LICO Cosmetics (from "Laboratorio de Ingeniería Cosmética") is a Seville-based, digital-native D2C skincare brand that formulates, manufactures and sells its own engineered cosmetic treatments — facial, body and hair care — exclusively through its e-commerce site. Founded and led by chemical engineer Estefanía Ferrer, a former Airbus materials-quality manager who went full-time on the business in 2020, it built an in-house R&D team of women engineers and grew 450% in 2022 before raising its first external round of €1M from Bewater Funds in July 2023 (Bewater took ~15%); it also passed through Juan Roig's Lanzadera accelerator. Reported revenue grew from ~€2M (2022) to ~€6M (2023), with roughly 40-45 employees and international expansion starting in Portugal.
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| 2026-09-14 |
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| 2026-09-08 |
Vecta invierte en Lico y estrena su fondo de €260M. Desinvierte Bewater ↗
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2026-09-08 |
| 2026-09-08 |
Lico Cosmetics abre su capital a Vecta Partners para su desarrollo internacional ↗
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2026-09-08 |
| 2026-09-08 |
El fondo Vecta estrena su fondo de 260 millones y compra la empresa de dermocosmética Lico ↗
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2026-09-08 |