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Teddy Lo
United States
Mr. Michael Lastoria is a Co-Founder at &vest and JWalk. He serves as Board Member at Velocity Acquisition. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Creative Director at &pizza. Mr. Lastoria is a serial entrepreneur who is known for building companies on four core principles: design-driven, culture-centric, brand-led, and most importantly, morally sound. he co-founded &pizza, a fast-casual pizza brand that embodies those principles. In five years, he has raised more than $60 million for expansion and growth, opening 26 shops spanning multiple east coast markets. From culinary innovation to retail design, &pizza set out to create a brand with a strong point of view. The company's success is evidenced in the Tribe's intentional commitment to building a cultural movement. In addition to &pizza, Mr. Lastoria is a co-founder of JWALK, a New York-based full-service creative agency, leading the company in growth strategy and business development. Having helped grow the company into a small but powerful force in the agency world, he sold the company in 2017 to the beauty powerhouse, Shiseido. In 2002, he founded a leading marketing and media services company. As co-founder and CEO, Michael oversaw the five-year growth of the company and successful sale to Seaport Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, in 2006. Today, he is a recognized leader in the startup world and speaks regularly on the value of design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He has been identified as one of the country's top 25 fast-casual executives and named one of the Washington Business Journal's 40 Under 40. In 2017, he was awarded the Mort Harris Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Council of America. Michael studied Economics and Business at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.
Individual/Angel
The Lorean Group
United States
Founded in 2014, The Lorean Group is a private investment firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm seeks to make investments in real estate services to residential property owners, hair and beauty products, and aviation service sectors.
Private Equity Firm
Tina Bou-Saba
United States
Ms. Tina Bou-Saba is Co-Founder and serves as Co-Managing Partner at Verity Venture Partners, an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm. Verity Venture Partners invests in purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of great consumer companies, including emerging brands and the technologies that enable them. Tina has been actively investing since 2016 through CXT Investments, her personal investment vehicle, with a focus on beauty, personal care, health and wellness, e-commerce, and enabling technology. Tina is a problem solver, creative and independent thinker, and trusted partner to entrepreneurs, with sharp instincts for commercial opportunities. After starting her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, she covered retail as an equity analyst at Sanford Bernstein and Berman Capital, and has broad knowledge of the industry from mass to specialty to e-commerce. As a member of the strategy team at Victoria's Secret, Tina worked closely with VS leadership to commercialize new business opportunities, and led extensive quantitative and qualitative customer research. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. Tina is passionate about supporting female and diverse entrepreneurs and serving her community. She is on the boards of Safe & Sound and the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Tina lives in San Francisco with her family.
Individual/Angel
Traub Capital Partners
United States
Founded in 2015, Traub Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in New York, New York. The firm seeks to invest in lower middle-market companies operating in the consumer products health, beauty, LOHAS and wellness, apparel and accessories, food and beverage, and media and entertainment sectors.
Private Equity Firm
True Beauty Ventures
United States
Founded in 2020, True Beauty Ventures is an emerging growth investment firm based in Miami and New York. The firm focuses exclusively on the beauty, wellness and personal care industry.
Venture Capital
Untitled Group
United States
Founded in 2020, Untitled Group is a growth investment firm based in Albany, New York. The firm seeks to make investments in consumer businesses across apparel, optical & accessories, beauty & wellness, and service-oriented retail sectors.
Growth Capital
Valencia Capital
United States
Founded in 2008, Valencia Capital is a private equity firm based in Odessa, Florida. The firm seeks to invest in the health and beauty products, specialized packaging, thermal and pressure related controls, adult novelty products, online limousine booking, and niche food product manufacturing sectors.
Family Investment Office
Veda Holding
Saudi Arabia
Founded in 2017, Veda Holding is a private equity firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The firm seeks to make investments in startups and mature companies operating in the luxury fashion and beauty sectors.
Private Equity Firm
Virtù Equity Partners
United States
Founded in 2018, Virtù Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Miami, Florida. The firm prefers to invest in growth-stage companies through buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in consumer products, consumer services, beauty sectors in North America and Mainland China.
Private Equity Firm
Waldencast
New York, New York, United States
Venture Capital and Brand Incubator/Accelerator firm focused on beauty and wellness. Based in New York and London.
Incubators
Venture Capital
Accelerator
Incubator
Venture Capital
Waldencast Ventures
United States
Waldencast Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm and investment fund of Waldencast based in New York, New York. The firm seeks to invest in seed and early-stage companies and also incubate and accelerate early-stage beauty and wellness brands.
Venture Capital
We Founder Circle
India
Established in 2020, We Founder Circle is a venture capital investment firm based in Mumbai, India. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the fintech, beauty products, soil, organic food, edtech, fashion and hygiene products sectors.
Venture Capital
White Road Investments
United States
Lipman wss a venture capital firm that invests in the personal care, beauty, food and beverage, apparel, luxury, consumer healthcare, pet care, branded media, entertainment, healthcare and consumer technology sectors.
Private Equity Firm
Zen Media Entertainment Group
United States
Zen Media Entertainment Group is a venture capital firm based in Westwood, California. The firm seeks to invest in digital entertainment, mobile games, social media, communication, mobile commerce and banking, education services, beauty products, and consumer goods sectors.
Venture Capital
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