# Arcaea: Cosmetics, Boston, United States

> Arcaea: Arcaea is a biology-first beauty company founded in 2021, focused on creating eco-friendly ingredients for the beauty industry.

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

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# Arcaea

Arcaea is a biology-first beauty company founded in 2021, focused on creating eco-friendly ingredients for the beauty industry.

Funding reported Last round: Series A

Cosmetics Boston, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2021 5 years old
- **Team:** 29 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** $78M in dollars
- **Last round:** Series A Oct 2021

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Arcaea has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Arcaea

Arcaea is a biology-first beauty company founded in 2021, focused on creating eco-friendly ingredients for the beauty industry.

The company aims to engineer a sustainable future by utilizing nature's technology to develop a non-extractive supply chain for its ingredients. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Arcaea was incubated on the Ginkgo Bioworks platform and has raised $78 million in funding from notable investors, including Chanel and Givaudan. Arcaea specializes in developing active ingredients for skincare, bodycare, haircare, and aesthetics. Its flagship product, ScentARCTM, launched in March 2023, is designed for deodorants and features a patent-pending prebiotic nutrient blend that targets underarm microbes to prevent odor without harming beneficial bacteria. The company operates as a supplier of ingredient technology, primarily targeting deodorant brands and beauty companies in North America and Europe.

## What company datasets say Arcaea raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$78M** in dollars

Rounds **2**

Last round **Series A**

Last round size **$78M**

Last round date **Oct 2021**

Investors listed **6**

## On 3 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Ideaship](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ideaship)
- [Ferment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ferment)
- [Wittington Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wittington-ventures)

Each firm lists Arcaea on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

consumers biotech deodorant consumer goods & retail biotech fragrance d2c distribution manufacturing expressive biology internet microbial fermentation bioinformatics information technology & services consumer internet cosmetics biological ingredients renewables & environment

Built with from their website

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- **Sector:** Cosmetics
- **Industry code:** NAICS 32519, 541714, 325620, SIC 2834, 8731, 2844
- **Region:** Massachusetts
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/arcaea)

## Cosmetics in United States

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- [**Prose** New York · founded 2017 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/prose)
- [**Kopari Beauty** San Diego · founded 2015 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/kopari-beauty)
- [**bioClarity** Fort Lee · founded 2016 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioclarity)
- [**Function of Beauty** New York · founded 2015 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/function-of-beauty)
- [**NakedPoppy** San Francisco · founded 2017 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/nakedpoppy)
- [**MERIT** Los Angeles · founded 2021 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/merit)

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