Start-Ups

Cosmetics firm Sisu sitting pretty after securing deal with Harvey Nichols

The bricks-and-mortar treatments chain is to open clinics within department stores as it targets international expansion

From left, James Cotter, Pat Phelan and Brian Cotter: the Sisu founders have raised around $15 million to date from investors

Sisu, the cosmetic treatments chain co-founded by tech entrepreneur Pat Phelan, has agreed a deal with luxury retailer Harvey Nichols to open clinics within their department stores.

The first will open in Harvey Nichols’s Dundrum Town Centre location, followed by further clinics in the new year.

Sisu, which has raised around $15 million to date from investors, was founded by Phelan and doctor brothers Brian and James Cotter in 2018.

A doctor-led bricks-and-mortar chain focused ...