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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sephora raised.
Companies Sephora acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Sephora. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Opinion by F5 Collective's leaders arguing investors should back women-led consumer companies, citing the MCoBeauty, Rhode and Touchland deals as proof consumer exits now beat tech.
Ten13's blog post sets out why it backed Atelier, a beauty-manufacturing platform, in a post-seed deal roughly a year ahead of Atelier's Macquarie-led $10m Series A.
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TEN13's investor letter celebrates passing $100 million deployed, plus fresh backing for iion and Switchboard, team promotions, AutoGrab's overseas growth and NZ-arm sale, and the Mr Yum–Me&U merger.
Melbourne sunscreen brand Ultra Violette has taken its first outside capital, $15 million from US investor Aria Growth Partners, to enter North America; the piece also recalls Aesop and Bondi Sands exits.
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Straand, an Australian scalp-care startup, has landed $4 million from Unilever Ventures and the Harvey family office, on top of a $2 million pre-seed round, to fund its global retail expansion.
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Profile of Shahna Smith, who founded Indigenous cosmetics brand Amplified Beauty, mixing hardware-store paints to create lipstick shades, with backing from Indigenous Business Australia helping her launch in 2022.
Swedish BNPL company Klarna raised US$650 million led by Silver Lake, valuing it at US$10.65 billion. The piece recalls CBA's earlier US$300 million investment and its joint ownership of Klarna's Australian business.
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Sydney fulfilment software company Shippit raised $5.35 million from EVP, Tidal Ventures, Aura Ventures and OneVentures debt, while rival Temando was shut down by owner Neopost.
Profile of Adzurra, a Gold Coast app aggregating small global boutiques for shoppers, covering founder Sharine Duran's early funding, team-building struggles, an Austrade program, and a planned version-two relaunch.
Shipping platform Shippit took a AU$2.2 million Series A led by Aura Group, with Addventure Fund and RTL Group participating, turning down a larger oversubscribed offer to bankroll Asia-Pacific expansion and hiring.
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