Finance

L’Occitane Group’s start-up incubator Obratori has taken a minority stake in Le Rouge Français, an organic and vegan lipstick brand. WHO: Created by Elodie Carpentier and her husband, Salem [...]

New World Natural Brands adds men’s grooming to its growing portfolio with the acquisition of Prohibition-inspired 18.21 Man Made. WHO: Founded by professional haircare veterans Angel del [...]

Beiersdorf has acquired a significant stake in Seoul-based Lycl Inc., thus becoming the second-largest shareholder of the rapidly growing skincare and tech start-up. WHO: Lycl Inc.is a Korean [...]

Riding the K-Beauty wave that started in 2012, the government of South Korea has set a goal to become the third-largest cosmetics exporter in the world by 2022 through extensive investment in [...]

Announced in true influencer style (on Instagram), Freddie Harrel has raised $2 million from an all-female pool of venture capitalists to launch RadSwan. WHO: RadSwan is described as a “conscious [...]

Liberty Tax, the parent company of Liberty Tax Service and Buddy’s Home Furnishings, has acquired The Vitamin Shoppe in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $208 million. WHO: The [...]

Apostrophe, the direct-to-consumer dermatology company that connects people directly to board-certified dermatologists, closed a seed round of $6 million led by SignalFire with participation by [...]

Launchmetrics, the leading Brand Performance Cloud for the Fashion, Luxury & Beauty (FLB) industries, has acquired visual content creator and distributor Imaxtree. WHO: Imaxtree is a global [...]

C Ventures has led an eight-figure Series B investment round in the Chinese beauty e-commerce platform Golong. WHO: Founded in 2012 by Gao Lang, Golong is a Chinese beauty e-commerce platform and [...]

Firmenich announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Turkish MG International Fragrance Company. WHO: Turkish MG International was founded in 1961 by Mişel Gülçiçek, a pioneer in the region [...]