Beyond Beauty by Dillie Hosted by Anne Laughlin and Jacobo Lumbreras

About Josefin:

Referred to as a “tech trailblazer” from Sweden, Josefin Landgård is known to bring innovation to disruptive start-ups spanning diverse industries. She co-founded the unicorn telemedicine company KRY/Livi (Europe’s largest) in 2015 and acted as CEO, COO, and/or co-founder for several other startups. Josefin is one of Scandinavia’s few female unicorn founders. She is also a prominent angel investor.

Driven by a lifelong passion for skincare and yearning for a new challenge, she founded MANTLE, the Scandinavian skincare sensation transforming skin and the beauty narrative. With MANTLE, she’s determined to challenge the conversation around beauty and put an end to fear-based communication in favour of a new, more modern dialogue.

The Scandinavian skincare brand is redefining the way beauty looks, delivering clean formulas and clinical results without shame-based and ageist communication, celebrating individual expression.

To connect with her, visit: mantleskin.com

About Alisa:

Alisa (Williams) Carmichael is an Investment Partner at VMG Partners where she has worked across multiple branded consumer categories supporting the likes of: The Honey Pot Company, Drunk Elephant, Danessa Myricks Beauty, and many more.

Her passion for helping BIPOC-founded businesses thrive has always been core to her investment approach and inspired VMG Partner’s formation of The Parity Collective, an investment initiative focused on investing in founders of color across the consumer industry.

About Kat:

Kat Dey is a serial entrepreneur and executive, named one of “35 People to Watch”. She is Co-Founder & President of ettitude, an award-winning material science company with the mission to dramatically reduce the harmful environmental impact of textiles.

With its proprietary technologies, ettitude offers sustainable bedding, bath essentials, apparel, and a variety of textiles made with CleanBamboo® . The manufacturing process is a clean alternative to the highly polluting cotton, viscose, silk, and cashmere.

It’s also worth mentioning that ettitude is Climate Neutral certified and a B Corp.

Prior to ettitude, Kat had a decade of experience scaling mission-driven companies. Her prior company was named by Crains NY as the #3 fastest-growing company in New York before it was acquired in 2017. Today Dey also serves as an advisor and investor in several early-stage companies.

Kat and her companies have appeared in Fortune, Forbes, WSJ, LA Times, Today, FOX, BBC and more.

To connect with her, visit: ettitude.com

About Helen:

Helen Yang is the CEO & Founder of Clement Packaging, an innovative sustainable packaging startup. Clement makes plant-based, compostable packaging as a 1:1 replacement for plastic. Helen is based in San Francisco, CA, and is a chemist on a mission to clean up plastic waste in the beauty industry.



To connect with her, visit: clementpackaging.com

About Danielle:

Meet Facile co-founder and CEO Danielle Nadick Leevy, a business strategist, brand builder, and beauty junkie.

Working alongside Dr. Sam, Danielle used her business expertise and brand-building experience to develop a clinical skincare line that blends simplicity and function.

Her vision has always been clear — bring kind, accessible, and effective skincare to the masses.

After a recent successful exit and acquisition of the facile dermatology clinics back in June of 2023, Danielle remains involved as an owner driving growth and development of new facile locations.

About Madeline:

Madeline Kaplan is a Principal at Selva Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in health & wellness-focused consumer brands.

At Selva she is primarily focused on Beauty & Personal Care, serving as a Board Member for Minu and a Board Observer for OneSkin, Crown Affair, and Perelel.

Prior to joining Selva Ventures, Madeline was a Principal at Smash Capital, a later-stage consumer tech fund. Madeline started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.

She is based in Los Angeles, CA, and has an A.B. [Bachelor of Arts] in Economics from Harvard College.

To connect with her, visit: selvaventures.com