CurrentBody

Who owns CurrentBody?

CurrentBody was owned by NVM Private Equity through NVM Private Equity Vintage III (2018 vintage) from 2018 to 2025, exited via IPO. Across its history, CurrentBody has been through 2 private equity ownership periods, detailed in the timeline below.

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About CurrentBody

CurrentBody is a United Kingdom beauty technology company that designs, distributes and retails at-home beauty and wellness devices, operating an e-commerce platform that carries both its own-brand products and leading third-party lines such as NuFACE, FOREO, Tria and ZIIP. Headquartered in the Manchester area, it built its reputation on the first flexible LED light therapy mask, a category it helped popularise, and has grouped its activities under a wider beauty tech platform. The business sells internationally across roughly 80 countries and reports that its devices have been used by more than 500,000 people. Group revenue exceeded GBP 100 million in 2024, up from around GBP 80 million in 2023, positioning it as one of the larger specialists in the fast-growing home beauty device segment.

Ownership journey

CurrentBody was founded in 2009 in the Manchester area by Laurence Newman and Andrew Showman, combining backgrounds in medical devices and e-commerce to sell professional-grade beauty technology direct to consumers. NVM Private Equity backed the company through its Vintage III fund, entering in 2018 to support the next phase of growth and international expansion. BGF joined the shareholder base in 2019, taking the company's disclosed external funding to around GBP 10 million, before exiting in 2021 via a secondary transaction. From 2021, Beechbrook Capital provided debt financing through its UK SME Credit III strategy, supporting the business alongside its equity backers. NVM remained invested until 2025, when it exited via a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Under PE ownership

Under the investment, CurrentBody shifted from a pure device retailer toward a platform anchored by proprietary own-brand products, improving unit economics and brand equity while building out its e-commerce technology and management team. It expanded internationally, including a China joint venture and targeted rollouts into new overseas markets, extending distribution to roughly 80 countries. Trading scaled sharply as demand for at-home beauty technology accelerated, with group revenue rising from around GBP 80 million in 2023 to more than GBP 100 million in 2024 and reported EBITDA growing from roughly GBP 3 million to about GBP 30 million over the period. Headcount reached more than 200 employees, and the company culminated its ownership chapter with a public listing in 2025.