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A conversation in San Francisco.
A Fab webinar hosted in San Francisco. Guest speakers Kimberly Shenk Founder of Novi, Chaz Giles founder of Revea, Philippe Sanchez CEO Luum lashes, and Isabelle Rabier founder of Jolimoi Paris. Hosted by Odile Roujol and Camille Çabale.
The takeaway with the quotes of the founders. Let’s talk about tech and consumer trends!
AI screening ingredients for clean beauty brands
“I founded Novi after I saw first-hand discrepancies between transparency goals and available information in the beauty space. As an MIT and US Air Force-trained data scientist, I entered the beauty space by co-founding a beauty company that aimed to sell transparent products to customers. What I found was a giant black box. I followed my gut and founded Novi to create a platform where brands could build products knowing what’s in their ingredients. Needless to say, it worked: we have hundreds of brands formulating thousands of products on our platform, and the sky’s the limit from here. And to top it off, our team is 75% female with alumni from Uber, Target, Eventbrite, BASF, Sephora, etc.” Kimberly
“The beauty and personal care space has undergone a seachange in the last decade. Consumers are asking for transparent, authentic products- but brands and retailers still have limited visibility into the ingredients they build products with. Novi Connect launched in 2019 and has since helped hundreds of brands create products that proactively meet consumer demands.” Kimberly
Computer vision for the perfect make-up
« LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular beauty treatment. Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), eliminating the labor costs & imprecisions associated with human application and making every day-beauty effortless.”
“At LUUM, we believe in the power of technology to transform not just businesses, but people’s everyday beauty experiences, by enhancing results, and saving them their most valuable resource — time.” Philippe
Data for skin health and precision skin care
« Revea is reinventing consumer health and wellness starting with skincare. Using advanced imaging and bioinformatics, Revea is transforming skincare from trial and error to precision skincare treatments individually formulated for each consumer’s need and biology. »
« We founded Revea to democratize dermatology and give everyone the power to decode and master their skin. » Chaz
BIOS
Kimberly Shenk is the co-founder and CEO of Novi, a marketplace that connects brands, manufacturers, and suppliers — making it faster and easier to develop more sustainable products. She brings her experience as a consumer brand founder and Data Science Leader — prior to Novi she co-founded NakedPoppy, an e-tailer and startup in the clean beauty space, served as Head of Software Product & Data Science for Eventbrite and Domino Data Lab, and as a Data Scientist & Captain in the United States Air Force. Kimberly holds an M.S. in Operations Research from MIT and a dual B.S. in Mathematics and Operations Research from the U.S. Air Force Academy. She lives in San Francisco.
Chaz Giles, Founder and CEO Revea.
A problem solver, Chaz has been on all sides of innovation working for Fortune 500 brands, a startup Founder, and VC. A self professed skincare geek, Chaz founded Revea in 2020 to transform skincare to be truly inclusive, rooted in integrity, and made precisely for you. As the world’s first precision skincare company, Revea uses advanced diagnostics and bioinformatics to cut through the traditional trial and error and deliver custom treatments formulated for your root cause and optimized for your skin physiology. Most recently, Chaz led External Innovation at the Estee Lauder Companies. Previously, Chaz founded his first company, MomTrusted, to solve a critical problem in early education and care. Prior to that, Chaz invested in early stage companies at CitiVentures after starting his career at Procter & Gamble where he helped create one of P&G’s billion dollar brands.
Chaz resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, daughter, and son. He is a fitness enthusiast and feeds his competitive side with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu while attempting to find balance with an embarrassingly comical version of yoga.
Philippe Sanchez CEO of Luum in San Francisco, Philippe is a 20+ year global career with extensive growth leadership, experience with retail, healthcare, e-commerce, combined with global marketing world-class brands (Nike, Starbucks).
Isabelle Rabier is the founder and CEO of Jolimoi a Paris-based start-up empowering brands and consumers through its data and tech-enhanced direct social commerce platform and network.
Isabelle is also the founder and owner of Dermance skincare, she has extensive experience & expertise in brand creation, product development and social commerce.
She is an active member of the Beauty and Fashion Tech community founded by Odile Roujol and co-leader of the Paris chapter.
Isabelle graduated from HEC Paris Business School with a focus on Economics & Entrepreneurship. She also holds a BA in Economics from University College London.
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