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Beauty has become a hotbed of investor activity in recent years, resulting in unprecedented innovation and growth across the industry...and leaving many brand founders hungry for information on how they can get in on the action. BeautyX Capital explores the current investment landscape, explains the range of funding options available to brands and provides beauty and wellness entrepreneurs with the tools they need to seize this opportunity.
Carol Hamilton is the Group President of Acquisitions, L’Oréal USA. During her 34-year career at L’Oréal, Carol has been integral to the development of brands worldwide and building both the L’Oréal Paris and L’Oréal Luxe portfolio businesses in the US. An active beauty dealmaker, Carol has been instrumental in landing such L’Oréal acquisitions as IT Cosmetics, Carol’s Daughter, Urban Decay and many others.
BeautyX Retail Summit hosts a group of top beauty investors, brand founders and industry experts.
Partner
Tengram Capital Partners
Founder
CXT Investments
Founder & CEO
Mayvenn
General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners
Founder
H Venture Partners
Partner
Female Founders Fund
Managing Director
William Hood & Company
Chief Accelerator Director
The Lubrizol Corp.
Vice President
Michel Dyens & Co.
Partner
Prolog Ventures
Managing Director
CircleUp Growth Partners
Richard Gersten is a Partner of Tengram Capital Partners, a consumer private equity firm formed to invest in the consumer and retail sectors. Mr. Gersten has over 25 years of experience in the private equity industry and has spent the last 19 years focused exclusively on the consumer and retail sector, with an emphasis in the beauty and personal care industry. He currently sits on the board of directors of Algenist, Cos Bar, This Works and NEST Fragrances and formerly sat on the board of directors for Deva Curl and Laura Geller Beauty.
Tina Bou-Saba is the founder of CXT Investments, a seed fund that stands at the intersection of consumer and technology. Tina has invested in over 30 early-stage companies, with a focus on the beauty, health and wellness, lifestyle, and consumer technology categories. Through CXT, she supports exceptional, diverse founders who are attacking high-potential opportunities in large but under-served markets, disrupting legacy brands and business models, and building passionate customer communities.
Oakland native Diishan Imira believes in delivering quality products to consumers and empowering his community. Founded in 2013, Mayvenn has generated over $80 million in revenue and recently closed its series B round with a $23 million investment.
As a General Partner at Norwest, Sonya is focused on investing across a wide range of sectors including information services, software, business services, financial services and consumer. Her current investments include Bailey 44, Jolyn, Junk King, and Kendra Scott (recapitalized by Berkshire Partners). Sonya is responsible for Norwest’s investments in PCA Skin (acquired by Colgate-Palmolive) and The Learning Experience (acquired by Golden Gate Capital). She is also a board observer at Madison Reed.
Sonya was previously at Summit Partners, a private equity firm with over $11 billion under management, where she worked for nine years in the Boston office and was responsible for leading the firm’s Consumer and Internet Industry Group in North America.
As Managing Partner, Julian oversees investments for ACG and currently sits on the Boards of The Honest Kitchen, Tata Harper, NUDESTIX, Pacifica, Clio, Way Better Snacks, and Milk Makeup.In 2015, he was named to Fortune Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list, and also one of the top “40 Under 40” investors in growth equity.
Elizabeth invests in multiple clean beauty, skincare, haircare, and food companies. She is the founder and General Partner of H Venture Partners, a seed, venture and early growth equity fund that invests in iconic consumer brands across the US and Canada. H Venture Partners focuses on purpose-driven brandsthat are better for human healthand the environment.
Sutian Dong is a Partner at Female Founders Fund, an early-stage fund investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent. Founded in 2014, the fund has built the most recognized brand focused on leading female-run opportunities in internet and software startups. Select investments include ELOQUII, Tala, Maven, Zola, Rockets of Awesome, WayUp, and Thrive Global. Prior to F3, Sutian was an investor at FirstMark Capital, a leading early stage venture fund in New York City.
Over the course of his 15-year career, Mr. Rousselle has been successful in both transactional and operating positions. His advisory experience includes roles at successful independent boutiques and larger firms prior to William Hood & Company, including Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital and Moelis & Company in both London and New York. Mr. Rousselle’s operating experience consists of 5 years at The Estée Lauder Companies where he held leadership roles in the New Business Development / M&A team and in MAC Cosmetics’ Strategy and Finance team.
Mr. Rousselle’s notable Consumer Beauty & Personal Care experience includes the carveout of RoC Skincare from Johnson & Johnson by Gryphon Investors, The Estée Lauder Companies’ acquisition of GLAMGLOW, Coty’s acquisition of OPI and the Estée Lauder Companies’ acquisition of Smashbox.
Brandon L. Ford is the Chief Accelerator Director for the Brand Accelerator Program at The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. The accelerator leverages Lubrizol technology, manufacturing, and skin science expertise to provide market ready product and brand development to beauty brands. Brandon is responsible for the growth and strategy of the program and its strategic investment initiatives.
M&A advisor and investment professional with investment banking and corporate new business development experience. She has worked covering senior management clients within the consumer goods, beauty, luxury, retail, and apparel sectors.
Rob Rosenberg has spent his career at the nexus of entrepreneurship, innovation, and investing. Before joining Prolog Ventures as a Partner, he was the SVP of EyeNetra, a VC-funded spinout of the MIT Media Lab, and CEO of ShopWell, a spinout from IDEO which he guided to its acquisition by HarvestMark. He also founded Fast Forward Ventures, an advisory firm focused on commercializing innovation. Previously, Rob was a founding partner of New Venture Partners, a $700 million VC firm dedicated to funding corporate technology spin-outs. During his tenure there, he served on many boards including Internet Photonics (acquired by Ciena), Liquavista B.V. (acquired by Samsung), and Vidus (acquired by @Road).
Rob holds a BA, magna cum laude, in Computer Science and Psychology from Yale and an MBA from Harvard, where he was a Baker Scholar.
Pat Robinson is a Managing Director at CircleUp Growth Partners, an early stage venture capital fund focused on the consumer industry. At CircleUp, Pat focuses on investing in high growth consumer product companies in the personal care and beauty sector as well as food and beverage. During his time at CircleUp, Pat has partnered with high growth beauty brands like Kosas Cosmetics, Heyday Skincare, Winky Lux, and Function of Beauty.
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