Men's Grooming Brand FACULTY Raises $3M USD In Esteé Lauder-Led Seed Round

Men's grooming brand FACULTY has raised $3M USD in an Esteé Lauder-led seed round. Founded in 2019 by Fenton Jagdeo and Umar ElBably, FACULTY aims to challenge and recraft traditional masculinity norms. It's centered around a concept of "third-wave masculinity," which Jagdeo and ElBably explained to HYPEBEAST during an interview in July 2020: ElBably stated "There's nothing that makes [cosmetics] gendered at all, it's all up to perception," while Jagdeo noted "All politics aside, it's just f*ck...