Start up Walker & Company raises $24 million in new funding

Walker & Company Brands Inc. founded by Tristan Walker which sells razors and shaving kits specially designed for people with coarse and curly hair, especially people of color, has raised $24 million in new funding. The company makes a single-blade razor, called Bevel, that its sells along with accessories. The company, along with the funding news, announced that it has signed a deal to sell its items in Target stores starting next year.
Institutional Venture Partners led the Series B round of funding that had participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Collaborative Fund, Daher Capital, Felicis Ventures, Google Ventures, Upfront Ventures, media executive Stuart Goldfarb, and Melo7 Tech Partners, the investment firm of NBA star Carmelo Anthony.