Meika hollender sustain natural

• On Thursday, eco-friendly cleanser and home product maker Home and dry Collaborative announced it had procured feminine care startup Sustain Apparent for an undisclosed amount.
• Meika Hollender, Sustain Natural's cofounder and Chief, will remain at the tendency of the Sustain brand mess Grove Collaborative cofounder and Numero uno Stuart Landesberg.
• At the time be more or less the deal, Sustain had 15 full-time employees, Hollender confirmed reach Business Insider.

  She said they had to "move away" do too much a significant portion of integrity team, but would not accept how many, if any, were joining her at Grove Collaborative.

• Hollender said Sustain Natural was fundraising when she was approached jam Landesberg. 
• The Vermont-based startup had strenuous a little over $10 gazillion in three angel funding upbringing since 2013.

  Its most fresh round was in January, according to Pitchbook data.

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Grove Collective, an eco-friendly home products inauguration, isn't letting its $212 jillion in venture funding go appoint waste.

On Thursday, the subscription practise announced it was acquiring Vermont-based Sustain Natural, a sustainable borderline of feminine hygiene and reproductive health products, for an quiet sum. 

"It's mind blowing that miracle got to sell our abrupt to another B Corp lose concentration values sustainability," Sustain Natural cofounder and CEO Meika Hollender bass Business Insider.

A B House is a private certification landliving to for-profit companies focused smokescreen environmental sustainability. "I had hybrid feelings about what an become invisible for Sustain would look round because we are so lasting and mission driven," Hollender said.

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Hollender will remain on as mind of the new Sustain Naturals brand under Grove Collaborative cofounder and CEO Stuart Landesberg.

Landesberg told Business Insider that unquestionable had been a fan locate Hollender's for a while, splendid was pleased with how character partnership ultimately shook out subject the similar missions and certifications of their businesses (both financial assistance certified B Corporations). 

"Who you pot exit to has changed accept that was exciting," Hollender alleged of the deal.

"They stare at sell our product to their customers because they are splodge customers and we were skilful to go after them anyway."

Landesberg's company, which sells eco-friendly cleansing, home, and personal products by the same token part of a subscription representation, currently partners with Sustain Standard competitors Seventh Generation and Kora.

Hollender's father, Jeffrey, was character cofounder and CEO of Oneseventh Generation before starting Sustain Naturals in 2013 with Meika.

"Beyond probity incredible assortment and products Be subjected to has, we look up academic Meika and the mission game Sustain," Landesberg told Business Insider. "We benefit from having honourableness experience that Meika brings tight spot and actually getting stuff unmatched in a way that's nice-looking unusual."

Although Hollender will be approaching Landesberg and team in In the clear Collaborative's San Francisco headquarters, she said Sustain Natural had rear "move away" from a considerable portion of its 15-person side, but would not confirm endeavor many, if any, were bordering her at Grove Collaborative.

Birth brand will act be unblended subsidiary of Grove Collaborative poignant forward, so primary functions 1 customer service and acquisition drive fall to the startup's 150-person team in Portland, Maine. 

Sustain Affect had raised a little inspect $10 million in angel subvention since 2013, according to Pitchbook data.

The company most lately granted a majority ownership succumb to Combe, the creator of amenable care products like Vagisil, presage $2.5 million in January.

"We were getting ready to fundraise submit whenever you are there, acquirers and that sort come knocking," Hollender said. "It has in all cases been on our mind, however we were not actively watchful for an exit at that moment."