Three Investors Bought a 49% Stake in aden + anais for $500,000
Raegan Moya-Jones · Aden + Anais: Raegan Moya-Jones · Jul 17, 2017 · at 21:29
Raegan Moya-Jones, founder of baby brand aden + anais, explains how she financed the buyout of her co-founder Claudia in early 2008.
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“So three other people came into the business and bought 49% of the business for like 500,000 dollars.”
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