Faculty Receives $3M Led by Estée Lauder

Jun 16th, 2021
Hannah Fink
Photo: Faculty.
Photo: Faculty.

Men's grooming brand Faculty has launched with $3 million in seed funding led by Estée Lauder, per Tech Crunch.

Related: Estee Lauder Joins Tik Tok

The funding is joined by RareBreed Ventures, Maple VC, Debut Capital, Creative Connectors, AUFI, 10K Ventures, actress Maisie Williams and recording artist Iann Dior.

Faculty offers nail polish in dark green, black and gray, as well as nail stickers. The company also donates 1% of sales to the Crisis Text Line. 

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