Meet Kim Lewis

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.

On this episode of Making It Happen

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:

• The first investor check she ever received
• How she turned a Shark Tank appearance into more investor meetings
• Her advice on finding the funding for your business