Unilever Ventures

Unilever Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever. They invest in young, promising companies, accelerating growth by providing access to Unilever’s global ecosystem, assets and expertise. They are looking for tomorrow’s world-beaters in Personal Care and Digital. They provide access to a company with unrivalled global reach. On any given day, two billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life. With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing, no company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways. Unilever Ventures works closely with The Unilever Foundry to provide technology innovators with access to paid pilot projects, mentorship and growth financing.

Pawan Chaturvedi

Director - Asia

John Coombs

MD

Olivier Garel

MD

Jan Harley

Investment Director and Founder

Rachel Harris

Director

Andrew Lane

Director

AO

Anna Ohlsson-Baskerville

Director

Stephen Willson

MD

Past deals in Beauty

PharmaKodex

Series A in 2006
PharmaKodex is a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes small molecule drugs for treating pain and neurological conditions. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom with an additional office in Chippenham, the United Kingdom. As of February 23, 2009, PharmaKodex Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Orexo AB.

Gallinée

Series A in 2018
Gallinée Ltd is a ground-breaking new skin and body care range that takes care of the skin’s good bacteria. The very first brand to target the skin’s protective ecosystem – the microbiome. Developed by a pharmacist, Gallinée uses a patented complex of prebiotics, probiotics, and lactic acid, based on the latest research in microbiology.

Clavis Technology Ltd.

Series A in 2009
Clavis eCommerce Insight is the Industry leader for Online Store Analytics. We deliver data, analysis and insights to enable consumer goods brands to track and optimize their online channel presence and performance. The solution analyzes everything consumers see in online retailer stores to quickly identify the actions brand owners and manufacturers need to take to drive profitable eCommerce growth, protect their brands and beat the competition online. The majority of the world’s leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and Nestlé use Clavis Insight for online store analytics today.

Helpling

Venture Round in 2017
Helpling is an online booking and payment platform that provides on-demand home services outside the U.S. On the website or via an app, customers can book a vetted and insured cleaner and gain back free time within a couple of clicks. For cleaners, the innovative online service makes it easier than ever to access new clients and to manage when and where they want to work. Helpling allows people more time for the beautiful things in life such as family, friends, and leisure. The cleaners charge a flat rate of £10 per hour and pay a fee when they find a regular customer through the platform or 10% of the value of the booking for one time cleans. Helping was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Mirriad Advertising plc

Series D in 2016
Mirriad’s award-winning solution unleashes new revenue for content producers and distributors by creating new advertising inventory in content. Our patented, AI and computer vision technology dynamically inserts products and innovative signage formats after content is produced. Mirriad’s market-first solution seamlessly integrates with existing subscription and advertising models, and dramatically improves the viewer experience by limiting commercial interruptions. Mirriad currently operates in the US, Europe and China.

HealthifyMe

Series C in 2021
HealthifyMe is an application that allows its users to achieve their fitness and weight loss goals from their computers and smartphones. The application enables its users to track their calories, nutrition, and fitness activities; track their weight and determine if they are healthy; set healthy goals and work toward meeting them; share their data with experts; and get expert advice and suggestions on their lifestyles. HealthifyMe was developed and launched by a team of doctors, nutritionists, and fitness trainers in 2012. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Frontier Markets Consulting Private Limited operates as a marketing, sales, and distribution company. The company specializes in selling durables for bottom of the pyramid households in rural and peri-urban India. It provides solar lighting products, including torches and lantern through last mile distribution points; household appliances, smartphones, and 4G services. Frontier Markets Consulting Private Limited was founded in 2009 and is based in Jaipur, India with additional offices in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha, India.

Khatabook

Series C in 2021
Khatabook is India's fastest growing SaaS company that enables micro, small and medium businesses to increase efficiency and reduce costs through safe and secure business and financial solutions. The industry has noticed its contribution to changing India's business landscape, and the company was conferred the "Best Innovative Mobile App" 2020 award at the India Digital Awards in February 2020. Founded in 2018, Khatabook today is available in 11+ languages and has more than 20+ Million registered users.

Sun Basket

Series E in 2019
Sun Basket, Inc. engages in the online retail of organic ingredients and food recipes. It delivers lean and clean meals; and ingredients in gluten-free, paleo, and vegetarian options. The company was formerly known as Ospoto, Inc. Sun Basket, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with a distribution center in Westampton, New Jersey.

ZitSticka

Series A in 2019
ZitSticka is an evidence-based skincare brand focused squarely on acne treatments that target every unique stage of a zit's life cycle. ZitSticka's debut product, the KILLA patch, contains dermatologically backed ingredients, and is layered with self-dissolving microdarts that disrupt the progression of upcoming, early-stage zits. ZitSticka upholds all FDA cosmetic regulatory standards. The company is founded by brothers-in-law and human biology enthusiasts, Robbie Miller and Daniel Kaplan, and launched in February 2019. The KILLA kit is available online for $29.00, which includes eight KILLA patches and eight priming CLEANA swabs.

BYBI

Series A in 2020
BYBI is a vegan and sustainable skincare brand, designed to optimize the skin’s health. BYBI stands for By Beauty Insiders. Founded by Elsie and Dominika in 2017. They are beauty bloggers, trained formulators, and skincare experts who create products.

Voltea B.V.

Seed Round in 2006
Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Rael

Series A in 2020
Rael Inc. researches, develops, and sells natural and organic feminine care products. It offers pads, liners, and tampons made from organic cotton. The company sells its product online. Rael Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Buena Park, California.

Thryve, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Thryve is a provider of a microbiome testing kit designed to incorporate personalized probiotics and microbiome testing. The company's microbiome testing kit offers a subscription-based customized testing of the microbiome with a personalized probiotic created specifically for the individual to get actionable insights into the prevention of chronic diseases including obesity, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer's, enabling customers to treat root causes of gut problems.

Impinj, Inc.

Series D in 2005
Impinj is a provider of RAIN RFID solutions that deliver Item Intelligence to retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, and many other industries. We enable the Internet of Things to identify, locate and authenticate billions of items, and our Item Intelligence platform comprises the most comprehensive and widely adopted RAIN RFID product portfolio in the world. For more information about Impinj, visit www.impinj.com.

Perlegen Sciences

Series C in 2003
Perlegen Sciences engages in the discovery and commercialization of genetic variations that provide physicians with information to improve the clinical decision-making process and patient treatment outcomes. Its products include MammaPLUS, a breast cancer risk stratifier and a panel of common genetic variants that stratifies individual genetic and background/clinical risk for those at moderately elevated risk for non-familial breast cancer, as well as impacts the risk for developing invasive breast cancer; and Genotype Browser Website that provides a way to access and view the results of a study of genetic variation in various diverse human populations. Perlegen Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Sun Basket

Series C in 2017
Sun Basket, Inc. engages in the online retail of organic ingredients and food recipes. It delivers lean and clean meals; and ingredients in gluten-free, paleo, and vegetarian options. The company was formerly known as Ospoto, Inc. Sun Basket, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California with a distribution center in Westampton, New Jersey.

Grabango Co.

Series B in 2021
Grabango is a provider of checkout-free shopper technology for existing stores. Grabango’s system is designed to accommodate thousands of store locations and tens of thousands of SKUs. Grabango’s founder and CEO, Will Glaser (Founder, CTO Pandora Radio) has built a company that is at the forefront of today’s retail technology revolution. Its unique design uses computer vision and machine learning to change the way people shop. The company is composed of a team of accomplished technology and commerce professionals. Founded in 2016, Grabango is based in Berkeley, California.

DealShare

Series E in 2022
DealShare is a Social Commerce Startup. The company, DealShare, focuses on middle and lower income population in mid-tier cities

TRINNY London

Venture Round in 2018
TRINNY London Limited manufactures cosmetic products for women after analysis via Match2Me test. The company's online tool Match2Me delivers results after analysis of eye, hair, skin, color, and undertones. Its products include face products, such as BFF cream, foundation/concealer, contour, skin perfector, highlighter, golden glow, and face finish; cheek products, such as Lip2cheek and blusher; and eye2eye eye shade. Furthermore, the company's lip collection includes lip2cheek, lip gloss, and lip colour. It retails the products via an online platform. TRINNY London Limited was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Saffron Walden, United Kingdom. TRINNY London Limited operates as a subsidiary of Unilever N.V.

TheLorry.com

Corporate Round in 2019
TheLorry is a lorry booking and reservation online platform that offers its users with price-fixed quotations. The company partners with reputable and experienced vendors to ensure that its user’s goods are transported safely and securely to their final destination. It also offers home and office relocation services. Additional services such as packing, wrapping, assembly, disassembly, and boxes are available on request. The specialties of the company are extensive vendor network, safety and security, and friendly customer service. Reviews of its users help individuals determine customer experiences and the company’s portfolio. TheLorry is a Malaysia-based company that was founded in 2014 by Nadhir Ashafiq.

LXMI

Seed Round in 2017
LXMI offers skincare products made from organic and rare ingredients. Its name is derived from the Hindu goddess of beauty, Lakshmi. LXMI's inaugural collection is based on Nilotica Reserve (TM), a rare skin butter sourced from the origin of the Nile River, in Northern Uganda. It was founded in 2015 by Leila Janah.

Surface Logix

Series E in 2009
Surface Logix is a drug development company which uses its expertise in biophysical chemistry to create new small molecule drugs with significantly improved pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) properties compared with class leaders.

P2i

Venture Round in 2010
P2i is the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating technology. The company’s revolutionary plasma process reduces the surface energy of a material so that when liquids come into contact with it, they form beads and simply roll off. P2i’s customers can improve the performance of their products by protecting them from the effects of water and other liquids without affecting their look or feel. P2i’s plasma processing machines have been sold into the textile, consumer electronics, filtration, and bioconsumables markets.

Kopari Beauty

Series A in 2019
Inspired by a healthy, mindful lifestyle, Kopari beauty products embrace and enhance the natural splendor and beauty within each of us with 100% pure organic coconut oil. Authentic, simple, and pure, Kopari beauty products promote natural radiance, celebrate vitality, and encourage balance while regenerating hair and skin with one of Mother Nature’s greatest gifts, the coconut.

Iluminage Beauty

Venture Round in 2013
Iluminage Beauty is focused on bringing to consumers innovative, high performance beauty solutions, empowering them with professional level devices for at-home use. Iluminage Beauty was created in November 2013 as a joint venture between Syneron Medical and Unilever Ventures. The joint venture combines the global business and expertise of Syneron's aesthetic home-use subsidiary, Syneron Beauty Ltd., and Unilever's luxury beauty subsidiary, Iluminage™ Inc. The joint venture will leverage Unilever's global experience in the development and marketing of consumer beauty products and Syneron Medical's expertise in professional aesthetic device technology.

Brandtone Limited

Series C in 2014
The Brandtone offering allows our clients meet both short-term tactical and long-term strategic brand objectives in key emerging markets where growth is driven by the emergence of a growing middle class. Our voice-based mobile platform can be accessed using any handset, on any network and is entirely free to use for the consumer. This has resulted in unprecedented participation rates by consumers in campaigns developed for our clients.

Olapic Inc.

Series B in 2015
Olapic is a visual marketing platform that helps brands reach their consumers visually. With Olapic, users can collect, curate, create, and activate visual content, driving brand engagement to new heights. It is an enterprise, all-in-one user-generated, influencer, and short-form video content platform that provides content and scale users need while ensuring it’s optimized across all its marketing channels. It was established in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.

Pangaea

Series A in 2021
Pangaea Holdings Inc. manufactures and sells skin care products for men. It offers skin products, such as moisturizers and oils; drapes; and dental products, including toothpastes, toothbrushes, and mouth rinse products. Pangaea Holdings Inc. was formerly known as Skin Inc. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Genexa

Series A in 2021
We’re Genexa and we’re the first clean medicine company Founded by two dads on a mission to revolutionize the medicine aisle, Genexa makes medicine with the same active ingredients people need, but without the artificial ones they don’t. We believe people deserve better. That’s why our business is built on the commitment to put people over everything. All of our products are made to the highest standards of clean with no dyes, allergens, or unnecessary chemicals. It’s real medicine, made clean. Learn how we’re putting people over everything, in everything we do, at Genexa.com.

Voltea B.V.

Venture Round in 2015
Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Instacart

Series C in 2015
Instacart is a grocery delivery startup that delivers in as short as an hour. It focuses on delivering groceries and home essentials, Instacart already has over 500,000 items from local stores in its catalog. Customers can choose from a variety of local stores including Safeway, Whole Foods, Super Fresh, Harris Teeter, Shaw's, Mariano's, Jewel-Osco, Stanley's, and Costco. Customers can mix items from multiple stores into one order. Instacart has raised funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, and Canaan Partners besides other participants. Instacart was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco in California.

Biofisica

Venture Round in 2008
BIOFiSICA is a world leader in using innovative technology to treat hard-to-heal wounds. At BIOFiSICA, they understand the lives of patients and the needs of the clinicians who manage them. Mission is to develop, manufacture and supply medical devices that trigger the healing process in wounds that fail to heal on their own. These exclusive devices use bio-electric stimulation therapy (bio-current) to restore the conditions which promote natural healing.

Medopad

Series C in 2021
Huma is a global health tech company with a mission to help people with chronic, complex, and rare diseases to live longer, better lives. Huma works with world-leading healthcare providers, pharmaceutical, insurance and technology companies, including Apple and Tencent, to build a connected digital health ecosystem. Headquartered in London, Medopad has offices in the US and China.

Rael

Series B in 2022
Rael Inc. researches, develops, and sells natural and organic feminine care products. It offers pads, liners, and tampons made from organic cotton. The company sells its product online. Rael Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Buena Park, California.

Plum Goodness

Series C in 2022
Plum Haircare Is Silicone-Free & Sulphate-Free. Designed For Damaged & Dandruff-Free Hair

Snatch Media Limited

Seed Round in 2016
Snatch is a computer game development company that provides a radical reinvention of the brand experience. It uses an augmented reality tech that sits inside everyone’s phone, they have built a next-generation mobile game that offers an enhanced and playful view of the world - one that rewards players for interacting with brands. The players hunt for parcels containing mystery prizes from the company partners (discounts, exclusive offers, and special rewards for lucky players). Jamal Hirani and Joe Martin launched the company in London, England in 2016.

CreatorIQ

Series D in 2021
CreatorIQ is an intelligence-driven platform for enterprises to manage their ad campaign. The company's Intelligence Cloud enables intelligent creator discovery, streamlines end-to-end workflow, ensures brand safety, and drives meaningful measurement. Airbnb, CVS, Dell, Disney, H&M, Mattel, Salesforce, Target, and Unilever utilize its platform to drive real business results and set global measurement standards across their storytelling ecosystems. CreatorIQ is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, and London.

Khatabook

Series B in 2020
Khatabook is India's fastest growing SaaS company that enables micro, small and medium businesses to increase efficiency and reduce costs through safe and secure business and financial solutions. The industry has noticed its contribution to changing India's business landscape, and the company was conferred the "Best Innovative Mobile App" 2020 award at the India Digital Awards in February 2020. Founded in 2018, Khatabook today is available in 11+ languages and has more than 20+ Million registered users.

Minimalist (Beminimalist)

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2020, Minimalist is a skincare brand that is gaining popularity rapidly due to its innovative and honest approach. Synonymous with Transparent Beauty, the brand has a wide range of products that target various skin types. Minimalist is said to be transparent in terms of the ingredients that they use in their products. Their aim is to create clean products. Niacinamide, Salicylic Acid, Alpha Arbutin and AHA PHA BHA peel are some of the best-selling products of the brand.

Convosight

Series A in 2021
Convosight is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform which allows Facebook community admins to manage their groups. Convosight uses data analytics and machine learning to help admins and brands to create, moderate, grow and leverage their communities on Facebook.

Impinj, Inc.

Series E in 2007
Impinj is a provider of RAIN RFID solutions that deliver Item Intelligence to retail, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, and many other industries. We enable the Internet of Things to identify, locate and authenticate billions of items, and our Item Intelligence platform comprises the most comprehensive and widely adopted RAIN RFID product portfolio in the world. For more information about Impinj, visit www.impinj.com.

Womaness️

Seed Round in 2021
Womaness️ develops and offers a collection of modern menopause products. Womaness changes the conversation around menopause through innovative products that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in-between), trusted advice on symptoms from hot flashes to sleep issues to fine lines, and support from an inspired community of women.

WeGift

Series A in 2019
Businesses from every walk of life use rewards to acquire, retain and thank customers but the current process is broken. Sending rewards, incentives and non-cash payouts is manual, expensive, time-consuming and error-prone. WeGift changes this. Operating in more than 30 countries, in 22 languages, 20 currencies, with over 700 brand partners, and hundreds of clients, like Perkbox, Sodexo, New Look and Halfords among others, WeGift’s cloud-based, open API solutions allow businesses to transfer value to consumers, in real-time and globally. Established in 2016, WeGift is backed by leading entrepreneurs and investors.

Thryve, Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Thryve is a provider of a microbiome testing kit designed to incorporate personalized probiotics and microbiome testing. The company's microbiome testing kit offers a subscription-based customized testing of the microbiome with a personalized probiotic created specifically for the individual to get actionable insights into the prevention of chronic diseases including obesity, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer's, enabling customers to treat root causes of gut problems.

Mira

Seed Round in 2019
MIRA BEAUTY is the world’s first universal store and collaborative library for makeup and skincare — made up of over 100,000 products and counting — which translates over 10 million product pages, reviews, and videos into one clear, simple, and personalized shopping experience. Community members are able to add products, post reviews, and answer each other’s questions based on their own, unbiased experience, all while shopping for the best products for their unique features and approach to beauty. For more information, please visit mirabeauty.com and @officialmirabeauty.

Gousto

Series F in 2019
Food and recipe provider

Perlegen Sciences

Series D in 2005
Perlegen Sciences engages in the discovery and commercialization of genetic variations that provide physicians with information to improve the clinical decision-making process and patient treatment outcomes. Its products include MammaPLUS, a breast cancer risk stratifier and a panel of common genetic variants that stratifies individual genetic and background/clinical risk for those at moderately elevated risk for non-familial breast cancer, as well as impacts the risk for developing invasive breast cancer; and Genotype Browser Website that provides a way to access and view the results of a study of genetic variation in various diverse human populations. Perlegen Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Surface Logix

Venture Round in 2005
Surface Logix is a drug development company which uses its expertise in biophysical chemistry to create new small molecule drugs with significantly improved pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) properties compared with class leaders.

Ioma

Venture Round in 2013
Ioma is a specialist in micro-electomechanical systems which is used to measure skin hydration, water loss or damage due to UV.

Nutrafol

Series B in 2019
Nutrafol offers an integrative approach that’s firmly rooted in pioneering nutraceutical science with drug-free, highly-concentrated natural products clinically shown to improve hair growth performance. The company creates personalized systems that multi-target the various hormonal, environmental, and hereditary causes that can compromise hair health. The team of doctors and researchers seek out scientific advancements at the forefront of genetics, biotechnology, and anti-aging to create the next generation of hair health innovation. But always with the goal of optimizing the balance between performance and safety with a holistic, whole body approach that focuses on the individual. Nutrafol was founded on 2014 and is based in New York.

WaterSmart Software

Series A in 2013
WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer engagement, and analytics platform have been proven to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. The company has won the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to impact business and society through the design, development, and implementation of new technologies and innovation.

Voltea B.V.

Venture Round in 2018
Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Blow Ltd.

Series A in 2017
blow LTD (#FASTBEAUTY) is London’s leading app-based provider of FAST BEAUTY ON DEMAND. Expert blow dries, make up and nails to your door (home, office, hotel or event) or in our flagship beauty bars (Covent Garden or Canary Wharf). FAST BEAUTY when you need it. From 7am till late (appointments from just 30 mins). We come to you (or you come to us). Expert & trusted FAST BEAUTY. Our stylists are vetted & tested at our FAST BEAUTY bars. As seen in Vogue, Grazia & The New York Times. FAST BEAUTY made super simple. Download our easy booking App (ios or Android). No need for cash. Or shop our edit of 1000+ premium FAST BEAUTY products used (and loved) in service.

Voltea B.V.

Series A in 2010
Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

P2i

Venture Round in 2008
P2i is the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating technology. The company’s revolutionary plasma process reduces the surface energy of a material so that when liquids come into contact with it, they form beads and simply roll off. P2i’s customers can improve the performance of their products by protecting them from the effects of water and other liquids without affecting their look or feel. P2i’s plasma processing machines have been sold into the textile, consumer electronics, filtration, and bioconsumables markets.

SNOG

Venture Round in 2012
Snog is truly healthy, refreshing and delicious. Our proprietary formula is fat free, made with organic yogurt, organic milk and sweetened with organic agave nectar. Agave is a natural sweetener with a low GI. We offer a wide variety of toppings including freshly cut fruits, seeds and nuts, jumbo chocolate chip cookies, gluten free brownies, crunchy granola and many more, the combinations are almost endless.

Rahu Catalytics

Venture Round in 2006
Rahu Catalytics has focused on the need for solutions that incorporate more renewable materials and deliver performance.

Milkbasket

Series A in 2018
Milkbasket is a subscription-based micro-delivery service fulfilling daily dairy essentials and household needs of customers every morning. They deliver milk, bread, eggs, juices, butter, and other daily items needed every morning, right at customer's doorstep, free of charge. The company was founded in 2015, built on the unique Indian habit of getting fresh milk delivered at home every morning. They are based in Haryana, India but is also delivering in Noida, Dwarka, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.
Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. manufactures and sells cosmetics. Its products include liquid lipsticks, liquid metallic lipstick, lip care products, setting powder, illuminators, glitter, face oil, eyebrow gel, eyeshadows, and eyeliners. The company sells its products through its online platform and retail stores. Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. was formerly known as Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in San Diego, California. Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Unilever N.V.

Discuss.io Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Discuss.io Inc. develops and operates a markets research platform for interviewing consumers and focus groups, as well as for delivering real-time insights for brands and agencies worldwide. The company offers Discuss.io, a platform that offers on-demand research for the agile marketers, research tools and insights for marketing decision making, and on-demand healthcare interviews. Its platform also allows marketers to conduct real-time webcam interviews, recruit consumers, and select moderators. Discuss.io Inc. was formerly known as Zolato, Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Peel-Works

Series B in 2019
Peel-Works is a tech and data analytics company specializing in e-commerce for corner stores. Its products offered include Taikee, Insights, PoS by Mojo, and 1SF. The company aims to deliver better lives to corner stores across the country with its flagship product called Taikee. Taikee presents a brand’s performance from the most popular stores across 1,300 pin codes from 16 cities in the country. Peel-Works was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Shop101

Series C in 2020
Shop101 is a social commerce platform that enables entrepreneurs to sell online as well as on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram with zero investment by providing an online store in less than 2 minutes. Budding entrepreneurs from housewives, college students & young graduates can resell from an extensive range of products available on the widely trusted Shop101 Supply platform. The Shop101 mobile app has enabled over 90 lakh individuals across India to resell online seamlessly within minutes by providing end to end order processing, inventory management, pan-India logistics (including cash on delivery), payment support, and a wide range of supply. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Nutrafol

Series A in 2017
Nutrafol offers an integrative approach that’s firmly rooted in pioneering nutraceutical science with drug-free, highly-concentrated natural products clinically shown to improve hair growth performance. The company creates personalized systems that multi-target the various hormonal, environmental, and hereditary causes that can compromise hair health. The team of doctors and researchers seek out scientific advancements at the forefront of genetics, biotechnology, and anti-aging to create the next generation of hair health innovation. But always with the goal of optimizing the balance between performance and safety with a holistic, whole body approach that focuses on the individual. Nutrafol was founded on 2014 and is based in New York.

Brandtone Limited

Venture Round in 2011
The Brandtone offering allows our clients meet both short-term tactical and long-term strategic brand objectives in key emerging markets where growth is driven by the emergence of a growing middle class. Our voice-based mobile platform can be accessed using any handset, on any network and is entirely free to use for the consumer. This has resulted in unprecedented participation rates by consumers in campaigns developed for our clients.

Surface Logix

Series D in 2007
Surface Logix is a drug development company which uses its expertise in biophysical chemistry to create new small molecule drugs with significantly improved pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) properties compared with class leaders.

Milkbasket

Series B in 2020
Milkbasket is a subscription-based micro-delivery service fulfilling daily dairy essentials and household needs of customers every morning. They deliver milk, bread, eggs, juices, butter, and other daily items needed every morning, right at customer's doorstep, free of charge. The company was founded in 2015, built on the unique Indian habit of getting fresh milk delivered at home every morning. They are based in Haryana, India but is also delivering in Noida, Dwarka, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.

Limitless Technology

Series A in 2019
Limitless enables businesses to connect customers with qualified experts to solve customer service enquiries on-demand, providing a faster and better service for significantly less cost. Expert responses and customer feedback then train our AI systems to automate low value queries overtime. The platform is live in over 20 countries and major clients include Microsoft, Unilever and Sage. Current investors include Unilever Ventures, Downing Ventures and Albion Capital.

CognitionX Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
CognitionX Ltd. owns and operates as a market intelligence platform. The company organizes all the information from the industry and making it universally accessible and useful. It provides access to the information and research on the products and resources required to build AI solutions. It also provides community with a newsletter, frequent topical events, industry research, and talent services. CognitionX Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

VHsquared Ltd.

Series A in 2013
VHsquared Ltd. develops oral biologics for immuno-inflammatory targets in the gastro intestinal tract. The company identifies, screens, selects, and engineers Vorabodies, a transformational therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. It uses its Vorabody platform to generate potent protease resistant domain antibodies for oral administration. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Hangyo Ice Creams Private Ltd.

Venture Round in 2013
Hangyo Ice Creams Private Ltd. produces ice creams, milk, and milk products. The company offers cones, candies, sundaes, and ice cream cups of various flavors; and milk products, such as butter milk, curd, lassi, cold coffee, and mango lassi. It offers its products through its retail stores in Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttar Kannada, Hubli, and Kerala; and dealers. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Mangalore, India. Hangyo Ice Creams Private Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Srikrishna Milks Pvt. Ltd.

Biofisica

Series A in 2006
BIOFiSICA is a world leader in using innovative technology to treat hard-to-heal wounds. At BIOFiSICA, they understand the lives of patients and the needs of the clinicians who manage them. Mission is to develop, manufacture and supply medical devices that trigger the healing process in wounds that fail to heal on their own. These exclusive devices use bio-electric stimulation therapy (bio-current) to restore the conditions which promote natural healing.

Percolate

Series B in 2014
Percolate's complete web and mobile marketing software increases productivity, elevates your brand and helps you generate more sales. From governance, planning and content creation to audience acquisition, customer management and analytics, Percolate unites your brand, your data and your stories across every team, location, integrated system and customer interaction.

Milkbasket

Series A in 2018
Milkbasket is a subscription-based micro-delivery service fulfilling daily dairy essentials and household needs of customers every morning. They deliver milk, bread, eggs, juices, butter, and other daily items needed every morning, right at customer's doorstep, free of charge. The company was founded in 2015, built on the unique Indian habit of getting fresh milk delivered at home every morning. They are based in Haryana, India but is also delivering in Noida, Dwarka, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.

Brand New Brands

Series A in 2005
Brand New Brands is a groundbreaking new company that brings together the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up and the resources of an established corporation to create new foods and beverages that promote health and wellness. Brand New Brands uses a portfolio-based incubator model to develop and market the highest potential new functional food business opportunities for the U.S. marketplace. Core to their approach is the commitment to create food and beverage products that are efficacious (by medical standards), honest and transparent in their claims, and satisfying to eat or drink. By vetting and assessing the potential of scores of new product concepts, they take the most promising opportunities and fuse them with talented, passionate and proven entrepreneurial teams who turn ideas into thriving new ventures. They focus their efforts and resources by innovating “category-creating” brand platforms that are capable of crossing over from niche markets to the mainstream in three to five years. They only pursue opportunities where they can claim distinct competitive advantages over large food companies through IP, brand creation or non-traditional distribution. Their strategy is to take the most promising new nutritional technologies and deliver them to the marketplace through great-tasting products with engaging “lifestyle” brands that educate and attract loyal customers and progressive retail partners. They take opportunities to market that are likely to scale quickly due to the convergence of scientific advances, consumer readiness and media attention.

Mira

Seed Round in 2020
MIRA BEAUTY is the world’s first universal store and collaborative library for makeup and skincare — made up of over 100,000 products and counting — which translates over 10 million product pages, reviews, and videos into one clear, simple, and personalized shopping experience. Community members are able to add products, post reviews, and answer each other’s questions based on their own, unbiased experience, all while shopping for the best products for their unique features and approach to beauty. For more information, please visit mirabeauty.com and @officialmirabeauty.

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2005
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, design, and development of therapies for the treatment of diseases in the areas of autoimmunity and cancer. It develops MM-093, a human alpha-fetoprotein for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis; and MM-121, a human monoclonal antibody and therapeutic to block signaling of the ErbB3 receptor. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was formerly known as Atlantic BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Gousto

Series E in 2019
Food and recipe provider

CreatorIQ

Series C in 2020
CreatorIQ is an intelligence-driven platform for enterprises to manage their ad campaign. The company's Intelligence Cloud enables intelligent creator discovery, streamlines end-to-end workflow, ensures brand safety, and drives meaningful measurement. Airbnb, CVS, Dell, Disney, H&M, Mattel, Salesforce, Target, and Unilever utilize its platform to drive real business results and set global measurement standards across their storytelling ecosystems. CreatorIQ is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, and London.

Yummly

Series A in 2012
Yummly enables its users to search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course, and source. The Yummly app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Yummly, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Chromatin, Inc.

Series D in 2011
Chromatin is a biotech company developing and marketing innovative technologies and products that benefit the agricultural, energy, chemical, nutritional, and pharmaceutical sectors. Chromatin is unlocking the potential of plants to produce greater value and meaningful products for consumers, growers, seed producers, and bioprocessors. Chromatin is commercializing solutions that proactively address key societal challenges such as improving agricultural productivity and increasing renewable energy resources.

Scentials

Series A in 2019
“Scentials is building a unique beauty brands studio platform that combines fast paced innovations across beauty categories with endorsements from top tier Indian celebrities in sports, films & entertainment. The celebrity partnerships provide massive traditional and social media reach driving brand salience.”

Arecor

Venture Round in 2016
Arecor is a leader in developing superior biopharmaceuticals through the application of its innovative formulation technology platform. Arecor is leveraging this platform to develop a portfolio of proprietary products enabling improved treatments for diabetes care via the innovative reformulation of approved proteins and peptides. In addition to its internal product portfolio, Arecor partners with leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies to deliver superior reformulations of their proprietary products, which would otherwise not be possible using conventional formulation science.

Brandtone Limited

Series D in 2015
The Brandtone offering allows our clients meet both short-term tactical and long-term strategic brand objectives in key emerging markets where growth is driven by the emergence of a growing middle class. Our voice-based mobile platform can be accessed using any handset, on any network and is entirely free to use for the consumer. This has resulted in unprecedented participation rates by consumers in campaigns developed for our clients.

MachineVantage

Venture Round in 2017
machineVantage develops and applies artificial intelligence algorithms and machine learning software to extract product innovations, brand semiotics, creative inspirations, and digital and retail point of sale messaging supporting the work of marketing professionals, branding and advertising agencies, and product innovators. The company caters to packaged goods, retail, financial services, health and beauty, food and beverages, and automotive industry. machineVantage was founded in 2016 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Froosh AB

Series A in 2008
Leading premium smoothie brand in the Nordics

Big Sync Music

Seed Round in 2013
Big Sync Music Ltd provides music licensing and rights management services for brand communications. It offers composition, sonic branding, and amplification services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in New York, New York; Singapore; and Amsterdam, the Netherland. As of February 19, 2019, Big Sync Music Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Songtradr, Inc.

Limitless Technology

Seed Round in 2016
Limitless enables businesses to connect customers with qualified experts to solve customer service enquiries on-demand, providing a faster and better service for significantly less cost. Expert responses and customer feedback then train our AI systems to automate low value queries overtime. The platform is live in over 20 countries and major clients include Microsoft, Unilever and Sage. Current investors include Unilever Ventures, Downing Ventures and Albion Capital.

Peel-Works

Series C in 2019
Peel-Works is a tech and data analytics company specializing in e-commerce for corner stores. Its products offered include Taikee, Insights, PoS by Mojo, and 1SF. The company aims to deliver better lives to corner stores across the country with its flagship product called Taikee. Taikee presents a brand’s performance from the most popular stores across 1,300 pin codes from 16 cities in the country. Peel-Works was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Arecor

Venture Round in 2008
Arecor is a leader in developing superior biopharmaceuticals through the application of its innovative formulation technology platform. Arecor is leveraging this platform to develop a portfolio of proprietary products enabling improved treatments for diabetes care via the innovative reformulation of approved proteins and peptides. In addition to its internal product portfolio, Arecor partners with leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies to deliver superior reformulations of their proprietary products, which would otherwise not be possible using conventional formulation science.

Gousto

Series B in 2015
Food and recipe provider

Celtra Inc.

Series C in 2017
Celtra Inc. develops a creative management platform, cloud-based and self-service software for managing the lifecycle of digital advertising. It serves advertisers and publishers, as well as companies worldwide. Celtra Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It has locations in New York, New York; San Francisco, California; London, United Kingdom; Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Singapore. Celtra Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Unilever Group.

Discuss.io Inc.

Series A in 2017
Discuss.io Inc. develops and operates a markets research platform for interviewing consumers and focus groups, as well as for delivering real-time insights for brands and agencies worldwide. The company offers Discuss.io, a platform that offers on-demand research for the agile marketers, research tools and insights for marketing decision making, and on-demand healthcare interviews. Its platform also allows marketers to conduct real-time webcam interviews, recruit consumers, and select moderators. Discuss.io Inc. was formerly known as Zolato, Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Seattle, Washington with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Plum Goodness

Series A in 2018
Plum Haircare Is Silicone-Free & Sulphate-Free. Designed For Damaged & Dandruff-Free Hair

Yummly

Series B in 2015
Yummly enables its users to search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course, and source. The Yummly app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Yummly, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Limitless Technology

Seed Round in 2017
Limitless enables businesses to connect customers with qualified experts to solve customer service enquiries on-demand, providing a faster and better service for significantly less cost. Expert responses and customer feedback then train our AI systems to automate low value queries overtime. The platform is live in over 20 countries and major clients include Microsoft, Unilever and Sage. Current investors include Unilever Ventures, Downing Ventures and Albion Capital.

BAC

Venture Round in 2008
BAC BV provides affinity purification products and services for the biopharmaceutical market. Their CaptureSelect products are used for drug discovery upto manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and are based on a proprietary platform technology, integrating affinity ligand discovery, manufacturing and immobilization of single domain antibodies derived from Camelids.

Limitless Technology

Series B in 2021
Limitless enables businesses to connect customers with qualified experts to solve customer service enquiries on-demand, providing a faster and better service for significantly less cost. Expert responses and customer feedback then train our AI systems to automate low value queries overtime. The platform is live in over 20 countries and major clients include Microsoft, Unilever and Sage. Current investors include Unilever Ventures, Downing Ventures and Albion Capital.

HaloSource Corporation

Venture Round in 2008
HaloSource Corporation, a clean water technology company, develops and manufactures products for drinking water treatment solutions worldwide. The company’s technologies are based upon proprietary polymer chemistries that can be applied to commonplace synthetic starting materials in a range of applications. It offers gravity devices, including HaloPure disinfecting pitchers that provide germ-free drinking water at home or office; HaloPure pitcher cartridges, which offer treated drinking water at home or office; and HaloPure under-the-candle cartridges. The company also provides pressurized devices comprising HaloPure bacteriostatic water cartridge, a water treatment catridge for use in drinking-water devices; HaloPure heterotroph control cartridges for RO systems; and HaloPure ceramic candle inserts. In addition, it offers mobi-pure line of disinfection hydration products under the astrea brand name. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Bothell, the United States.

Skupos Inc.

Series B in 2019
Skupos leverages technology to convert manual processes into data-driven workflows. Skupos drives business outcomes from business data. The company records and analyzes billions of transactions every year for stores, brands, and distribution partners. Its software integrates at a retailer’s point-of-sale and automates the previous manual inventory and ordering processes. For distributors and CPG brands, Skupos provides real-time insight into customer inventory and market basket data.

CureFit

Series D in 2020
CureFit is a health and fitness company offering digital and offline experiences across fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being. With the aim to make fitness fun and easy, CureFit gives workouts a whole new meaning with a range of trainer-led, group workout classes. It makes workouts fun, daily food is healthy and tasty, mental fitness easy with yoga and meditation, and medical and lifestyle care hassle-free. Co-founded by Mukesh Bansal and Ankit in Nagori 2016, the company is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

CyDen Limited

Venture Round in 2008
CyDen is a British Health and Beauty company and the leading developer of intense pulsed light (IPL) hair removal devices for use in the home.

Saie

Seed Round in 2020
Saie is a offers toxic-free cosmetics beauty brand.

WeGift

Series A in 2020
Businesses from every walk of life use rewards to acquire, retain and thank customers but the current process is broken. Sending rewards, incentives and non-cash payouts is manual, expensive, time-consuming and error-prone. WeGift changes this. Operating in more than 30 countries, in 22 languages, 20 currencies, with over 700 brand partners, and hundreds of clients, like Perkbox, Sodexo, New Look and Halfords among others, WeGift’s cloud-based, open API solutions allow businesses to transfer value to consumers, in real-time and globally. Established in 2016, WeGift is backed by leading entrepreneurs and investors.

Milkbasket

Seed Round in 2018
Milkbasket is a subscription-based micro-delivery service fulfilling daily dairy essentials and household needs of customers every morning. They deliver milk, bread, eggs, juices, butter, and other daily items needed every morning, right at customer's doorstep, free of charge. The company was founded in 2015, built on the unique Indian habit of getting fresh milk delivered at home every morning. They are based in Haryana, India but is also delivering in Noida, Dwarka, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.

SACHAJUAN

Venture Round in 2016
Sachajuan AB operates hair salons and manufactures hair care products. The company offers shampoos, conditioners, and hair repair and shine serum. Sachajuan AB was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

CreatorIQ

Series B in 2019
CreatorIQ is an intelligence-driven platform for enterprises to manage their ad campaign. The company's Intelligence Cloud enables intelligent creator discovery, streamlines end-to-end workflow, ensures brand safety, and drives meaningful measurement. Airbnb, CVS, Dell, Disney, H&M, Mattel, Salesforce, Target, and Unilever utilize its platform to drive real business results and set global measurement standards across their storytelling ecosystems. CreatorIQ is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, and London.
Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. manufactures and sells cosmetics. Its products include liquid lipsticks, liquid metallic lipstick, lip care products, setting powder, illuminators, glitter, face oil, eyebrow gel, eyeshadows, and eyeliners. The company sells its products through its online platform and retail stores. Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. was formerly known as Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in San Diego, California. Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Unilever N.V.

Peel-Works

Series B in 2017
Peel-Works is a tech and data analytics company specializing in e-commerce for corner stores. Its products offered include Taikee, Insights, PoS by Mojo, and 1SF. The company aims to deliver better lives to corner stores across the country with its flagship product called Taikee. Taikee presents a brand’s performance from the most popular stores across 1,300 pin codes from 16 cities in the country. Peel-Works was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

P2i

Series C in 2009
P2i is the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating technology. The company’s revolutionary plasma process reduces the surface energy of a material so that when liquids come into contact with it, they form beads and simply roll off. P2i’s customers can improve the performance of their products by protecting them from the effects of water and other liquids without affecting their look or feel. P2i’s plasma processing machines have been sold into the textile, consumer electronics, filtration, and bioconsumables markets.

Lumi Shanghai

Series A in 2012
Shanghai Lumi Information Technology Limited Company (Lumi胶原蛋白/禄美) is dedicated to research and development of beauty and health series products. Lumi is mainly engaged in the R&D, brand building, and market promotion of brand cosmetology and health products, and it is a matchless brand of collagen protein in the domestic industry. Lumi owns its market by new marketing modes, which now possesses a self-constructed call center with over a 100people and plans to extend the number to more than 200 people within the year.

Dreamerz Foods

Series B in 2007
Dreamerz Foods, Inc. provides various natural sleep products. It offers natural sleep beverage, a dietary supplement in the form of an all-natural, creamy, and dairy-based functional sleep beverage. The company also provides chocolate pillows, soothing dairy products, and herbal fruit-flavored mix. It offers its products through stores and online shops. Dreamerz Foods, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

CureFit

Series D in 2019
CureFit is a health and fitness company offering digital and offline experiences across fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being. With the aim to make fitness fun and easy, CureFit gives workouts a whole new meaning with a range of trainer-led, group workout classes. It makes workouts fun, daily food is healthy and tasty, mental fitness easy with yoga and meditation, and medical and lifestyle care hassle-free. Co-founded by Mukesh Bansal and Ankit in Nagori 2016, the company is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Dr Roebuck's Australia Pty Ltd

Venture Round in 2019
Dr Roebuck's is a results-driven skin care brand powered by clean, effective, multi-benefit ingredients, many of which are native to Australia. The company takes a positive approach to clean formulation, using minimal ingredients to achieve maximum results. In addition to being tested, trialed and fully backed by science, every vitamin, antioxidant, and professional grade active ingredient used by Dr Roebuck's is sustainably-sourced, fair-trade and personally vetted by its founders. Dr Roebuck's products are cruelty-free, suitable for all skin types, and free of parabens, sulfates, gluten, fillers, synthetic fragrances, harmful chemicals and dyes.

True Botanicals, Inc.

Series A in 2018
True Botanicals, Inc. manufactures and sells nontoxic skincare and personal care products. The company's products include cleansers, mists, toners, face oils, serums, sunscreens, eye treatments, body wash, body lotion, shampoo, and hair conditioner. The company's portfolio of services includes learning about the user’s skin, lifestyle, and routines; recommending a set of products and personalized routines based on the user’s skincare profile; and providing ongoing support. It sells its products through store, as well as online. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Blis Media Limited

Series B in 2016
Blis is the global leader in real-world intelligence. We specialise in understanding real, human behaviour by analysing vast quantities of mobile location data. This gives businesses a uniquely powerful tool: the truth about what people actually do, to improve consumer engagement and deliver measurable sales uplift. Our Smart Platform provides unmatched transparency, accuracy and scale through three proprietary technologies: SmartPin, Smart Scale and Smart Places. This enables more effective planning, activation and measurement for marketers and business decision makers alike, fuelling the next generation of insight-driven marketing. With 33 offices across five continents, Blis works with the world’s largest and most customer-driven companies across all verticals including Unilever, Samsung, McDonald's, HSBC, Mercedes Benz and Peugeot, as well as every major media agency to reach over a billion mobile devices a year.

Voltea B.V.

Series B in 2011
Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Peel-Works

Series B in 2019
Peel-Works is a tech and data analytics company specializing in e-commerce for corner stores. Its products offered include Taikee, Insights, PoS by Mojo, and 1SF. The company aims to deliver better lives to corner stores across the country with its flagship product called Taikee. Taikee presents a brand’s performance from the most popular stores across 1,300 pin codes from 16 cities in the country. Peel-Works was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Voltea B.V.

Series C in 2013
Background to Voltea: Voltea is a start-up backed by Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of Unilever plc. Unilever began working on the technology in 2004 and formed Voltea Ltd, a UK-based company, to commercialise the process in 2006. Voltea is headquartered in London. The operational side of the business is based in Leiden, the Netherlands.

The Nue Co.

Series A in 2019
The Nue Co. was born after a trip to Copenhagen inspired them to create a supplement brand founded on two danish principles, simplicity and creativity. Their lab has over 20 years experience and is based in Cambridge, England. Rather than working with harsh, isolated vitamins they choose to work with powerful organic foods high in specific vitamins or minerals. Every ingredient they use is completely traceable and of the highest standard. They never add fillers of any type, making their blends potent and pure.They limit the use of plastic packaging and are focused on minimising their carbon footprint.

Perlegen Sciences

Series D in 2006
Perlegen Sciences engages in the discovery and commercialization of genetic variations that provide physicians with information to improve the clinical decision-making process and patient treatment outcomes. Its products include MammaPLUS, a breast cancer risk stratifier and a panel of common genetic variants that stratifies individual genetic and background/clinical risk for those at moderately elevated risk for non-familial breast cancer, as well as impacts the risk for developing invasive breast cancer; and Genotype Browser Website that provides a way to access and view the results of a study of genetic variation in various diverse human populations. Perlegen Sciences, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Gousto

Series A in 2014
Food and recipe provider

System1 Group

Series A in 2003
System1 Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides marketing and market research consultancy services. The company offers a range of tools, such as predictive marketing tool that uses the wisdom of the crowd to identify winning concepts; and ad-testing tool that identifies efficient and high-return advertising. It operates in the Americas, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as BrainJuicer Group PLC and changed its name to System1 Group PLC in March 2017. System1 Group PLC was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Plum Goodness

Series B in 2020
Plum Haircare Is Silicone-Free & Sulphate-Free. Designed For Damaged & Dandruff-Free Hair

Dreamerz Foods

Series A in 2006
Dreamerz Foods, Inc. provides various natural sleep products. It offers natural sleep beverage, a dietary supplement in the form of an all-natural, creamy, and dairy-based functional sleep beverage. The company also provides chocolate pillows, soothing dairy products, and herbal fruit-flavored mix. It offers its products through stores and online shops. Dreamerz Foods, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Milkbasket

Series B in 2019
Milkbasket is a subscription-based micro-delivery service fulfilling daily dairy essentials and household needs of customers every morning. They deliver milk, bread, eggs, juices, butter, and other daily items needed every morning, right at customer's doorstep, free of charge. The company was founded in 2015, built on the unique Indian habit of getting fresh milk delivered at home every morning. They are based in Haryana, India but is also delivering in Noida, Dwarka, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.

Gousto

Series C in 2016
Food and recipe provider

Shop101

Series B in 2018
Shop101 is a social commerce platform that enables entrepreneurs to sell online as well as on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram with zero investment by providing an online store in less than 2 minutes. Budding entrepreneurs from housewives, college students & young graduates can resell from an extensive range of products available on the widely trusted Shop101 Supply platform. The Shop101 mobile app has enabled over 90 lakh individuals across India to resell online seamlessly within minutes by providing end to end order processing, inventory management, pan-India logistics (including cash on delivery), payment support, and a wide range of supply. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

HaloSource Corporation

Venture Round in 2007
HaloSource Corporation, a clean water technology company, develops and manufactures products for drinking water treatment solutions worldwide. The company’s technologies are based upon proprietary polymer chemistries that can be applied to commonplace synthetic starting materials in a range of applications. It offers gravity devices, including HaloPure disinfecting pitchers that provide germ-free drinking water at home or office; HaloPure pitcher cartridges, which offer treated drinking water at home or office; and HaloPure under-the-candle cartridges. The company also provides pressurized devices comprising HaloPure bacteriostatic water cartridge, a water treatment catridge for use in drinking-water devices; HaloPure heterotroph control cartridges for RO systems; and HaloPure ceramic candle inserts. In addition, it offers mobi-pure line of disinfection hydration products under the astrea brand name. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Bothell, the United States.