Sahajan

Just when you thought MG Summit summit couldn't possibly get any more electrifying, we're amping up the excitement by announcing 3 more powerhouse speakers! With 80% of tickets already gone, sprint to secure yours: https://lnkd.in/eD9vMJW9 This is the run you won’t regret. Meet Lisa Mattam & Chris McMartin lighting up Day 1, and Arati Sharma taking the stage on Day 2. Lisa Mattam, Founder & CEO, Sahajan, the leading Ayurvedic, clean beauty brand with an international presence and digital-first distribution model. In 2023, she spearheaded Sahajan’s global partnership with leading luxury hotels: The St. Regis, The Ritz, J.W. Marriott, and W Hotels, placing it as the exclusive skincare brand in 400 properties and 200,000 luxury hotel rooms worldwide. Both Lisa and Sahajan have become media fixtures, featured in outlets including Forbes, Vogue, WWD, PopSugar, Glamour, Elle magazine, Buzzfeed, and more. Arati Sharma, Co-founder at Ghlee, Founding Partner of Backbone Angels, investing in women-led companies and President of Good Future, a family office dedicated to a multidisciplinary community of entrepreneurs. She most recently joined as co-founder of Ghlee, a leading ghee-based skincare brand. Through her angel investing work, Arati has grown and supported her portfolio of over 50 investments, including Kotn, Lilia, Three Ships, Willful, and Sheertex. Chris McMartin is Small Business National Lead at The Scotiabank Women Initiative Canada. Chris helps build and enhance a program that helps women overcome the challenges they face on their path to success when starting, sustaining, and growing a business. Chris loves to speak about women entrepreneurs; you may have had the opportunity to hear her on one of her podcast interviews or perhaps caught her keynote at an event like MaMaCon or Revival. GET YOUR TICKET NOW. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. https://lnkd.in/eD9vMJW9

Three Articles in Forbes in 6 months. I am speechless. 🎉 I am also so honoured to see the coverage of our first equity raise in Forbes. Yola Robert- your deep insight and care in sharing our origin story, my deep mission to bring Ayurveda to the beauty world and our focused approach is so deeply appreciated. Sahajan is leading the way in clinically proven, authentic, accessible Ayurveda and I couldn't be prouder. Manica Blain Ridgeline Ventures Ally Disterhoft Anjali Kumar Anita Chatterjee

New episode with Lisa Mattam the Founder and CEO of ⁠Sahajan⁠. Sahajan blends the power of Ayurveda, an integral part of Lisa's South Indian heritage, with clinical science to create clean skincare products. In this episode, we discuss... -What "clean beauty" means -How to start a skincare brand from ideation, manufacturing and distribution -Launching with one product versus launching a collection on day one -Their three-year 200,000 hotel room global deal with JW Marriott for the Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, St. Regis, and W Hotels properties and why these partnerships are so powerful -Marketing strategy from micro-influencers to large publishers like Elle -Designing a pricing strategy -Post-purchase customer experience and how to design that -Going from 8 years of bootstrapping to raising a round and how that changes things https://lnkd.in/g6VJUM_U

Last night, our KPMG Network of Women hosted 115 clients and staff at our She Means Business event that highlighted female owned and operated businesses in both a panel discussion and marketplace. I was honoured to moderate the panel discussion and was joined by panelists Lisa Mattam, Founder & CEO of Sahajan, Ashley Freeborn, Co-Founder, Principal & CEO of Smash + Tess, Jayme Jenkins, Chief Brand Officer & Co-Founder of Everist and Jessica Stevenson, CEO & Co-Founder of Everist. I greatly enjoyed our conversation and loved learning about each of your unique journeys in business as female founders. I would also like thank all of our marketplace vendors – Sahajan, Everist, MoonRox Jewellery & Accessories, Venya Teas, South 70&Co and Beautifully Done Interiors, Freon Collective, CC Spicy and Guests on Earth for joining us last night. If you have not heard of any of these great entrepreneurs I encourage you to check them out and support Canadian, female owned businesses. Thank you to everyone who came, we hope to see you at one of future KPMG Network of Women events! #KPMGintheGTA #SheMeansBusiness #KPMGinCanada #KNoW