# Ken Suslow

> Ken Suslow is a Series A investor at Sandbridge Capital backing Beauty and E-Commerce. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sandbridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandbridge-capital)
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 91%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ken Suslow is a Series A investor at Sandbridge Capital focused on Beauty and E-Commerce. Ken is Founder and Managing Partner of Sandbridge Capital and Chairs the Investment Committee. He is also Chairman and CEO of Sandbridge X2 Corp (NYSE: SBII). He serves on the boards of Hydrow, Peach & Lily and U Beauty, is a Board Advisor to Rossignol Apparel and former Chairman of Thom Browne. Prior to Sandbridge, Ken held various consumerinvestment roles. Ken has a B.A. from Pomona College and MBA from Stanford Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 6 | 55% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 36% |
| Cosmetics | 3 | 27% |
| Lifestyle | 3 | 27% |
| Fashion | 2 | 18% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Series G | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| R.e.m. Beauty | R e m beauty is established to provide the resources which need to bring most vivid, unlimited, and creative aspirations to reality. |  |  | May 23, 2023 |  |
| R.e.m. Beauty | R e m beauty is established to provide the resources which need to bring most vivid, unlimited, and creative aspirations to reality. |  | Seed | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Henry Rose | Henry Rose is an e-commerce website that offers a wide variety of fragrances, scents, gifts and accessories. |  | Series A | May 03, 2023 |  |
| Ceremonia | Ceremonia is a new modern haircare brand rooted in Latin heritage. It celebrates the richness of Latinx culture, serving the next-gen. Ceremonia brand will be launched this fall. | $10M | Series A | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| U Beauty | U Beauty operates as a science-driven skincare brand. |  | Series A | Jun 09, 2022 |  |
| Madison Reed | Madison Reed is a beauty company revolutionizing the way women color their hair. The fast-growing startup uses technology, a proprietary ammonia-free formula, and a team of licensed colorists to deliver salon-quality hair color to homes nationwide for under $25. Headquartered in San Francisco, Madison Reed is a privately held company backed bytop-tier venture capital firms including Norwest Venture Partners, True Ventures and Maveron.Founded in 2013, Madison Reed started with a simple mission: To create a luxurious prestige hair color made with ingredients you can feel good about. Madison Reed’s conditioning formula is crafted without ammonia, parabens, resorcinol, PPD, phthalates, and gluten.The entire color and hair care line is enriched with argan oil, keratin, and ginseng root extract to protect and pamper hair. Its products can be found online, on mobile, and through select retailers including Sephora, QVC, and Ulta Beauty.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $33M |  | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Madison Reed | Madison Reed is a beauty company revolutionizing the way women color their hair. The fast-growing startup uses technology, a proprietary ammonia-free formula, and a team of licensed colorists to deliver salon-quality hair color to homes nationwide for under $25. Headquartered in San Francisco, Madison Reed is a privately held company backed bytop-tier venture capital firms including Norwest Venture Partners, True Ventures and Maveron.Founded in 2013, Madison Reed started with a simple mission: To create a luxurious prestige hair color made with ingredients you can feel good about. Madison Reed’s conditioning formula is crafted without ammonia, parabens, resorcinol, PPD, phthalates, and gluten.The entire color and hair care line is enriched with argan oil, keratin, and ginseng root extract to protect and pamper hair. Its products can be found online, on mobile, and through select retailers including Sephora, QVC, and Ulta Beauty.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $33M | Series G | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Peach & Lily | Peach and Lily is a beauty e-commerce site that is changing the way consumers access, discover, and shop for the best beauty products out of Asia. They are the online destination for innovative and high-quality beauty products from beauty-forward Asia for US Consumers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 11, 2020 |  |
| ILIA Beauty | ILIA Beauty is a prestige line of clean color cosmetics offers a "full face" assortment of more than 100 distinct high-performance products crafted with certified organic ingredients and non-toxic synthetics to ensure that each delivers beyond the expectations of natural makeup. Its unique combination of brilliant pigments, superiorperformance and nourishing organics has earned ILIA a leading position in this fast-growing category. Additionally, the brand strives to ensure its products are manufactured ethically and sustainably, including the use of recycled aluminum and post-consumer recycled paper printed with vegetable-based dyes. | $11.5M | Series B | Jan 10, 2020 |  |
| Youth To The People | Youth To The People is a provider of skincare products that helps to replenish and renew tired skin. Its precise, custom formulas feature 100 percent vegan ingredients, cold-pressed extracts, and earth-friendly packaging. |  | Private Equity | Mar 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HYBE America](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hybe-america) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Live Nation Entertainment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/live-nation-entertainment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Marcy Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcy-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Silas Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silas-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Strand Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strand-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Universal Music Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/universal-music-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Sandbridge Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Sandbridge Capital is a private investment firm with offices in Los Angeles and New York that invests exclusively in high growth global consumer brands, including Youth to the People, ILIA, Peach & Lily, Thom Browne, Hydrow, Rossignol and Farfetch. Since its founding with the backing of an iconic group of consumer industry operators andadvisors, Sandbridge has been strategically partnering with brands in the beauty, luxury, health and wellness, and disruptive consumer-based technology segments.

3 contacts available at Sandbridge Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Suslow | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-suslow |
| Joseph Lamastra | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-lamastra |
| Richard Henry | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-henry-ebe0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Suslow invest in?

Ken Suslow invests primarily in Beauty, E-Commerce and Cosmetics startups, most often at Series A and Series G stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ken Suslow last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Suslow closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 11 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?

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