What a difference a quarter can make in beauty deal activity. After the downright dire picture painted by Q2 activity in the late spring and early summer, Q3 came back roaring. The BeautyMatter Deal Index tracked 89 deals during the quarter and saw a much-needed resurgence in both growth and M&A transactions. For the quarter, deal activity was up 78.0% versus Q3 of last year, helping to propel YTD deal activity for 2024 into positive territory, up 18.4%. The most notable shift in momentum was in growth deals. In Q2, the Deal Index tracked just 16 growth deals, the lowest number since BeautyMatter started tracking this data. In Q3, we saw 42 growth deals (comprised of venture-backed deals and minority investments), which is a 162.5% increase from last quarter and a 44.8% increase versus Q3 of last year. This, no doubt, has earlier-stage beauty businesses breathing a sigh of relief as investors came back to beauty in a big way to fund the next generation of brands and innovation.

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Beauty Deals: Investment + M&A Transactions Q3 2024

“BeautyMatter is the only one that provides full insight, not just the hard data or the numbers, but also the intelligence of understanding what the numbers mean for companies and the market. I think that is a super valuable source for the investors, for the founders, for the strategists who are trying to buy brands, to understand what it's really like, what's going to be the next thing.”
-Jorge Cosano
Founder & Managing Partner, Synchronicity Ventures

Investors: If you’re an active or interested investor in the beauty and wellness space, this report is a must-read. The detailed analysis and insight provided will help guide you toward fruitful investment decisions.

Brands and Retailers: If you are in fundraising mode or contemplating an exit and looking for a list of investors active in the space, we’ve also got you covered.

You will have access to:

• 147 pages covering deals across the beauty and wellness value chain
• BeautyMatter Q3 Index
• Easy-to-reference charts including 89 transactions, organized by category with high-level details and financial players involved
• Overview on the state of the industry for the quarter from BeautyMatter
• SEO trend report from machine intelligence platform, Spate
• Analysis of EMV on key deals from Dash Hudson
• Deal flow chart - who invested in what in Q3 with live links
• Recaps and details of 89 individual transactions
• List of angel investors active in Q3
• List of private equity and venture capital firms active in Q3 with live links

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