Made Glow is the AI-powered marketplace for on-demand beauty in Florida. We're bootstrapped, founder-funded, and not actively raising. This page exists for the day that changes.
This page is informational only. It is not an offering of securities, a solicitation, or a guarantee of future performance. Made Glow is not currently accepting investment. If you're interested in early-stage beauty or marketplace deals, we'd love to keep in touch. There's a contact at the bottom.
We're building the operating system for the modern beauty economy: pro-first, AI-native, and starting from a single state where we can win the supply story before scaling.
The beauty industry is large, fragmented, and overdue for the kind of marketplace dynamics that have already reshaped rides, food, and home services. Most existing platforms are venue-tilted (the consumer goes to the salon) or built for the operator, not the independent pro. Made Glow inverts that: pros come to the consumer, pay 15% on Made-Glow-sourced bookings and 4% on Pro-sourced and repeat bookings (vs. 40-60% chair-rental drag), and keep 100% of tips.
Sources cited where available. Industry growth estimates are approximate and forward-looking. None of these numbers are Made Glow-specific.
We're winning supply in one state before opening another. South Florida's combination of high-density beauty culture, vacation rental volume, year-round outdoor lifestyle, and ~1.4M licensed pros nationwide concentrated heavily in tourism corridors makes it the right launch market for a marketplace that benefits from density.
Consumers describe what they want (a photo, a vibe, a budget) and Glow AI surfaces local pros whose past work matches by technique, specialty, and service area. The matching layer is built into the app from day one, which is hard for incumbents to retrofit.
15% on Made-Glow-sourced bookings, 4% on Pro-sourced and repeat bookings (vs. 40-60% chair-rental drag), plus a $1.99 consumer service fee per booking. 100% of tips passed through, no monthly fees, payouts via Stripe Connect on the pro's normal cadence. Beauty schools partnership program seeds supply with newly-licensed graduates each cycle.
Every pro is verified against the FL DBPR / DOH public license registry, runs through a Checkr identity + criminal background check (FCRA-compliant), and signs the Made Glow Pro Agreement. Trust is what consumers will pay a premium for, and it's what unregulated marketplaces (Craigslist, Facebook groups) can't easily replicate.
Made Glow is not currently raising. If you invest in early-stage marketplaces, beauty, FL-focused consumer, or AI-native software, we'd welcome a conversation when the time is right. We'll keep your interest on file and let you know if or when we open a round.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not an offering of securities or a solicitation of an investment. Past performance, ours or any cited industry, is not indicative of future results. Forward-looking statements about market size, growth, or strategy are estimates and may differ materially from outcomes.