RadSwan
Company

Last deal

$2M

Amount

Seed

Stage

15.11.2019

Date

1

all rounds

$2M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
RadSwan is a consumer goods company that provides hair fashion design for black women..

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Also Known As

Big Hair No Care

founded date

05.09.2019

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

RadSwan is a conscious beauty brand that has raised over $2m in seed funding from an all-female group of investors including BBG Ventures, Female Founders Fund and Pritzker. The company offers synthetic clip-in textured hair extensions, wigs, and accessories to digitally savvy and time-conscious customers, enabling women to choose from various hairstyles without manipulating their own hair underneath. RadSwan is transforming the design, sourcing, and sale of natural black hair extensions, wigs, and clip-ins, and is the first modern hair brand developed by and for the black female consumer, delivering trusted content and high-quality products on a friction-free commerce platform.
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Radswan Inc
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1
Frédérique Harrel
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Freddie Harrel is a Parisian-born fashion blogger turned beauty start-up founder. After starting her professional career with a short stunt in banking, she transitioned to the world of e-commerce. Since then, has spent time at leading companies such as Ogilvy, ASOS, Topshop, and Vesitaire Collective. Today, she is one of the few black women to have ever raised over $1m in funding. With a passion for cultivating community on a global scale, Freddie is leading RadSwan as a dynamic beauty brand catered to the needs and experiences of the global African Diaspora.

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Employee Profiles
2

Alexandra Ofori-Atta

Digital content and social media manager

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