# Colin Welch

> Colin Welch is a private equity investor at TSG Consumer Partners backing Beauty. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TSG Consumer Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsg-consumer-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: https://www.tsgconsumer.com/colin-welch

Colin Welch is a Senior Advisor at Financo. Mr. Welch brings a truly global perspective with 20 years of experience in the retail and consumer sectors, both domestically, and in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. During his investment banking career, he has closed over 100 transactions across a wide range of consumer and retail industrysub-sectors and transaction types, including private and public company sales and buy-side acquisitions, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, leveraged buy-outs, public and private debt capital raisings in both the investment-grade and high-yield markets.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 2 | 50% |
| Cosmetics | 2 | 50% |
| Banking | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 50% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pura Vida Miami |  |  | Private Equity | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Summer Fridays | Summer Fridays offers face moisturizer that contains pumpkin and apricot seed powder. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 25, 2024 | https://summerfridays.com |
| Revolut | Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange. It includes a pre-paid debit card, currency exchange, and peer-to-peer payments. It is on a mission to build a fair and frictionless platform to use and manage money around the world. | $80M | Series D | Jul 24, 2020 | http://www.revolut.com |
| Huda Beauty | Huda Beauty is a cosmetics company . The company started as a beauty blog and YouTube channel focused on makeup tutorials and beauty content before expanding into a cosmetics brand. The company develops and sells a range of beauty products including foundations, concealers, lip products, eyeshadow palettes, powders, skincare items, and fragrances.Its products are distributed through its own e-commerce platform and retail partnerships such as Sephora and other international beauty retailers. The brand operates globally with customers across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. |  | Private Equity | Dec 14, 2017 | http://hudabeauty.com/ |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Koro Capital Ltd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koro-capital-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alecla7](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seven-srl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TSG Consumer Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

TSG Consumer Partners is an investment firm that focuses on the branded consumer sector. It primarily invests in the food, beverage, restaurant, beauty, personal care, household and apparel and accessories, and e-commerce sectors. The firm was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at TSG Consumer Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beth Pickens | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beth-pickens |
| Charles Esserman | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-esserman |
| William Cooling | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-cooling |
| Colin Welch | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-welch |
| Dan Costello | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-costello |

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## FAQ

### What does Colin Welch invest in?

Colin Welch invests primarily in Beauty, Cosmetics and Banking startups, most often at Private Equity and Series D stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Colin Welch?

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### When did Colin Welch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Colin Welch closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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