# Beautylish funding: rounds and investors

> Beautylish has raised $14M across 4 rounds since 2010. Investors include SV Angel, Lightbank and Maveron. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/beautylish (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Beautylish*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 12 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$14M** raised across 4 rounds since 2010, from 4 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$6.5M** Venture **$5.0M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $5.0M Nov 2019
- **Biggest round:** $6.5M Venture · May 2013
- **Investors:** 12

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2012 2014 2016 2018

**$1.0M** Seed

**$1.0M** Seed

**$6.5M** Venture

**$5.0M** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $6.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2019** Venture **$5.0M** *1 new* *2 returning* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) Source recorded
- **May 2013** Venture **$6.5M** *2 new* [Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) Reported by venturebeat.com SEC filing: $6.5M sold, first sale May 2013
- **Sept 2011** Seed **$1.0M** *6 new* [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [CMEA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmea-capital) [Jeremy Stoppelman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeremy-stoppelman) [Steve Chen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-chen) From a historical funding record
- **Nov 2010** Seed **$1.0M** *3 new* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [James Hong](https://millionrounds.com/fund/james-hong) [Philip Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/philip-kaplan) Reported by fis.dowjones.com

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Nils Johnson** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Vu Nguyen** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *James Watson*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2010 **Seed** 2011 **Venture** 2013 **Venture** 2019 [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [CMEA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmea-capital) [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) [James Hong](https://millionrounds.com/fund/james-hong) [Jeremy Stoppelman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeremy-stoppelman)

## Everyone who backed them

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds

[Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) VC firm **2** rounds

[Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) VC firm **1** round

[Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) VC firm **1** round

[Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) Angel **1** round

[CMEA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmea-capital) VC firm **1** round

[CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[James Hong](https://millionrounds.com/fund/james-hong) Angel **1** round

[Jeremy Stoppelman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeremy-stoppelman) Angel **1** round

[Steve Chen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-chen) Angel **1** round

[Philip Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/philip-kaplan) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=beautylish).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Beautylish as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[A.Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-capital-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Brad Keywell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brad-keywell) Angel Per its own site

## Quick answers about Beautylish

### Who invested in Beautylish?

Beautylish's investors include SV Angel, Lightbank, Maveron, Bling Capital and Naval Ravikant, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Beautylish raised?

Beautylish has raised $14M across 4 rounds since 2010.

### When did Beautylish last raise?

Beautylish's most recent round was a Venture of $5.0M in Nov 2019.

### What was Beautylish's biggest round?

Beautylish's largest round on record is $6.5M (Venture), in May 2013.

### Who backed Beautylish first?

Beautylish's first round on record, in Nov 2010, was backed by SV Angel, James Hong and Philip Kaplan.

### What stage is Beautylish at?

Beautylish's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2019.

### Where is Beautylish based?

Beautylish is based in the United States.

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