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Powered by A.I., Company Aims to Make Selling Easier for Retailers
Fernbrook portfolio company Lily AI featured in the New York Times.
Why We Invested
In April 2023, Fernbrook invested in BrewBird’s Series A financing round, which was led by Sequoia. Maveron and Modern Venture...
Why Groupe L’Occitane may delist from the Hong Kong stock exchange
Fernbrook Co-Founder and Managing Partner Bill Detwiler discusses the dynamics of public markets vs. private markets with Vogue Business.
Jihan Thompson Quit Her Job To Launch A Digital Marketplace For Black Women To Have A ‘Superior Experience’ With Hairstylists
Black women who are looking for top-of-the-line hairstylists can turn to Swivel Beauty, a digital marketplace catering to textured hair. Former...
Capri Blue And Thymes Parent Company Curio Acquires Blazing Candle Brand Otherland
Otherland is venturing to another business land. The sizzling candle brand has been acquired by Curio, parent company of Thymes...
Ten Thousand Raises $21.5 Million in Funding, Inks Sponsorship Deal With Life Time
Ten Thousand has lofty ambitions: to be the next great athletic brand. Toward that end, the company on Monday said...
Lily AI Appoints Avnish Patel as Chief Operating Officer
Lily AI ("Lily'' or the "Company”), a retail technology platform specializing in AI solutions for retailers and brands, today announced...
Why There May Never Be a Gen-Z Glossier or Warby Parker
Fernbrook Co-Founder and Managing Partner Bill Detwiler discusses the changing DTC landscape and a new generation of founders in this...
Where are beauty founders raising capital now?
Fernbrook Co-Founder and Managing Partner Bill Detwiler discusses fundraising and exit strategies for the beauty sector in the current economic...
Thoughts on Leveraging First-Party Data
As the world confronts tougher economic times and inflationary pressures, companies are under pressure to reduce burn and manage expenses,...
Bankruptcies, blind spots and M&A: Beauty’s 2023 outlook
Fernbrook Co-Founder and Managing Partner Bill Detwiler discusses fundraising and M&A during an economic downturn with Vogue Business.
Why We Invested
Fernbrook ended 2022 on a strong note with the first mark-up in our 2022 vintage Fund II portfolio. In December...
Why We Invested
When we first sat down with Vishal Joshi to learn about Joy, he started telling us his origin story of...
TechCrunch: Archive lands $15M as more clothing brands ‘get serious about resale’
Scoring that high-end, brand-name outfit — but you know, the kind you find from a secondhand store — can be...
Archive Raises $15M Series A to Scale Its Brand-Owned Resale Software
Archive (www.archiveresale.com), a tech company building the resale operating system for brands, today announced a $15 million Series A fundraise. The round is...
The Next Wave of DTC Acquisitions
Fernbrook's Bill Detwiler discusses strategic M&A in the DTC space with the Business of Fashion.
Why We Invested
As investors, it’s not every day that we are presented with an idea with the potential to disrupt and innovate...
