DFN Ventures invests in the beauty sector with Crème Collective, a business services agency focused on sales and marketing.WHO: Crème Collective, founded in 2013 by Leilah Mundt, is revolutionizing how beauty and wellness brands launch and grow in the US. With a track record of success, Crème Collective boasts award-winning design and content development, an in-house content and photo studio, an expansive network of nearly 10,000 global retail outlets, and a cutting-edge beauty-focused 3PL facility in Orange County, CA.Founded in 2024, by Jeremy Triefenbach, DFN Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Frisco, Texas. The firm prefers to invest in technology-enabled business services. Jeremy and his business partner Katy Triefenbach previously co-founded Stage 1 Financial, an outsourced finance and accounting firm for beauty and wellness, which they sold to private equity in 2023. Triefenbach runs Stage 1 Fund, a venture capital offshoot of Stage 1 Financial, with general partner David Bartholomew.WHY: This move signals a dynamic new chapter for Crème Collective, promising unprecedented growth and innovation in the beauty and wellness space.IN THEIR OWN WORDS: “I’ve been approached for years about investment from big beauty conglomerates or independent investors, and I just wasn’t interested, but this was the right thing at the right time,” Crème Collective founder and CEO Leilah Mundt told Beauty Independent. “Jeremy’s experience is incredible, and he has the financial understanding of how to grow beauty brands. I didn’t have to train him on the beauty and wellness space because that’s where he came from.