# Ulta Beauty

> Ulta Beauty is a VC fund backing Beauty and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bolingbrook, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ulta/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ultabeauty?
- Website: https://www.Facebook.com/company/ulta

Ulta Beauty is a VC fund in Bolingbrook focused on Beauty and Artificial Intelligence. ULTA Beauty is the beauty retailer in the United States and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin, hair care products and salon services. Since opening its first store 25 years ago, ULTA Beauty has grown to become the top national retailer providing All Things Beauty, All in One Place™. The Company offers more than 20,000products from over 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including ULTA Beauty's own private label. ULTA Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring hair, skin and brow services. ULTA Beauty is recognized for its commitment to personalized service, fun and inviting stores and its industry-leading Ultamate Rewards loyalty program.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Ulta Beauty. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Ulta Beauty. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ulta-beauty?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$6M |
| Grant | $2.4M–$2.4M |
| Series A | $6.2M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 3 | 43% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 43% |
| SaaS | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Grant | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| Estonia | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Messerschmidt | SVP Strategic Projects | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-messerschmidt |
| Jeff Childs | Chief Human Resources Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-childs-2 |
| Jodi Caro | General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jodi-caro |
| Kecia Steelman | Chief Store Operations Officer, President of International | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kecia-steelman |
| Mary Dillon | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-dillon |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of America | Big Brothers Big Sisters of America provides children with assistance to reach their full potential. It is a non-governmental organization providing volunteer supported mentoring through a network that provides children with assistance to achieve measurable outcomes such as educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors, higher aspirations,greater confidence, and better relationships.It provides its network of mentors through its partnership with schools, parents, guardians, corporations, and communities. It pairs children with screened volunteer mentors and monitors and supports these one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course.BBBS primarily provides professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships to children who face adversity and single or low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military. It currently has nearly 340 agencies across the country.BBBS serves approximately 200,000 children, their families and 200,000 volunteer mentors. It was established in 1904 and it is based in New York. | $2.4M | Grant | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| LUUM | LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty-services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular treatment ($20B global market opportunity). Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), while eliminating the costsand safety risks associated with human application. | $30M | Series A | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of America | Big Brothers Big Sisters of America provides children with assistance to reach their full potential. It is a non-governmental organization providing volunteer supported mentoring through a network that provides children with assistance to achieve measurable outcomes such as educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors, higher aspirations,greater confidence, and better relationships.It provides its network of mentors through its partnership with schools, parents, guardians, corporations, and communities. It pairs children with screened volunteer mentors and monitors and supports these one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course.BBBS primarily provides professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships to children who face adversity and single or low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military. It currently has nearly 340 agencies across the country.BBBS serves approximately 200,000 children, their families and 200,000 volunteer mentors. It was established in 1904 and it is based in New York. | $2.4M | Grant | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Haut.AI | Haut.AI is an innovative SaaS product that automates the collection of high-quality skin data and helps skincare brands create interactive product recommendations on e-commerce platforms. Haut.AI's B2B SaaS tool is available as an API and SDK for AI skin analysis. This product facilitates R&D, provides essential tools for building skinanalysis apps and allows brands to develop a better understanding of their clients' needs. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| LUUM | LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty-services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular treatment ($20B global market opportunity). Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), while eliminating the costsand safety risks associated with human application. | $2.9M | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Revea | Revea is a us-based one-of-its-kind precision skincare company. | $6M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| AdeptMind | AdeptMind is a SaaS AI/ML company that innovates in Shopping Center Marketplaces & eCommerce Product Discovery Its co-founders recently came out of a quite successful sale of their previous company, Maluuba. This time around, they are looking to grow a kick-ass Silicon Valley style team in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | $6.2M | Series A | Jun 03, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artifact Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artifact-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpha Edison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-edison) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [noa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-o-proptech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascendant Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascendant-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boardman Bay Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boardman-bay-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ulta Beauty invest in?

Ulta Beauty invests primarily in Beauty, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ulta Beauty's check size?

Ulta Beauty typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$6M at Seed, $2.4M–$2.4M at Grant and $6.2M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ulta Beauty participates in.

### How do I contact Ulta Beauty?

Public channels for Ulta Beauty include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Ulta Beauty?

The team at Ulta Beauty includes Eric Messerschmidt (SVP Strategic Projects), Jeff Childs (Chief Human Resources Officer) and Jodi Caro (General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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