Shiseido Company
Shiseido Company, Limited is a prominent Japanese cosmetics manufacturer founded in 1872, originally as the first Western-style pharmacy in Japan. Over the years, it has evolved into a global leader in the cosmetics industry, renowned for its commitment to advanced technology and exceptional aesthetics. Shiseido offers a diverse range of products, including skincare, makeup, fragrances, body care, suncare, and specialized lines for men. Its portfolio features 31 brands, including the luxury line Clé de Peau Beauté. With a significant share of the Japanese beauty and personal care market, Shiseido is recognized for its strong presence in premium skincare, particularly in China. The company sells its products through various retail channels, including department stores, specialty shops, and drugstores, and operates beauty salons and a professional hair makeup training school. Headquartered in Tokyo, Shiseido’s products are available in over 120 countries and regions, reflecting its long-standing reputation for quality and innovation in the cosmetics sector.
Past deals in Skincare
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare
Acquisition in 2023
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare is a New York-based cosmetics company founded in 2000 by dermatologist Dr. Dennis Gross and his wife, Carrie Gross. The company specializes in a diverse range of skincare products, including peel masks, skin serums, wrinkle recovery creams, and moisturizers. Its formulations prioritize the use of natural antioxidants, vitamins, and botanicals, aiming to deliver both immediate results and long-term skin transformation. Through its multi-tasking products, Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare seeks to help individuals achieve their healthiest and most radiant skin.
Phyla
Series A in 2023
Phyla is a biotechnology company focused on developing alternative therapies for treating acne through innovative microbiome technology. Unlike traditional methods that aim to introduce beneficial bacteria, Phyla's approach centers on selectively removing harmful bacteria from the skin microbiome using bacteriophages. This subtractive method seeks to rebalance the microbiome, promoting a healthy state without damaging beneficial strains. Phyla's product line offers a minimalist skincare system designed to effectively address acne while minimizing skin damage, thus providing customers with a more targeted and gentle treatment option.
Gallinée
Acquisition in 2022
Gallinée is a pioneering skincare brand focused on maintaining the skin's microbiome. It offers a range of products formulated with a patented complex of prebiotics, probiotics, and lactic acid to nourish and protect beneficial bacteria, promoting healthy skin.
Drunk Elephant
Acquisition in 2019
Drunk Elephant is a skincare company that designs, manufactures, and sells products focused on direct skin health benefits. The brand emphasizes clinical effectiveness with a low-hazard composition, avoiding irritants, allergens, fillers, and dyes that can dilute active ingredients. Its products are built around high active ingredient content and skin-friendly pH to balance and nurture the skin, catering to diverse skin types. The approach centers on using ingredients, whether synthetic or natural, that directly support skin health, delivering visible results through a simplified, irritation-minimized formulation.
Alpha Moda Lab
Acquisition in 2017
Alpha Moda Lab, Inc. is a company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in the manufacture and sale of custom-made foundation products for women. Founded in 2013, the company employs a proprietary mobile application that scans and analyzes an individual's skin tone and conditions to create a personalized foundation blend. This unique approach allows customers to receive beauty products tailored to their specific needs within 24 hours. Alpha Moda Lab sells its products through both physical stores and online channels, positioning itself at the intersection of beauty and technology. As of January 2017, Alpha Moda Lab operates as a subsidiary of Shiseido Americas Corporation.
MATCHCo
Acquisition in 2017
MATCHCo (California, USA), a privately-held company utilizing revolutionary technology and innovative digital tools to provide consumers with individually customized foundation at scale.
Founded in 2013 by personalization and technology experts Dave Gross and Andy Howell and backed by patented technology, MATCHCo lets customers scan their unique skin tones through its mobile app and uses the data collected to individually blend a perfectly matching custom foundation for each consumer. The MATCHCo app is currently distributed through Apple’s App Store and was featured as ”Best New App” and ”Best of November” at launch in November 2015. Since then, it has also received beauty breakthrough awards from Teen Vogue, Good Housekeeping and others.
Gurwitch Products
Acquisition in 2016
Gurwitch Products, LLC, established in 1995 and headquartered in New York, specializes in developing, manufacturing, and distributing a wide array of cosmetic, skincare, body care, and fragrance products under the Laura Mercier brand. Its comprehensive product portfolio includes makeup items such as foundations, concealers, powders, lipsticks, blushes, and accessories; skincare products like cleansers, serums, moisturizers, and primers; and various fragrances. Gurwitch sells its products through retail stores in the U.S. and internationally, as well as online. As of 2016, it operates as a subsidiary of Shiseido Americas Corporation, with annual net sales totaling $175 million in 2015.
Bare Escentuals
Acquisition in 2010
Bare Escentuals is one of the fastest growing prestige beauty companies in the U.S. and a leader by sales and consumer awareness in mineral-based cosmetics.
Bare Escentuals encouraged women to take a leap and try something so unique, so unlike anything they’ve experienced before. We started the idea that makeup could actually be considered skincare, and they got people talking. A makeup that could be good for you? The Bare Escentuals community was born.
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