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Henkel Ventures co-leads $4.5m round for biotech beauty brand Ruka

Ruka raised, $4.5m co-led by Henkel Ventures and Freedom Trail Capital, bringing total funding to $10m. The capital backs R&D, toxicology and safety testing, and a US expansion with a major retailer planned this year. Backed VC also joined the round.

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