Promoting, supporting & connecting Charleston's entrepreneurial community
➤Meet the Founders: Thursday, October 23
5:30-7:30 PM @ Code/+/Trust
➤Announcing Chucktown U Virtual Events
- Providing educational content to the community on essential topics for entrepreneurs & startups via online webinars.
- First Wednesday of Every Month
- Inaugural event focuses on Mentorship Resources: Introduction to Charleston SCORE. Serving Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Counties + nearby towns, SCORE Mentors are experienced entrepreneurs & professionals who volunteer their experience & knowledge to help small business professionals start & grow businesses. They offer free, confidential business advice, low-cost or no-cost business training, and numerous business templates & tools.
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➤Announcing Chucktown Demo Days
- Founders present comprehensive demonstrations of the platforms, products and services being built in our community.
- Third Wednesday of Every Month
- We'll kick things off with A Deep Dive into the Pollen Social Platform. Pollen provides a comprehensive campaign management platform that fundamentally shifts how marketing teams operate. A single platform for all social channels!
- Wednesday, November 19 from Noon to 12:45 PM
- Available online and in person (for select demos)
- Registration link coming soon!
- If you'd like to schedule your demo day, please reach out!
➤Community KPIs
➤New Community Members
➤Member Profile Spotlight
Dall Solutions, founded by Shanesha Dallas
Dall Solutions is a woman-owned, compliance and diagnostic services company based in Charleston, SC. We specialize in DOT and non-DOT drug and alcohol testing, DNA testing, background checks, and mobile health services for employers, transportation professionals, court systems, and families. With over a decade of industry experience, Dall Solutions helps individuals and organizations meet state, federal, and industry-specific regulations with accuracy, speed, and professionalism.
Our services include employer testing programs, pre-employment and post-accident screening, probation and parole compliance testing, CTPA program support, and CLIA-waived laboratory setup assistance.
➤Fundraising News: BeautyRep
Mini-Pitch: We are transforming how medical aesthetics is done. Beauty Rep’s AI-driven platform replaces outdated sales models with a seamless digital hub where brands reduce cost-to-serve and clinics access multiple brands in a modern, DTC-like ecosystem.
We are two female cofounders headquartered in Charleston working on a transformative opportunity in medical aesthetics, and we’d love to share more with you!
Company Overview: Beauty Rep is a digital B2B platform reinventing how aesthetic brands and clinics do business. We provide a centralized, intuitive ecosystem for purchasing, education, and marketing, replacing today’s outdated, fragmented, high-cost model in the $84B global aesthetics industry.
Team: Our founders bring deep industry experience and lived the frustration they are seeking to ease themselves. CEO Keri Concannon has 20+ years leading sales at Obagi, Clinical Skin, and Glytone. COO Olivia Schmid is ex-Amazon, Galderma, and Allergan, with a U.S. legal background.
Problem: Clinics juggle 10–12 brands with little digital infrastructure, slow rep response times, inconsistent education, and no self-service. Brands face 40–60% B2B sales costs, rep churn, and difficulty reaching small-to-mid-size accounts.
Solution: Beauty Rep delivers a “DTC-like experience for B2B,” enabling practices to:
- Purchase from multiple brands in one place
- Access consistent education & marketing assets
- Track orders, manage inventory, and communicate in-platform
Meanwhile, brands keep direct clinic relationships while lowering cost-to-serve via a scalable, rep-optional model.
Business Model: Commission-based with SaaS-like minimum monthly commitments. Future monetization includes financing, marketing campaigns, analytics, and B2B2C patient commerce (white-labeled storefronts).
Traction:
- MVP complete
- 8 brands signed pre-launch (beating forecast of 6)
- 100+ practices on waitlist
- Early demand across skincare, injectables, and devices
Market Opportunity: $84B global market (7% CAGR). U.S. beachhead: $6.8B (US clinics with some ordering online).
Ask: $500K Friends & Family SAFE round, $5M cap / 20% discount, $20K minimum check.
Contact: Olivia Schmid, Co-founder and COO
➤Friends of Chucktown Service Provider Spotlight
Bill Billotte of Veritas Exoscience
(Truth in Wearable Technology Innovation)
Bill hosts and produces the official podcast of the Chucktown Startups community: Lowcountry Revolutionaries
Schedule your podcast recording session with Bill.
➤Members in the News
