beBOLD DIGITAL
A full service Amazon growth agency, beBOLD Digital focuses only on the Professional and Luxury Beauty category on Amazon. Denny Smolinski, beBOLD owner and tech guru, has had a more than 12 year career in the beauty industry in which he has owned several companies in the beauty industry that in turn lead to the owning/starting another company. Smolinski’s experience and knowledge of the professional and prestige beauty industry and Amazon allows him and his team of more than 100 to grow beauty brands globally within the Amazon ecosystem. He understands the full scope of brands that are doing business in professional beauty or retail such as Ulta, Sephora, Nordstrom and more. beBOLD’s clients report experiencing tremendous and exponential growth in sales after working with beBOLD.
FOCALPOINT PARTNERS LLC
Nishen Radia is a co-founder and managing partner of FocalPoint Partners, a leading investment bank headquartered in Los Angeles with branch offices in Chicago, New York, and Shanghai. Radia has approximately 24 years of investment banking experience advising middle-market companies and private equity clients on M&A, debt and equity financings, and restructurings. Radia has served as principal financial advisor on numerous high-stakes transactions in the consumer, personal care, and fashion/beauty sectors. FocalPoint has executed a wide variety of transactions for middle-market fashion and beauty companies, notably an investment from Lion Capital for HATCHBEAUTY Agency, multiple transactions for Physicians Formula including a divestiture, growth capital, and refinancings, a recapitalization by Five Crowns Capital for the Cosmetic Design Group, and advising Kate Somerville on its acquisition by Unilever.
Beauty Awards Finalists: Service Provider of the Year
