Beauty & Wellness Accelerator BY IRIS VENTURES

12th MAR 2025 — 9th APR 2025

Glow Up is an expert-led program designed to empower founders in the beauty and wellness space with the tools to build, scale, and position their brands for success.

THE PROGRAMME

Covering retail strategy & math, brand positioning & communications, scaling global operations, fundraising essentials, and strategic positioning for M&A. Glow Up provides a comprehensive framework for navigating every stage of brand growth.

Retail Strategy & Math

Understand how retailers evaluate product launches and performance. Identifying and quantifying white space and marketing support.

Brand positioning & Communications

Learn how to create strong awareness and position your brand for both customer desire and product trial (EMV, Awareness, Community, Comms and ROI).

How to scale operations with a global view

Dig into the nexus of suppliers, procurement, freight, COGS, and how to set up effective, scalable, and profitable operations.

How to raise money

Learn investor lingo, how to raise funds and negotiate a term sheet.

How to SELL TO A STRATEGIC

Understand how the big groups in beauty and wellness think, grow, and execute M&A. Get an insider view on how to position a brand for success.

Glow up programme will run over a 5-week period, with a 1.5-hour long webinar every week.

Meet the speakers:

Scott Gurfein

founder and CEO at Brand-OS

Alejandro Vicente

founder at Vicente & Partners

Lidiia Gaiduk

Partner at Vicente & Partners

John Cafarelli

president and co-founder at BeautyMatter

Kelly Kovack

Founder and CEO at BeautyMatter

Christine Dagousset

strategic advisor

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“At IRIS Ventures, we believe in women’s power to transform industries such as beauty and wellness. In a world where only 2% of venture funding reaches female founders, we're here to change the narrative. Join us to learn from the best, scale your brand, raise capital and rewrite the rules of success. Together we thrive.”

MONTSE SUÁREZ
FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER