Proven Group
About Proven Group
PROVEN is a technology-first consumer skincare company that uses data and machine learning to tailor skincare decisions for individuals. It built the Beauty Genome Project, a comprehensive database that has analyzed over 8 million skincare reviews, more than 100,000 products, 20,000 ingredients, and 4,000 peer-reviewed papers, and this project informs decisions across the company. PROVEN graduated from Y Combinator and has been selected for Sephora's Beauty Innovation Accelerator and to be in this year's Oscars gift basket. The company positions itself as disrupting the $225B skincare market and the $2 trillion wellness market through personalized data-driven solutions, and has seen explosive growth (2400% one year after launch). It has built software solutions to enable unique e-commerce experiences and has assembled a world-class team of technologists, marketers, and operators, all aligned with the belief that the future of wellness is personalized.
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PROVEN believes the future of wellness is personalized.
PROVEN uses data and machine learning to tailor-make skincare products for individuals.
Decision-making across the company is data-driven.
The team comprises technologists, marketers, and operators from fast-growing consumer startups to the largest CPG conglomerates.
PROVEN seeks disrupters who want to aggressively grow with the company.
PROVEN enables unique e-commerce experiences through innovative software solutions.
The Beauty Genome Project and its data drive personalized product recommendations.
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