Unilever Ventures

Founded in 2002, Unilever Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies and funds aligned with its parent company's interests. It focuses on consumer goods, digital media, health & wellbeing, and sustainable living sectors across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Gunita Bhasin

Investor

Pawan Chaturvedi

Partner-Asia

Olivier Garel

Managing Partner and Member of Investment Committee

Rachel Harris

Partner

Isabelle Hemington

Principal

Isabelle Hemington

Principal

Andrew Lane

Co-Founder and Director

Anna Ohlsson

Partner

Devesh Papney

Principal

Clementine Provost

Investor

Priyanka Thakkar

Investor

Stephen Willson

Managing Partner

Jelena Zec

Investor

Past deals in Skincare

Indewild

Seed Round in 2025
The First Ever Ayurvedic Beauty Brand, People Powered & Expert Backed. Combining 5000 Years Of Ayurvedic Rituals With Modern Dermatology & Clean Ingredients.

RAS Luxury Oils

Series A in 2025
RAS Luxury Oils provides natural and organic skincare products.

Arata

Series A in 2024
Arata is a New Delhi, India-based hair care brand that develops high-performance, vegan and cruelty-free products backed by plant-powered science and clinically proven technology. Its lineup includes unisex shampoos, hair gels and hair creams that are free of SLS and parabens, non-toxic and sustainable. The company emphasizes natural, skin-friendly formulations and cruelty-free production, with products designed for all users. Arata was founded in 2017 by Dhruv Madhok and Dhruv Bhasin.

OneSkin

Series A in 2024
OneSkin is a biotechnology company focused on skin aging and longevity that develops testing platforms and consumer products. It uses animal-free three-dimensional human skin models to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cosmetic ingredients and anti-aging compounds, supporting research and validation for the cosmetic and ingredient supplier industries. The company has developed a proprietary peptide, OS-01, intended to reduce skin biological age by decreasing the accumulation of aged cells, improving cellular repair, and strengthening the epidermal barrier. Its consumer offering includes a vegan topical product based on OS-01 designed for all skin types, marketed through its website. The business combines in vitro testing services with product development to address root causes of skin aging and support proper skin cell function.

ClayCo. Cosmetics

Series A in 2024
ClayCo. Cosmetics brings ancient beauty rituals from across the world, in one platform.

Oak Essentials

Series A in 2024
Oak Essentials is a premium skincare brand that focuses on delivering effective, hydrating products to promote daily skincare routines and achieve youthful, healthy skin. Their range, suitable for all ages, emphasizes natural ingredients and simplicity, encouraging a holistic approach to beauty and wellness.

ESQA

Series B in 2024
ESQA Cosmetics offers a comprehensive range of make-up and personal care items. The company creates vegan products and formulated without harmful ingredients to enhance natural beauty. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

STRAAND

Seed Round in 2023
STRAAND is a manufacturer specializing in retail health and personal care products, primarily focusing on hair care. The company produces prebiotic hair care products designed for scalp care, ensuring its formulations are both chemical-free and cruelty-free. STRAAND aims to improve the scalp microbiome, offering customers comprehensive hair care solutions at affordable prices.

WishCare

Series A in 2023
WishCare is a manufacturer and online retailer specializing in natural, toxin-free beauty and personal care products. The company provides a diverse selection of beauty kits and wellness items, including haircare and skincare solutions such as bond repair hair treatments, hair growth serums, face serums, sunscreens, and active-based body lotions. By focusing on sustainable and non-toxic formulations, WishCare aims to meet consumer needs while offering a unique and hassle-free shopping experience. The brand's commitment to health and sustainability enables customers to enhance their well-being and achieve a rejuvenated appearance.

The 7 Virtues Beauty

Venture Round in 2023
The 7 Virtues Beauty manufactures and markets perfumes to help finance causes for peace. Our contemporary collection includes: Orange Blossom Rose Amber, Vetiver Elemi, Grapefruit Lime, Patchouli Citrus, Jasmine Neroli and Vanilla Woods. We also have a peace blend box that empowers you to blend our fragrances and create your own signature peace fragrance.

Womaness

Seed Round in 2023
Womaness develops innovative products tailored to women's health needs, focusing on menopausal symptoms. Their range includes supplements, sexual wellness items, and skincare products, all free from common irritants and formulated to support women during this life stage.

STRAAND

Pre Seed Round in 2023
STRAAND is a manufacturer specializing in retail health and personal care products, primarily focusing on hair care. The company produces prebiotic hair care products designed for scalp care, ensuring its formulations are both chemical-free and cruelty-free. STRAAND aims to improve the scalp microbiome, offering customers comprehensive hair care solutions at affordable prices.

ESQA

Series A in 2022
ESQA Cosmetics offers a comprehensive range of make-up and personal care items. The company creates vegan products and formulated without harmful ingredients to enhance natural beauty. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Rael

Series B in 2022
Rael is a Los Angeles-based company offering menstrual care and feminine wellness products. Founded in 2017 by three female co-founders, Rael provides comfortable, high-quality products made from natural and organic ingredients. Their product range includes pads, tampons, pantyliners, period underwear, and feminine wash/wipes, available in 13 countries. Rael has expanded into clean beauty products, with a focus on empowering women worldwide with safe and healthy alternatives to conventional products.

Plum

Series C in 2022
Plum is a skincare and beauty company that focuses on providing chemical-free and vegan products designed for personal wellness. The company's offerings include a range of skincare items such as night gels, face washes, moisturizing creams, and face oils. Plum emphasizes the importance of safety and environmental responsibility by ensuring its products are free from harmful chemicals, including sodium lauryl sulfate, parabens, and phytates. Additionally, Plum's haircare line is specifically formulated to be silicone-free and sulfate-free, catering to individuals with damaged hair or dandruff concerns. Overall, Plum aims to deliver effective beauty solutions that prioritize health and sustainability.

Minimalist

Series A in 2021
Minimalist is a skincare brand known for its innovative and honest approach. It offers a wide range of products targeting various skin types and concerns, with a focus on transparency in ingredients and creating clean formulations.

Womaness

Seed Round in 2021
Womaness develops innovative products tailored to women's health needs, focusing on menopausal symptoms. Their range includes supplements, sexual wellness items, and skincare products, all free from common irritants and formulated to support women during this life stage.

Exponent Beauty

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in March 2019 by Liz Whitman, Exponent Beauty specializes in providing skincare information and related products. It offers tools such as skin concern selectors, product recommendations, and a vitamin C test kit to assist consumers in formulating effective skincare routines.

BYBI

Series A in 2020
BYBI is a vegan skincare brand founded in 2017 by beauty bloggers Elsie and Dominika. They create natural, cruelty-free products such as lip scrubs, balms, face mists, and masks to optimize skin health.

Plum

Series B in 2020
Plum is a skincare and beauty company that focuses on providing chemical-free and vegan products designed for personal wellness. The company's offerings include a range of skincare items such as night gels, face washes, moisturizing creams, and face oils. Plum emphasizes the importance of safety and environmental responsibility by ensuring its products are free from harmful chemicals, including sodium lauryl sulfate, parabens, and phytates. Additionally, Plum's haircare line is specifically formulated to be silicone-free and sulfate-free, catering to individuals with damaged hair or dandruff concerns. Overall, Plum aims to deliver effective beauty solutions that prioritize health and sustainability.

MIRA BEAUTY™

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.

Rael

Series A in 2020
Rael is a Los Angeles-based company offering menstrual care and feminine wellness products. Founded in 2017 by three female co-founders, Rael provides comfortable, high-quality products made from natural and organic ingredients. Their product range includes pads, tampons, pantyliners, period underwear, and feminine wash/wipes, available in 13 countries. Rael has expanded into clean beauty products, with a focus on empowering women worldwide with safe and healthy alternatives to conventional products.

ZitSticka

Series A in 2019
ZitSticka is an evidence-based skincare brand focused on acne treatment, offering patch-based products and soaked swabs designed to address every stage of a zit’s life cycle. Its KILLA patch combines dermatologically backed ingredients with self-dissolving microdarts to target early-stage pimples, and it also offers priming CLEANA swabs and a range of hydrocolloid and extraction patches. The company sells online and through wholesale channels and positions itself as a retailer of acne-clearing solutions rather than drug products, while noting adherence to FDA cosmetic regulatory standards. Founded in 2017 in New York, ZitSticka concentrates on treatments that disrupt the progression of acne through its product line.

Kopari Beauty

Series A in 2019
Kopari Beauty is a brand focused on creating a diverse range of beauty products that harness the benefits of 100% pure organic coconut oil. The company emphasizes a healthy and mindful lifestyle, offering products that enhance natural beauty and promote vitality. Kopari's product line includes deodorants, face cleansers, and body moisturizers, all formulated without harmful ingredients such as sulfates, silicones, and parabens. By using coconut oil as a key ingredient, Kopari aims to provide effective solutions that nourish and regenerate hair and skin, celebrating the natural radiance within each individual.

Scentials

Series A in 2019
Scentials is a beauty brands studio that specializes in the development of skincare and fragrance products, leveraging partnerships with prominent Indian celebrities from sports, film, and entertainment. This unique platform focuses on rapid innovation across various beauty categories, offering an extensive range of fragrances, skincare, makeup, and men's grooming items. By collaborating with well-known personalities, Scentials enhances its brand visibility and outreach through traditional and social media channels, ensuring that customers have access to authentic products at affordable prices.

Dr Roebuck's

Venture Round in 2019
Dr Roebuck's is a skin care brand focused on delivering effective solutions for dry, sensitive skin and conditions like eczema. The company utilizes clean, cruelty-free formulations that emphasize minimal, yet potent ingredients, many of which are sourced from Australia. Each product is designed to provide nourishment while being free from parabens, sulfates, gluten, fillers, synthetic fragrances, and harmful chemicals. Dr Roebuck's commitment to sustainability is reflected in its use of fair-trade and personally vetted ingredients, ensuring that every vitamin, antioxidant, and active component is both skin-safe and environmentally responsible. The brand caters to a wide range of skin types, promoting a positive and healthy approach to skin care.

MIRA BEAUTY™

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.

Plum

Series A in 2018
Plum is a skincare and beauty company that focuses on providing chemical-free and vegan products designed for personal wellness. The company's offerings include a range of skincare items such as night gels, face washes, moisturizing creams, and face oils. Plum emphasizes the importance of safety and environmental responsibility by ensuring its products are free from harmful chemicals, including sodium lauryl sulfate, parabens, and phytates. Additionally, Plum's haircare line is specifically formulated to be silicone-free and sulfate-free, catering to individuals with damaged hair or dandruff concerns. Overall, Plum aims to deliver effective beauty solutions that prioritize health and sustainability.

Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand

Series A in 2018
Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. is a cosmetics manufacturer based in San Diego, California, founded in 2011. The company produces a diverse range of beauty products, including liquid lipsticks, lip care items, setting powders, illuminators, glitter, face oils, eyebrow gels, eyeshadows, and eyeliners. Beauty Bakerie sells its products through an online platform as well as in over 1,000 retail locations worldwide, including major retailers like ULTA, Nordstrom, and Target. The brand has gained significant recognition for its unique aesthetic and product offerings, earning accolades from prestigious publications such as Allure, Cosmopolitan, and Forbes. With a growing social media presence boasting over one million followers, Beauty Bakerie has established itself as a rapidly expanding player in the cosmetics industry. The brand is led by its founder, who is instrumental in shaping its vision and product development. As a subsidiary of Unilever N.V., Beauty Bakerie continues to innovate and engage with its customer base effectively.

True Botanicals

Series A in 2018
True Botanicals, Inc. is a manufacturer of luxury natural skincare and personal care products based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in creating nontoxic products that include cleansers, toners, face oils, serums, sunscreens, and hair care items. True Botanicals emphasizes the use of concentrated bio-active ingredients sourced from vegan materials, ensuring that its offerings are free from harmful toxins and fillers. The company's approach goes beyond traditional anti-aging skincare, targeting specific skin concerns such as acne, hyperpigmentation, and wrinkles. True Botanicals provides personalized skincare routines based on individual user profiles and offers ongoing support to enhance the overall user experience. Its products are available for purchase both online and in physical stores.

TRINNY London

Venture Round in 2018
Founded by Trinny Woodall in 2017, TRINNY London is a UK-based beauty brand specializing in cream-based makeup products designed to be versatile and personalized. The company uses its proprietary Match2Me tool to analyze eye, hair, skin, color, and undertones, creating tailored product recommendations for each customer.

Gallinée

Series A in 2018
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.

Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand

Seed Round in 2017
Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand, Inc. is a cosmetics manufacturer based in San Diego, California, founded in 2011. The company produces a diverse range of beauty products, including liquid lipsticks, lip care items, setting powders, illuminators, glitter, face oils, eyebrow gels, eyeshadows, and eyeliners. Beauty Bakerie sells its products through an online platform as well as in over 1,000 retail locations worldwide, including major retailers like ULTA, Nordstrom, and Target. The brand has gained significant recognition for its unique aesthetic and product offerings, earning accolades from prestigious publications such as Allure, Cosmopolitan, and Forbes. With a growing social media presence boasting over one million followers, Beauty Bakerie has established itself as a rapidly expanding player in the cosmetics industry. The brand is led by its founder, who is instrumental in shaping its vision and product development. As a subsidiary of Unilever N.V., Beauty Bakerie continues to innovate and engage with its customer base effectively.

LXMI

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015 by Leila Janah, LXMI specializes in skincare products derived from organic and rare ingredients. Its signature product, Nilotica Reserve™, is a rare skin butter sourced from the Nile River Valley.

Sachajuan

Venture Round in 2016
Sachajuan AB is a Swedish company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Stockholm, specializing in the hair care industry. The company operates hair salons and manufactures a range of premium hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, and specialized treatments designed for cleansing, conditioning, and styling. Sachajuan's product line focuses on delivering optimal quality by addressing three key dimensions: surface, structure, and shape, which are essential for achieving desired hair styles. With a commitment to timeless design and effectiveness, Sachajuan serves both professional and consumer markets, providing solutions that enhance hair beauty and health.

Iluminage Beauty

Venture Round in 2013
Iluminage Beauty is dedicated to providing innovative and high-performance beauty solutions, enabling consumers to use professional-level devices in the comfort of their homes. Established in November 2013 as a joint venture between Syneron Medical and Unilever Ventures, the company merges Syneron's expertise in aesthetic home-use technology with Unilever's extensive experience in developing and marketing luxury beauty products. Iluminage Beauty focuses on creating advanced beauty devices that empower users, offering a blend of professional efficacy and convenience for at-home beauty care.

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.
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