Cooper Consumer Health Acquires Lashilé Beauty

West Lane Capital Partners Acquires Beauty Bakerie

July 10, 2024

Consumer Products

Los Angeles-based private equity firm West Lane Capital Partners has acquired Beauty Bakerie, the cosmetics brand founded by Cashmere Nicole. The deal adds Beauty Bakerie to West Lane’s beauty and wellness platform to support product innovation, distribution expansion and continued brand growth; terms were not disclosed.

Encore Consumer Capital Invests in LYS Beauty

April 1, 2025

Consumer Products

Encore Consumer Capital has made a significant minority equity investment in clean beauty brand LYS Beauty to fund product innovation, inventory expansion, strategic hires, and global marketing as the brand scales. Founder and CEO Tisha Thompson will retain majority ownership as LYS prepares to expand distribution, including a Sephora at Kohl's launch across 800+ stores.

Cooper Consumer Health Acquires Viatris' Over-the-Counter Business

July 3, 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Cooper Consumer Health has completed the acquisition of the Over-the-Counter (OTC) business of Viatris Inc., following regulatory approvals and worker council consultations. The deal brings more than 200 brands (including Betadine, Saugella, Armolipid and CB12), two manufacturing sites in Mérignac (France) and Confienza (Italy) and an R&D centre in Monza (Italy) into Cooper's platform, doubling Cooper's revenues to approximately €1.2bn.

Linden Capital Partners Acquires LifeStyles Healthcare

December 1, 2022

Consumer Products

Linden Capital Partners has acquired LifeStyles Healthcare, a global sexual health and wellness platform, from a consortium of investors including Trustar Capital and Humanwell Healthcare. The deal excludes LifeStyles' Chinese operations (including the Jissbon brand), which will be retained by the selling shareholders; Linden has named Laurent Faracci as incoming CEO and Ron Fugate as Chairman to drive commercial, brand, and innovation-led growth.

Azelis Acquires Gillco Ingredients

May 16, 2023

Food & Beverage

Azelis has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Gillco Ingredients, a US-based specialty ingredient provider serving the food & nutrition market. The acquisition expands Azelis' footprint in the US life sciences and food & nutrition sectors and brings Gillco's ~40 employees and application expertise into Azelis' global network.

Laboratoires Lehning Acquires Laboratoire Lescuyer from Abenex

October 1, 2020

Pharmaceuticals

Groupe Lehning (Laboratoires Lehning) has acquired French dietary-supplements maker Laboratoire Lescuyer from private equity firm Abenex; Abenex and co-investors Bpifrance and Ouest Croissance sold their entire stakes. Isabelle de Carmantrand and the Lescuyer family reinvested alongside the buyer; the deal is intended to combine complementary therapeutic areas and distribution channels to accelerate brand growth.