VC Funding For US Beauty Companies At Record High Already In 2018
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Executive Summary
Venture capitalists are racing to get a piece of emerging direct-to-consumer beauty and personal-care businesses, investing $812m in such companies in 2018 so far, according to data compiled by software-as-a-service firm Pitchbook.
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