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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...