In the News
COVER STORY
Beauty Independent; Top Knot Ventures’ Manica Blain On Why Individual Investors Are Particularly Important For Early-Stage Brands Today, August 2023
BC Business; B.C.'s Most Influential Women in Finance: Investing; March 2019
EDITORIAL
Globe and Mail; Confessions of a Pregnant Venture Capitalist; May 2021
PRESS
Business of Fashion; Silas Capital Invests in J-Beauty Brand Damda; January 2025
Modern Retail; VCs are Cautiously Optimistic About an Improved 2025 Funding Landscape; December 2024
Beauty Independent; Has The Small Beauty Brand Explosion Imploded? November 2024
BetaKit; Moselle Secures $2.1 million CAD to help brands manage their inventory with AI; October 2024
Beauty Independent; Beauty Independent Unveils 2024 Beacon Awards Winners; September 2024
Beauty Independent; Will Beauty’s Recent String Of Strong Sales Doom The Lipstick Index? August 2024
Beauty Independent; Beauty Independent Unveils 2024 Beacon Awards Nominees; August 2024
Modern Retail; DTC Briefing: How Repeat Founders are Building Their New Startups August 2024
Beauty Independent; Should Emerging Beauty Brands Be Filling C-Suite Roles Earlier Than Ever? July 2024
Modern Retail; Zombie brands, fire sales & quiet closures are plaguing the DTC world; July 2024
Beauty Independent; Beauty Brands’ Life Expectancy And The Implications For M&A; June 2024
BetaKit; Eirene Raises $4.1 Million Seed Round to Simplify End-of-Life Solutions; April 2024
Beauty Independent; How Beauty Investors Tell if the Science in Science-Backed Brands is Real; March 2024
Beauty Independent; These Investors Are Sticking With The Consumer Sector As Others Leave It; February 2024
Beauty Matter; Ayurvedic Beauty Pioneer Sahajan Secures First Funding Round; November 2023
Beauty Independent; Ayurvedic Skincare Brand Sahajan Secures Funding By Showing Solid Fundamentals; November 2023
Beauty Independent; Private-Label Platform Blanka Raises $2M To Ease Brands’ Ability To Bring Products To Market; August 2023
The Business of Fashion; How the DTC Bust Could Playout; March 2023
The Logic; VC Outlook 2022: What Nine Top Canadian Venture Capital Investors Expect from the Year Ahead; January 2022
Glossy; Iris&Romeo Secures $2 Million in Seed Round to Reach Women in their Power Years’; June 2021
Globe and Mail; Campfire Capital Raises More than $30 Million (U.S.), Secures New Investors; October 2016
Globe and Mail; Ex-Lululemon Executives Unite in a VC Firm Focused on Retail; February 2016
CBC; Uber Canada Hosts Rolling Pitch Meetings with Investors; April 2016
PODCASTS
Beyond Beauty; Building Brands and Navigating Capital: Insights with Manica Blain @ Top Knot Ventures; October 2024
The Consumer VC; Why Early Traction Might Be a Red Flag, Hang Ups in Due Diligence and Unlocking the Potential of Beauty and Personal Care Brands With Manica Blain; June 2024
Pop Up Report; Manica Blain on Successful Fundraising; January 2024
The Hard Part; Manica Blain from Top Knot Ventures; June 2023
TechTalks; Ep.6 Gender Gap in Finance and Technology-Venture Capital (w/Manica Blain); March 2021
She Built That; SBT027: Relationships are the Currency of Life According to Co-Partner of Campfire Capital, Manica Gautam; June 2016
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Beauty Independent Dealmaker Summit; Panelist, Early-Stage Investing: Art or Paint by Numbers? June 2024
Be The Light Society; Keynote Speaker - Diwali 2023 Gala; November 2023
The Logic; Virtual Event: The State of Venture Capital in Canada; May 2021
Vancouver Start-Up Week; Vancouver Startup Week: Know When to Pivot: Evolutions in a Shifting Market from a Retailer and Investment Perspective; September 2016
WNorth Speaker; Tales from the Fundraising Trail; April 2017
INVESTMENT BLOG
Medium; Investment in Acid League; April 2021
Medium; Investment in Iris&Romeo; June 2021
