Luxury home and personal fragrance brand Homecourt announced on Wednesday it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Cult Capital.
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The company, co-founded by actress Courtney Cox and entrepreneur Sarah Jahnke in 2022, will use the funding to build brand awareness, expand its team, and establish “infrastructure” for its “continued growth”, according to a press release.
“With less than five full-time employees, we’ve doubled the business every year and built a cult brand that’s defining a new category in the beauty industry,” said Jahnke, who also serves as the brand’s CEO. “This fundraise gives us the resources to accelerate our impact and scale our category leadership.”
Since its inception, Homecourt has expanded its scent offerings from in the home to the body and laundry categories. It has also expanded its distribution network from purely direct-to-consumer to more than 300 doors across the U.S. including Nordstrom, Blue Mercury and Revolve.
“I am unbelievably excited to take this business to the next level,” said Cox.
“Homecourt is my greatest passion, and bringing on a strategic investment partner like Cult means we can become the global household name I know we can be.”
An expert in scaling consumer brands, Cult Capital boasts a proven track record inbeauty with a portfolio that includes Supergoop!, Lawless Beauty, and Act+Acre.
“Cult is thrilled to welcome Homecourt to our family of cult brands,” said Sarah Woelfel, co-founder and partner at Cult Capital.
“We see in Courteney an authentic founder with a clear mission to elevate consumers’ homes in a meaningful way, and in Sarah an exceptional CEO who brings the experience and resources to bring that vision to life. Together, they make a powerful team. We’re excited to partner with Courteney, Sarah and existing investors to scale Homecourt through a best-in-class growth strategy, supported by Cult’s deep expertise, operational discipline, and passion for building enduring brands.”
The investment sees Cult Capital become Homecourt’s first-ever institutional investor. Prior to this latest funding round, the luxury scent company has raised money from friends and family, lead by Bilal Mekkaoui and Ryan Nelson, the co-founders of venture studio Jobi Brands.
In another change to Kering’s organisational structure: the group has announced that Bartolomeo Rongone, CEO of Bottega Veneta, will leave the group on March 31, 2026 to pursue new career opportunities.
Bartolomeo Rongone and Remo Ruffini – Moncler
The executive will step down from his role at Bottega Veneta on March 31, 2026, and will be appointed CEO of the Moncler Group with effect from April 1, 2026.
Under the Moncler Group’s new organisational set-up, Remo Ruffini will serve as executive chairman, retaining responsibility for creative direction and continuing to play a central role in governance and in shaping the group’s strategic direction.
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Puma will supply team kit to Formula One champions McLaren this season in a multi-year global deal that also covers activities in IndyCar, World Endurance from 2027, virtual racing, and the all-female F1 Academy series. No financial details were given.
Formula One F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – December 7, 2025 McLaren’s Lando Norris celebrates after becoming the 2025 Formula One World Champion – REUTERS/Jakub Porzycki
“Our sport is in incredible shape, and it’s been fantastic to see an influx of major fashion and lifestyle brands who are looking for deep and meaningful ways to engage with our growing global fanbase,” said McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown.
McLaren previously had a deal with Castore, with some media reports suggesting that was worth 30 million pounds ($40.41 million) a year.
Puma also equip Ferrari and Aston Martin. Williams have meanwhile switched to US lifestyle brand New Era.
Estee Lauder was sued by a self-described “disruptive” startup that accused the cosmetics giant of effectively putting it out of business by stealing technology to boost sales from jet-setting travellers in hotels.
Nomi has accused Estee Lauder of stealing its technology – Bloomberg
In a complaint filed on Friday night in Manhattan federal court, Nomi Beauty said Estee Lauder has been “driving literally billions in new revenue” to itself after abandoning contracts in 2018 and 2020, including means to determine consumers’ actual preferences for cosmetics instead of their stated preferences.
Nomi- the name is a homophone for “know me,” as in the customer- said its “secret sauce” was intended to help the parent of Clinique and MAC lipstick generate more revenue from luxury hotel duty-free shops and in-room purchases, and become less dependent on traditional retail stores. Rather than honour its contracts or follow through on discussions to purchase Nomi outright, Estee Lauder allegedly starved Nomi’s hotel partners of products, while rolling out competing programs in China, Costa Rica, Malaysia, the UK and the US.
These programs “rely on the very same trade secrets Nomi had been educating Lauder about for years,” the complaint said. Nomi is seeking unspecified compensatory, punitive, and triple damages. Estee Lauder did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“Nomi’s stolen innovations brought Estee Lauder into the information age, and Estee Lauder continues to profit from them wildly,” Nomi’s lawyer Matthew Schwartz said in an email. Both companies are based in New York.
Since last February, Estee Lauder has pursued a “Beauty Reimagined” strategy, including prestige launches and a streamlining of its supply chain, to revive sliding sales. The strategy also called for up to 7,000 job cuts.