Millennial make-up brand Lime Crime acquired by Tengram Capital

Published: 18-Jun-2018
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The digital native beauty brand will focus on securing retail partnerships under the new ownership

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Lime Crime has been acquired by private equity firm Tengram Capital Partners.

Through the acquisition, the US make-up and hair colour brand will continue to focus on its website limecrime.com as well as

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