ELSI Beauty has secured funding from venture capital firm Sekhmet Ventures to develop a personalized product platform for consumers with sensitive skin. Founded by skin pharmacologist Dr. Elsa Jungman, ELSI Beauty aims to develop clean and gentle products for sensitive skins, with a specific focus on the microbiome.
ELSI Beauty’s personalized product platform will assess data on a customer’s skin profile, hormonal changes, and environment to create a tailored "subscription box" of products, including moisturizers and cleansers. Earlier this year, ELSI Beauty debuted its first product, a three-ingredient moisturizing and soothing face oil for normal-dry skin types.
As part of the partnership, Sekhmet Ventures has provided seed capital and strategic counsel to ensure ELSI’s future platform services as many customers as possible.
"ELSI Beauty understands that the future of skincare is grounded in robust science, and that large portions of the beauty market - in this instance, customers with sensitive skin - still harbor significant unmet needs," said Barbara Paldus, Founding Partner, Sekhmet Ventures.
