, /PRNewswire/ -- Squared Circles, a consumer-focused venture studio incubating brands grounded in science, announced today the closing of a Series A funding round led by Catterton. The investment follows Catterton's prior participation in the company's Seed round, which had been led by investor Wildcat Capital Management, LLC, and Regeneration VC. With this new funding, Squared Circles plans to launch and scale at least five more health and wellness brands over the next three years.
Founded by , and , Squared Circles is a venture incubator with a focus on creating science-backed consumer products in the food, beverage, and health and wellness spaces. The founding team collectively has over 60 years of experience in building brands and has launched eight companies, and to date, Squared Circles has built and launched three companies: Magic Molecule, a skin health solution that recreates a compound naturally produced by the white blood cells — hypochlorous acid; Algae Cooking Club, a healthy oil and fats product derived from microalgae, disrupting the edible oils and fat end market and co-founded by Eleven Madison's ; and Freaks of Nature, a high performance skin microbiome brand designed for the outdoor enthusiasts in the U.S.
alone, with as Co-Founder. Differentiating itself from other venture studios, Squared Circles licenses novel bioscience IP to deliver targeted product experiences and competitive moats and leverages a stage-gated playbook supported by generative AI to .
