Tag Archives: Birchbox-Clone

GlossyBox: Access Industries invests in Birchbox clone

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the German BirchBox clone of the Samwer brothers, has recently received an investment from Access Industries – an investment company of the American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik. According to an article of Deutsche-Startups.de, Access Industries purchased a stake of roughly … Continue reading →

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Birchbox clone GlossyBox acquires MonCoffretBeaute

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the German Birchbox clone which is backed by the Samwer brothers (and Kinnevik / Holtzbrinck Ventures), has recently acquired MonCoffretBeaute – a French website that also offers beauty samples on a subscription basis and a startup which used to … Continue reading →

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French Birchbox clone Joliebox secures €1m

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Joliebox, a new Paris based Birchbox-clone, has just closed its first round of financing. Alven Capital and some other angel investors invested 1 million Euro in the young startup which (like Birchbox) offers a subscription model for monthly sent beauty samples. Joliebox was … Continue reading →

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Kinnevik invests in BirchBox clone GlossyBox

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the German BirchBox clone of the Samwer brothers, has recently received an investment from Kinnevik. The Swedish investor now owns about 6% of the startup. The terms and concrete numbers of this deal were not disclosed yet. Holtzbrinck Ventures, which … Continue reading →

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GlossyBox: International expansion and a new investor

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the new BirchBox-clone out of Germany, has an new additional investor on board. Just one and a half month after the official launch of the Berlin based GlossyBox, Holtzbrinck Ventures now invested an undisclosed sum in the new clone … Continue reading →

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The new Birchbox-clone of the Samwer brothers

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

It’s a simple concept. A subscription model (€10 per-month) for women – with monthly sent beauty samples. The easy and famous concept, wich already works great in the US (Birchbox) has now been copied by the Samwer brothers and their … Continue reading →

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