Beauty Connect LA 2024

Beauty Connect LA

Driving brand growth through innovation, investment & partnerships across the beauty, personal care, and wellness industry

Register Interest for 2024
Los Angeles, USA
28-30 October, 2024

Interested in partnering with us in 2024? Find out more by calling us at +44 (0)20 3696 2920 or emailing us at [email protected].

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Committed to ensuring every brand makes the connections they need to accelerate their growth, Beauty Connect is the place to build connections, formulate partnerships, and develop lasting relationships with industry players from across the supply chain.

With more opportunities than ever to connect, Beauty Connect brings together multiple brand workshops, private and public pitching opportunities, intimate roundtables focused on industry challenges, and pre-scheduled 1-2-1 meetings; all running alongside main-stage content. 

Join us in 2024 and expect to:

  • Foster partnerships with the future investors of your brand or the future brands of your portfolio
  • Position yourself for a successfulstrategic partnership with beauty conglomerates  
  • Scale your brand while maintaining talent, brand values and driving inclusivity and diversity practices at every touchpoint 
  • Make meaningfulretailer connectionsand gain confidence in your distribution strategy 
  • Meet andrise above the demands of the conscious consumer by engaging with industry-leading vendors and sustainability experts 

SEE 2023 HIGHLIGHTS REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN 2024

3
DAYS OF CONTENT
50+
INDUSTRY LEADING SPEAKERS
1-2-1
DEDICATED MEETINGS
500+
EXECUTIVE ATTENDEES
10
BEST IN CATEGORY SHOWCASE FINALISTS

INDIE BRAND SPOTLIGHT

Introducing our 2023 Indie Brand Spotlight Finalists!

Bringing you 10 of the most promising indie brands from across the beauty, wellness, and personal care space. 

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 ADVISORY BOARD

Author:

Ju Rhyu

Co-Founder & CEO
Hero Cosmetics

Ju Rhyu

Co-Founder & CEO
Hero Cosmetics

Author:

Carla Ruiz

Senior Vice President, Global M&A
Shiseido Group

Carla Ruiz

Senior Vice President, Global M&A
Shiseido Group

Author:

Nyakio Grieco

Co-Founder, Thirteen Lune
Founder, Relevant

Nyakio Grieco

Co-Founder, Thirteen Lune
Founder, Relevant

Author:

Alicia Sontag

Co-Founder & Partner
Prelude Growth Partners

Ranked one of Beauty's 50 Most Powerful Women by WWD (2015), and two-time honor of Fortune Most Powerful Women conference (2015/2016), Alicia is a Co-Founder and Partner at Prelude Growth Partners. Prelude Growth Partners is a New York City based growth equity firm focused on providing capital and value-added operatingsupport to high potential, fast-growing consumer brands. Prelude seeks to make investments of $3million to $15 million in each company, across branded consumer categories including personalcare/beauty, food & beverage, baby, pet, health & wellness and other consumer categories.

Alicia Sontag

Co-Founder & Partner
Prelude Growth Partners

Ranked one of Beauty's 50 Most Powerful Women by WWD (2015), and two-time honor of Fortune Most Powerful Women conference (2015/2016), Alicia is a Co-Founder and Partner at Prelude Growth Partners. Prelude Growth Partners is a New York City based growth equity firm focused on providing capital and value-added operatingsupport to high potential, fast-growing consumer brands. Prelude seeks to make investments of $3million to $15 million in each company, across branded consumer categories including personalcare/beauty, food & beverage, baby, pet, health & wellness and other consumer categories.

Author:

Rich Gersten

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
True Beauty Capital

Rich has spent the last 30 years investing and building great consumer brands at top private equity firms including Tengram Capital Partners, L Catterton, and North Castle Partners. Rich spent the last 9 years dedicated specifically to investing in the beauty industry, where he developed an extensive network of relationships that sourced many emerging growth brands with very limited access to institutional capital. Realizing the significant opportunity to address this underserved area of the market in beauty, Rich founded True Beauty Ventures.

Rich received a BS in Economics from Union College (N.Y.) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rich Gersten

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
True Beauty Capital

Rich has spent the last 30 years investing and building great consumer brands at top private equity firms including Tengram Capital Partners, L Catterton, and North Castle Partners. Rich spent the last 9 years dedicated specifically to investing in the beauty industry, where he developed an extensive network of relationships that sourced many emerging growth brands with very limited access to institutional capital. Realizing the significant opportunity to address this underserved area of the market in beauty, Rich founded True Beauty Ventures.

Rich received a BS in Economics from Union College (N.Y.) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Author:

Nicola Kilner

Founder & CEO
Deciem

Nicola Kilner

Founder & CEO
Deciem

Author:

Conor Begley

Co-Founder, Tribe Dynamics & Chief Strategy Officer
CreatorIQ

Conor Begley is the Co-founder Tribe Dynamics and Chief Strategy Officer at CreatorIQ. In September 2021, Tribe Dynamics was acquired by CreatorIQ to create the leading influencer marketing platform for the creator economy, bringing together influencer performance management and analytics solutions to help brands and businesses. Conor has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Influencer Marketing by Influence Weekly, and was recognized as one of the 100 Leaders of Tomorrow by St. Gallen’s Symposium.

Conor Begley

Co-Founder, Tribe Dynamics & Chief Strategy Officer
CreatorIQ

Conor Begley is the Co-founder Tribe Dynamics and Chief Strategy Officer at CreatorIQ. In September 2021, Tribe Dynamics was acquired by CreatorIQ to create the leading influencer marketing platform for the creator economy, bringing together influencer performance management and analytics solutions to help brands and businesses. Conor has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Influencer Marketing by Influence Weekly, and was recognized as one of the 100 Leaders of Tomorrow by St. Gallen’s Symposium.

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