raised a $8 million Series A funding. The raise was led by Verity Enterprise Partners, cofounded by Tina Bou-Saba and Matt Levin, with participation from Digital Brand Architects, Whitney Port, Aimee Song, Christine Andrew, and with continued participation of existing investor Willow Growth Partners. The round brings the brand’s total funding to $10.6 million, as Dae raised a $2.6 million seed round last yr. Jenny Son, Dae’s president who joined the brand in 2021, told WWD that the corporate wasn’t actively trying to find an investment, but that there was lots of outside interest in recent months. “When it comes to the raise, for 2022 we actually didn’t set a goal to go right into...
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10 Dec

‘Gossip Girl’ Revives Blair Waldorf Headband and Packs a

‘Gossip Girl’ Revives Blair Waldorf Headband and Packs a
HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” returned for its second season on Dec. 1. The show continues to follow the lives of Recent York’s Upper East Side crew who attend the celebrated Constance Billard — St. Jude’s School. Fashion has continued to play a giant part within the storylines and lives of the characters because the show’s original run on The CW network from 2007 to 2012, under the helm of costume designer Eric Daman, who returned for the reboot. In the unique series, he brought the characters to life with designs from brands like Henri Bendel, Chanel, Valentino and Gucci. It made style stars out of Blake Vigorous as Serena Celia van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf. Although he...
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3 Dec

‘The Best Man’ Limited Series Comes To Peacock With

‘The Best Man’ Limited Series Comes To Peacock With
Following the success of the classic film The Best Man, which hit theaters in 1999, and its equally-loved sequel The Best Man Holiday, which hit the massive screen in 2013, a Best Man limited series is about to debut later this yr on the NBC streaming service, Peacock. The unique forged, including Regina Hall, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, and Harold Perrineau have all reportedly signed on to star within the anticipated series, titled The Best Man: The Final Chapters. The one actress that is not going to be making a return can be Monica Calhoun, whose character died within the sequel. Creators of the series are reportedly eyeing a September start. Article continues...
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28 Nov

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

Sevetri Wilson’s “Resilia” Closes M 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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