HairOriginals will deploy the fresh proceeds to grow its India business footprint with new advanced experience centres across 25 top cities
Founded in 2019 by Jitendra Sharma, HairOriginals deals in extensions and do-it-yourself wigs made from ethically acquired real human hair
Through its experience centres, the brand currently caters to customers across 12 Indian cities, including Gurugram, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) hair extensions and wig brand HairOriginals has marked the final close of its pre-Series A funding round at $2.75 Mn (around INR 23 Cr).
The round comprised two tranches. In the first leg, the startup raised $1.25 Mn from Anicut Capital, Kesh Kala Family Office, Lets Venture, Dexter Angels, and JITO Angel Fund, along with Zomato’s ex-cofounder Pankaj Chaddah and Open Secret’s founder Ahana Gautam in December last year. In the second leg it secured $1.5 Mn from the same set of investors.