E.276: Venture Capital for Beauty Brands 101 and tips for founders and entrepreneurs ft Rachel Brink

Rachel ten Brink is the General Partner and Founder of Red Bike Capital, a seed stage fund based in NY that invests in founders that are improving lives and powering the economy, particularly around FinTech, Commerce Infrastructure and Consumer. Rachel is a Data Driven, Product Obsessed Investor, Founder, and Board Member, and a Top Latinx in Tech leader. Rachel was the co-founder and CMO of Scentbird, a Y-Combinator backed fragrance subscription service that raised $29M in venture funding. As a founder, Rachel led Growth, Brand and Business Development, scaling the company to over 500,000 subscribers. Before this, she spent 20 years building billion dollar global brands at Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Gillette, and L’Oreal. She is a mentor at Techstars and Y Combinator. She is one less than 100 Latinas to have ever raised over $1M in VC funding, and part of the 0.01% of Latina Women that are GPs in Venture. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skincareanarchy/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/skincareanarchy/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/skincareanarchy/support</a>