Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures

What Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures does

Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures is a privately-held venture studio and investment firm founded in 2018 by Odile Roujol, former CEO of Lancôme at L'Oréal, and headquartered on the West Coast with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The firm operates two investment vehicles, Fab Fund I and Fab Fund II, that deploy $250,000 to $1,000,000 per deal at seed and early-stage into purpose and data-driven founders at the intersection of conscious beauty, sustainable fashion, technology, and impact investing. Capital deployment is paired with a 4-12 month co-creation studio program that provides hands-on operational support across customer experience, brand and design, product development, go-to-market, and growth. The studio thesis targets underserved categories such as sustainability, inclusivity, and wellness, with the firm having helped pioneer the circularity movement through portfolio company Supercircle.

Name

Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures

Legal name

Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures

Website

https://fabcocreationstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures is a West Coast venture studio deploying $250K-$1M seed and early-stage capital into conscious beauty, sustainable fashion, and consumer-tech startups, paired with a 4-12 month co-creation studio and a 5,000-founder global community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital and Company Building

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Venture Studios & Incubators (Build/launch ventures) (FSANAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Venture Studios / Company Builders (FSANAAAH), Early-Stage Venture Capital (Pre-Seed/Seed) (FSANAAAA)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Beauty tech startups
• Company builder studio
• Sustainable fashion brands
• Impact investing funds

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fund Management: Managing venture funds (Fab Fund I and Fund II) that invest in early-stage fashion and beauty startups. Generates returns through carried interest on successful portfolio exits and management fees.
2. Operational Services: Co-creation studio program providing operational support to selected startups for 4-12 months, including business strategy, branding, product development, and growth services.
3. Community Platform Services: BeautyTech platform providing community services to entrepreneurs (access to members globally through platform and events) and corporate/VC partners (strategy, branding, product development, growth services).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures is a venture studio and company builder that invests seed and early-stage capital ($250K–$1M per company) through Fab Fund I and Fab Fund II into purpose-driven direct-to-consumer fashion, beauty, and consumer tech startups. Selected founders enter an intensive 4–12 month co-creation program delivering hands-on operational support across customer experience, brand and design, product development, go-to-market strategy, and growth. The ecosystem is anchored by the FaB Fashion and BeautyTech community of nearly 5,000 founders across 19 chapters worldwide.

Product overview

Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures is a venture studio and investment fund that operates as a company builder offering operational support for accelerated growth to sustainable direct-to-consumer fashion and beauty brands. The company operates Fab Fund I and Fab Fund II as investment vehicles, deploying $250k-$1M per startup, alongside a 4-12 month intensive co-creation program. The ecosystem includes the FaB Fashion and BeautyTech Community with nearly 5000 founders across 19 chapters globally. The portfolio spans 30+ companies including Kintra Fibers (sustainable materials), K18 (biomimetic hair care), Luum (beauty automation), Trendio (video AI shopping), Nectar AI (genAI commerce), and HelloBiome (microbiome AI), addressing sustainability, longevity, wellness, and inclusive beauty across fashion, beauty, health, and consumer tech sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FaB Fashion and BeautyTech Community: Global community for fashion and beauty tech founders, with 5000 members across America, Europe, and Asia, 19 chapters from San Francisco to Shanghai, and over 15,000 social media followers.

Products and services

• Fab Co-Creation Studio Program 4–12 month intensive co-creation studio program delivering hands-on operational support across customer experience, brand and design, product development, go-to-market strategy, and growth for selected early-stage DTC fashion, beauty, and consumer tech startups. The program is selective, accepting only a few startups per year, and includes data scientists, designers, growth hackers, and PR specialists supplied as a nimble co-creation team.
• Fab Fund I Seed and early-stage venture capital fund investing $250,000–$1,000,000 per deal in purpose- and data-driven founders at the intersection of conscious beauty, sustainable fashion, technology, and impact investing. Fund I portfolio includes Supercircle, K18, Winx Health, Bloomi, Bubble, Kintra Fibers, YINA, Potli, The Folklore, Veracity, Hanni, Thirteen Lune, Shaz & Kiks, Buywith, Bluebird, Trendio, Brown Girl Jane, and others.
• Fab Fund II Second Fab investment fund focused on purpose- and data-driven founders at the intersection of conscious beauty, sustainable fashion, technology, and impact investing. Fund II portfolio includes Kintra Fibers, Novos, Cleverman, Nectar AI, Dapper Boi, FunctionHealth, Damdam, Par Olive, and others.
• FaB Fashion and BeautyTech Community Global community platform for fashion and beauty tech founders with nearly 5,000 members across America, Europe, and Asia, 19 chapters from San Francisco to Shanghai, a quarterly newsletter with 3,600+ subscribers, and 360+ meetings and webinars connecting founders and funders.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5000+ founders in community across America, Europe, and Asia
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• L'Oréal: Global beauty leader with L'Oréal Big Bang and other startup programs. Comparable as the acquirer of Fab portfolio company Supercircle and as a CVC competitor for conscious-beauty founders.
• Unilever Ventures: Corporate venture arm of Unilever, focused on early-stage consumer and beauty brands. Comparable as both a strategic acquirer (Supercircle) and a CVC competitor targeting similar thesis-aligned founders.
• Estée Lauder Companies: Global beauty conglomerate with corporate venture and incubation programs targeting emerging beauty brands. Comparable as a downstream acquirer and corporate partner whose venture arm competes for the same founder pool.

Direct peers

• XRC Labs: Accelerator and venture fund for fashion and retail tech startups. Closely comparable as an operator-led studio/accelerator serving early-stage fashion, beauty, and retail technology founders with operational support.
• Springboard: Network-driven early-stage investor in women-led businesses. Comparable as a co-investment partner to Fab and a similarly community-led seed investor.
• Female Founders Fund: Seed-stage fund investing in female-founded consumer and tech startups. Comparable as a values-aligned, community-led seed investor with a similar emphasis on purpose-driven founders.
• Forerunner Ventures: Early-stage consumer VC focused on DTC, beauty, and lifestyle brands. Directly comparable as a thesis-driven, community-supported investor in the same conscious-consumer and fashion/beauty segment where Fab operates.
• CircleUp: Data-driven consumer/CPG investor using technology to source and diligence emerging brands. Comparable as a tech-enabled early-stage investor focused on CPG and consumer brands.
• Lerer Hippeau: Seed-stage venture firm focused on consumer and media companies. Comparable given similar check size, stage, and concentrated exposure to NYC consumer brands.

Emerging players

• Backstage Capital: Seed fund focused on underrepresented founders, including in consumer brands. Comparable as a community-led, values-aligned seed investor operating in adjacent consumer/beauty verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/beautytechvent1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fab-co-creation-studio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments26 records

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