Ownership profile
Who owns Glossier?
Glossier is an independent, privately held beauty company incorporated in Delaware that has been funded entirely by venture capital investors — including Sequoia Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Index Ventures, and Lone Pine Capital — with no identified private equity ownership; however, as of mid-2026 it was reportedly in acquisition talks with LVMH and had recently raised $45M in conventional debt at a valuation below $1 billion.
Ownership profile
Glossier
Glossier, Inc.
Evidence (12)
Forbes reported in April 2025 that Glossier's cap table includes top-tier VC funds such as Sequoia, Thrive, Index, and Forerunner, and that the company is raising additional capital at a valuation 'south of a billion dollars.'
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sindhyavalloppillil/2025/04/11/south-of-a-billion-why-glossiers-era-of-unicorn-hype-may-be-over/Glossier has raised over $266M–$317M in total venture capital funding from investors including Sequoia Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Index Ventures, IVP, Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, and Tiger Global Management — all VC funds, not traditional PE buyout firms.
https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/glossier-beauty-fundraise-265-millino-venture-capital-stores-1234876045/The Series E round (July 2021, $80M) was led by Lone Pine Capital — a hedge/growth-equity fund — at a $1.8 billion valuation, with participation from existing VC investors.
https://beautymatter.com/articles/glossier-future50-2024Glossier, Inc. is the legal operating entity, formerly named Into The Gloss, Inc.; its SEC CIK is 0001587141, registered at 233 Spring Street, East 10th Floor, New York, NY 10013.
https://www.whoisraisingmoney.com/glossier-incGlossier, Inc. is registered as a Foreign Profit Corporation incorporated in Delaware, with an active status on the Washington State registry.
https://opengovwa.com/corporation/604393067PitchBook classifies Glossier as a private company headquartered in New York, NY, with no public listing or PE acquirer indicated.
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/104052-34As of June 2026, Glossier raised a $45M conventional debt round, its most recent financing, with one investor participating.
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/glossier/___o4EKQoraqqjXeTOro1MzWVT7OkrUlUshLrrqd8MpiMIn February 2026, Glossier cut 30% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan under new CEO Colin Walsh (formerly of P&G Beauty, appointed September 2025).
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/glossier/___o4EKQoraqqjXeTOro1MzWVT7OkrUlUshLrrqd8MpiMGlossier stock does not trade on any public exchange; it has not had an IPO.
https://www.nasdaqprivatemarket.com/company/glossier/A substack analysis from May 2026 reported Glossier's valuation had fallen to under $1 billion and annual sales of approximately $100M, down significantly from 2023 — consistent with a company still independent but under financial pressure.
https://cutekindof.substack.com/p/what-is-going-on-with-glossier-timeline-brand-historyAs of May 2025, Glossier was reportedly in 'deep' conversations with LVMH regarding a potential acquisition, driven by interest in Glossier's fragrance line — but no deal has been confirmed.
https://puck.news/glossier-lvmh-a-love-story/A Bloomberg LEI record for 'Gloss Ventures Holdings, Inc.' exists (LEI: 254900IADDIQ3BL2J631), a Delaware corporation registered in 2021, but this entity appears linked to a separate venture entity (glossventures.com) and not to Glossier, Inc.'s consumer brand operations.
https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/254900IADDIQ3BL2J631What's uncertain
- No PE buyout or majority stake acquisition by a PE firm was found in any public source as of the investigation date (2026-09-17).
- The LVMH acquisition talks (reported May 2025) are unconfirmed and no deal closure announcement was found; if completed, structure would change to 'corporate'.
- The June 2026 $45M debt round's single investor is not publicly identified; if that investor is a PE or credit fund, pe_involvement could change.
- Glossier does not file 10-Ks or 10-Qs with the SEC (private company), so cap table and shareholder detail is not fully verifiable from public filings alone.
- Lone Pine Capital is a hedge/growth-equity fund, not a traditional leveraged-buyout PE firm; it is counted as VC-backed rather than PE-controlled.
- Valuation data (sub-$1B as of 2025) is sourced from secondary analyses, not audited financials.
- The 'Gloss Ventures Holdings, Inc.' LEI entity could not be conclusively linked to Glossier, Inc. the consumer brand — treated as a separate entity pending further verification.