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➤Fundraising News: BeautyRep
Mini-Pitch: We are transforming how medical aesthetics is done. Beauty Rep’s AI-driven platform replaces outdated sales models with a seamless digital hub where brands reduce cost-to-serve and clinics access multiple brands in a modern, DTC-like ecosystem.
We are two female cofounders headquartered in Charleston working on a transformative opportunity in medical aesthetics, and we’d love to share more with you!
Company Overview: Beauty Rep is a digital B2B platform reinventing how aesthetic brands and clinics do business. We provide a centralized, intuitive ecosystem for purchasing, education, and marketing, replacing today’s outdated, fragmented, high-cost model in the $84B global aesthetics industry.
Team: Our founders bring deep industry experience and lived the frustration they are seeking to ease themselves. CEO Keri Concannon has 20+ years leading sales at Obagi, Clinical Skin, and Glytone. COO Olivia Schmid is ex-Amazon, Galderma, and Allergan, with a U.S. legal background.
Problem: Clinics juggle 10–12 brands with little digital infrastructure, slow rep response times, inconsistent education, and no self-service. Brands face 40–60% B2B sales costs, rep churn, and difficulty reaching small-to-mid-size accounts.
Solution: Beauty Rep delivers a “DTC-like experience for B2B,” enabling practices to:
- Purchase from multiple brands in one place
- Access consistent education & marketing assets
- Track orders, manage inventory, and communicate in-platform
Meanwhile, brands keep direct clinic relationships while lowering cost-to-serve via a scalable, rep-optional model.
Business Model: Commission-based with SaaS-like minimum monthly commitments. Future monetization includes financing, marketing campaigns, analytics, and B2B2C patient commerce (white-labeled storefronts).
Traction:
- MVP complete
- 10 brands signed pre-launch (beating forecast of 6)
- 100+ practices on waitlist
- Early demand across skincare, injectables, and devices
Market Opportunity: $84B global market (7% CAGR). U.S. beachhead: $6.8B (US clinics with some ordering online).
Ask: $400K Friends & Family SAFE round, $10M cap / 20% discount, $50K minimum check.
Round Close Date: November 30, 2025
Contact: Olivia Schmid, Co-founder and COO
➤Members in the News
➤Five Founder Questions Feature
Roberta Moore
The EQ-i Coach
1. What is your startup's elevator pitch?
At The EQ-i Coach, I help emotionally intelligent and emotionally curious leaders transform how they lead—starting from the inside out. Using the science of emotional intelligence and the art of deep listening, I guide executives to strengthen their self-regulation, empathy, and presence. This isn’t checkbox coaching—it’s transformation. Because when leaders grow in emotional mastery, their people, culture, and results grow with them.
2. What is your ideal customer profile and plan to reach them?
The EQ-i Coach serves emotionally intelligent or emotionally curious leaders—often recently placed in new roles—who are ready to grow from the inside out. They value self-awareness, empathy, and people-first leadership. These are executives, directors, and high-potential professionals who understand that real transformation isn’t cosmetic—it’s emotional, relational, and systemic. They’re open, coachable, and committed to evolving their leadership through emotional intelligence. Whether leading a team or an entire organization, they’re seeking more than performance—they’re seeking presence, purpose, and impact. My social media team creates content that goes out in newsletters, speaking engagements, Linked In posts, and Forbes articles.
3. What is the next key milestone in your startup's journey?
Establishing a local and regional footprint in the Charleston area, since I recently moved the business here from St. Louis. This includes expanding my network and service offerings to corporations in this area.
4. How can Chucktown Startups and the local startup community best support your startup?
I'm looking to connect with emotionally curious executives, leadership development professionals, and culture-forward founders who are: new to their roles or organizations, navigating leadership transitions, or focused on people-first strategy and employee engagement. Roberta’s coaching is built for leaders in transition—those who are open to rebalancing their emotional intelligence to become more authentic, effective, and human-centered in their leadership.
5. Wildcard- What else would you like the community to know about you and your startup?
Roberta is a seasoned executive coach with both corporate credentials (MBA, CPA) and therapeutic depth (Ed.S. in Marriage & Family Therapy). EQ-i blends business acumen with emotional intelligence science to help leaders lead with presence, power, and humanity.
In a world of performative leadership and burnout, EQ-i Coach offers a gentler way—one rooted in emotional clarity, empathy, and strategic growth. If you’re building something that matters—your business, your team, your legacy—you need more than strategy. You need emotional intelligence. You need presence. You need to be seen, heard, and supported in becoming the kind of leader people remember for how you made them feel.
