Kim Lewis is the CEO and co-founder of CurlMix, a clean beauty brand for curly hair. Kim and Tim, her husband and co-founder, operate a manufacturing facility in Chicago, where they employ a full-time staff of 30+ minorities and women.
They appeared on the 10th season of Shark Tank where they turned down a deal from Robert Herjavec who offered $400K for 20% of their company.
Following their episode, CurlMix became one of less than 40 Black, women-owned companies to raise over $1M in venture capital funding; specifically, raising a seed round of $1.4 million, led by former LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner.
Kim recently made history by allowing her customers and the community to invest in and own shares of CurlMix. She raised $5M in two months, which is only fitting since the community is at the heart of every decision Kim makes.
On this episode, Kim talks with Katie and Jenny about:
