Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble is an American multinational consumer goods corporation founded in 1837 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company specializes in manufacturing and distributing a diverse range of branded products across several categories, including personal care, hygiene, health care, and home care. Its extensive portfolio features well-known brands such as Pampers, Tide, Gillette, and Olay, which are trusted by consumers in millions of households worldwide. Procter & Gamble aims to deliver superior quality and value in its products, improving the lives of consumers globally. The company operates in numerous markets, including India, where it is recognized as one of the largest and fastest-growing consumer goods firms. Through its commitment to innovation and consumer satisfaction, Procter & Gamble has established itself as a leader in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.

John Chevalier

Vice President, Investor Relations

Jon Moeller

Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Valarie Sheppard

Executive Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

David Taylor

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

39 past transactions

The Gillette Company

Acquisition in 2005
Gillette Company produces and sells personal care products for men. Its products include power and manual razors and razor blades; shave gels, foams, and creams; skin care and aftershave products; antiperspirants and deodorants; and thermal scrubs, sensitive face wash products, intense cooling lotions, UV moisturizers, and body wash products. The Gillette Company was founded by King Camp Gillette in 1901 as a safety razor manufacturer. As of October 1, 2005, The Gillette Company operates as a subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Company.

Zirh

Acquisition in 2009
Zirh is a super-premium, male grooming brand available in high-end department stores, specialty outlets and online.

Pressbox

Acquisition in 2018
Pressbox is out to change the way dry cleaning works in Chicago. Pressbox's mission is to bring into dry cleaning three things customers deserve: ease, technology, and great service. All while still delivering high quality cleaning at fair prices. First, drop off your laundry in of Pressbox's lockers at one Pressbox's locations. Second, text your locker number to Pressbox. Third, wait for an email from Pressbox telling you that your laundry is ready to be picked-up.

Tambrands

Acquisition in 1997
Tambrands Inc., along with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets menstrual tampons, under the TAMPAX brand.

Wella AG

Acquisition in 2003
Wella AG is a major German hair care company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Navigenics

Series C in 2010
Navigenics, Inc. helps educate and empower individuals and their physicians with knowledge of their genetic predispositions, and then motivates them to act on the information to prevent the onset of disease, achieve earlier diagnosis, appropriately manage disease, or otherwise lessen its impact. Navigenics' lead investors are Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Sequoia Capital and MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures.

A123 Systems

Series D in 2007
Based on new, highly active nanoscale material initially developed at MIT, A123Systems' low impedance Nanophosphate electrode technology provides a competitive advantage over alternative high power technologies. A123's cell and electrode designs lower cost/watt and cost/watt-hour. They have higher voltage than other long-life systems, enabling lower pack cost. Their long life leads to reduced lifecycle and system costs resulting in greater overall price-performance . Competitors include [Valence](http://www.valence.com), [Saft](http://www.saftbatteries.com) and [Lion Cells](http://www.lioncells.com).

P&G-Clairol

Acquisition in 2001
P&G-Clairol, Inc. makes hair color products in the United States. The company offers permanent, demi-permanent, and semi-permanent hair colors.

Walker & Company

Acquisition in 2018
Our vision is to build the world’s most consumer-centric health & beauty products company. We want to completely reinvent the way our community learns about, purchases and enjoys health and beauty products. We’ll do this by developing, designing and testing products and services specifically tailored to our community's needs and delivering on the promise of great customer service and a simple shopping experience.

Ambi Pur

Acquisition in 2009
Ambi Pur is a leading global air care brand.

Native

Acquisition in 2017
Native's aim is to create healthy and natural products that humans use every day. Our first product is Native Deodorant - a popular, USA handcrafted deodorant that is aluminum, paraben, talc, propylene glycol, and phthalate free. Aluminum is a toxin found in antiperspirants that is linked to breast cancer and Alzheimer's. Parabens mimic estrogen and disrupt your hormonal balance. Talc has been classified as a potential carcinogen. Propylene glycol is another form of antifreeze. Phthalates are found in cosmetics, but usually, plastics to increase flexibility. We never test on animals, except humans, and we are also gluten-free. Invest in yourself.

Thomas Hedley Co

Acquisition in 1930
The Thomas Hedley Co. was a British company based in Newcastle upon Tyne manufacturing soap and candles.

Instill

Venture Round in 2000
As per the transaction announced on April 21, 2008, Instill Corporation was acquired by iTradeNetwork, Inc. Instill Corporation provides spend intelligence solutions for the foodservice industry. It offers supply chain information services, which automates the collection of transactional and process-oriented data from its customers trading partners. The company also provides a suite of hosted applications that helps its customers in managing various business processes, including trade spend management, food spend management, quality and regulatory compliance, promotion management, procurement, food safety, and vendor and product management. It offers its solutions to foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors. Instill Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Amyris

Series D in 2010
Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Ltda produces and markets renewable fuels and chemicals for energy, pharmaceutical, and chemical applications in Brazil. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Campinas, Brazil. As of December 28, 2017, Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Ltda operates as a subsidiary of Koninklijke DSM N.V.

Mielle Organics

Secondary Market in 2023
Mielle Organics is a haircare brand known for its focus on using high-quality and certified organic ingredients in each of its products.

A123 Systems

Series C in 2007
Based on new, highly active nanoscale material initially developed at MIT, A123Systems' low impedance Nanophosphate electrode technology provides a competitive advantage over alternative high power technologies. A123's cell and electrode designs lower cost/watt and cost/watt-hour. They have higher voltage than other long-life systems, enabling lower pack cost. Their long life leads to reduced lifecycle and system costs resulting in greater overall price-performance . Competitors include [Valence](http://www.valence.com), [Saft](http://www.saftbatteries.com) and [Lion Cells](http://www.lioncells.com).

Moodify

Series A in 2021
Moodify Ltd develops and provides an artificial intelligence machine learning platform and solutions for artificial empathy to provide cognitive behavioral therapy. It offers scents, which harness the power of implicit and explicit smells by emitting safe and non-intrusive signals. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Grin

Seed Round in 2021
Grin is a comprehensive digital orthodontic platform providing teeth straightening for all types of patients with a real local orthodontist. The platform also connects patients with a real orthodontist from the convenience of their smart device. They deliver responsible care from orthodontic specialists in an easily accessible and cost-effective way, Grin provides patients quality care that results in an exceptional smile together with all of the modernized convenience that they expect. Grin technology, aligned with a network of local trusted orthodontists, ensures that every patient gets the right care. The platform Grin App and Grin Scope is a patent-pending technology that offers remote monitoring for a variety of orthodontic needs. The Grin experience includes high-quality self-scans with the latest teeth straightening solutions. Practitioners and patients can now use these telemedicine tools to achieve a new, more convenient treatment journey. It was founded by Dr. Adam Schulhof, Pamela Oren-Artzi, and Alon Lipnik in 2019 and is based in Oradell, New Jersey.

Richardson-Vicks

Acquisition in 1985
Richardson-Vicks is a provider of Pantene, Oil of Olay, Vidal Sassoon and Clearasil products.

Recovery Engineering

Acquisition in 1999
Recovery Engineering, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets small- scale drinking water systems.

The Art of Shaving

Acquisition in 2009
The Art of Shaving, LLC develops, produces, and markets aromatherapy-based shaving and skincare products for men and women.

MDVIP

Acquisition in 2009
MDVIP was founded as an alternative to a primary healthcare system characterized by long wait times and overextended physicians. Under the MDVIP model, patients pay an annual membership fee, which allows doctors to limit their practices to 600 patients and enables exceptional, more personalized healthcare focused on prevention and wellness. Although the company generated sufficient cash flow to finance its growth, the team believed the right investor could help accelerate their national expansion and provide strategic assistance

The Iams Company, Inc.

Acquisition in 1999
The Iams Company, Inc. is a popular brand name for dog food and cat food manufactured by Spectrum Brands in Europe and Mars, Inc worldwide.

Merck

Acquisition in 2018
Merck Financial Services GmbH operates as an in-house bank of Merck group. It focuses on the centralization of financing activities; control and management of cash flows; taking out loans; issuing bonds, debentures, and debt securities; providing other financial support for Merck group companies; and the management of currency, interest rate, and market risks. The company was formerly known as Merck 9. Allgemeine Beteiligungs GmbH and changed its name to Merck Financial Services GmbH in February 2009. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. Merck Financial Services GmbH operates as a subsidiary of MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien.

Plumtree Software

Venture Round in 2000
Develops and markets software that facilitates the deployment of web applications

Folgers Coffee

Acquisition in 1963
The Folger Coffee Company is a manufacturer of consumers food and beverage products.

yet2.com

Venture Round in 2000
yet2.com provides intellectual property consulting and licensing services to world-class clients around the globe. Yet2.com Inc. and its online marketplace were founded in 1999 to promote Open Innovation, with original investments from Siemens, Bayer, Honeywell, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, and NTT Leasing. The privately held company has offices in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The web site now has over 120,000 registered marketplace users including many of the Fortune 500 and over 16,000 smaller technology companies. In addition to its core team, yet2.com has created a wide network of Open Innovation partners covering many of the technology-rich countries around the world as well as relationships with open innovation organizations, technical expert networks, SME networks, technical magazines, online technical communities, and technology brokers. These provide market-wide access to technologies and needs in countries such as Russia, China, India, Korea, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, the US, and the EU.

First Aid Beauty

Acquisition in 2018
FIRST AID BEAUTY LTD, also known as FAB, manufactures beauty and skincare products. The company offers cleansers and exfoliators, moisturizers, serums and treatment, eye nd lip makeup products, masks, kits; and age delay, dryness, acne prone, dullness and uneven skin tone, under eye puffiness and dark circle, redness, and sun protection products. It serves customers through a network of retailers, as well as online. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts. FIRST AID BEAUTY LTD operates as a subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Company.

Avon - Giorgio Beverly Hills

Acquisition in 1994
Avon - Giorgio Beverly Hills is a provider of fragrance products.

Snowberry

Acquisition in 2018
Snowberry New Zealand Ltd. manufactures skin care products. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand. As of February 6, 2018, Snowberry New Zealand Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Company.

Noxell Corporation

Acquisition in 1989
Noxell Corporation manufactures and markets perfumes, colognes, cosmetic, and toiletry products under CoverGirl brand name.

DDFSkincare

Acquisition in 2007
DDF was created in 1991 it was a pioneering brand, one of the first retail skin care lines created by a top dermatologist

THIS IS L

Acquisition in 2019
L. is dedicated to the rebellious notion that women everywhere deserve better. L. strives to bring accountability to the personal care aisle, sourcing certified organic cotton for period products and wipes, as well as natural rubber latex for condoms. L. is committed to increasing access to personal care products globally through it's solidarity model. That’s why for every L. product sold, one is made accessible to another woman or girl. Today, L. is on track to make over 200 million products accessible to women and girls around the world. L. is a certified B. Corporation and Y-Combinator graduate. Learn more about our movement at www.thisisL.com