Listener Brands
Chicago, US · Delaware corporation · 1 known investors
Parent company of DTC haircare brands
Also known as Listener Brands Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$5.8M disclosed across 4 rounds · 2021–2025
▶$200KraisedApr 2025 · 1 investors · RetailingRule 506(c)
- Kimberly LewisExecutive Officer
- Leslie Roland TrueloveExecutive Officer, Director
- Timothy LewisExecutive Officer
- Amount sold
- $200K
- Minimum investment
- $100K
- First sale
- Mar 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
▶$200KraisedApr 2025 · 1 investors · RetailingRule 506(c)
- Timothy LewisExecutive Officer
- Kimberly LewisExecutive Officer
- Leslie Roland TrueloveExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $200K
- Amount sold
- $200K
- Minimum investment
- $100K
- First sale
- Feb 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
▶$5MraisedJan 2024 · 3 investors · RetailingRule 506(c)
- Kim LewisExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- Minimum investment
- $500K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $250K
- First sale
- May 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
▶$450KraisedFeb 2023 · 4 investors · OtherRule 506(c)
- Kim LewisExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $450K
- Amount sold
- $450K
- Minimum investment
- $19K
- First sale
- Apr 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Listener Brands Inc. is a Chicago, Illinois consumer products company that develops and operates consumer brands aimed at underserved market segments. Public company-research material characterizes its focus as innovating food and drink solutions for communities it describes as overlooked by mainstream brands, with the stated approach of understanding those segments' needs and preferences before developing products.
The company is registered at 1000 E 87th St, Chicago, IL 60619, and is classified under retailing/consumer goods, with secondary classification in food manufacturing. Its officers and directors, past and present, include Timothy Lewis, Kimberly (Kim) Lewis and Leslie Roland Truelove. Listener Brands has financed itself through repeated private placements exempt under Rule 506(c), filing Form D notices with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between November 2022 and April 2025, covering both equity and debt securities.
Business model
The company operates as a brand holding and product company selling consumer packaged goods to end consumers, with revenue generated transactionally through product sales rather than subscriptions or licensing.
Transactional consumer product sales.
Traction
Third-party research listings report roughly 30 employees as of February 2024 and cumulative funding of about $6.4 million as of January 22, 2024. SEC Form D filings show securities sales reported from November 2022 through April 2025, including $5,000,000 reported sold in a January 2024 equity offering and $200,000 in a debt offering filed in April 2025.
▸Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
A small, venture-financed consumer brand company. Company-research listings place it alongside other multi-brand consumer operators and DTC consumer product companies such as Uncommon Brands, Emerging Brands Alliance, The Naked Market, Halen Brands and Brandless.
Go-to-market
Individual consumers, with an emphasis on market segments the company describes as underserved by mainstream consumer brands.
Geography
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with commercial exposure to the United States market.
History
The company was founded in 2021 in Chicago. It began filing Form D private-placement notices with the SEC in November 2022, reporting $249,997 sold, with amendments through February 2023 raising the reported total for that offering to $449,996. A new equity offering filed in January 2024 reported $5,000,000 sold. Further filings in April 2025 covered a new equity offering and a $200,000 debt-only offering.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsNew and amended debt-only Form D notices reporting $200,000 sold under exemption 506(c).
$200K source ↗
New equity-only Form D notice filed under exemption 506(c) with $0 reported sold at filing.
New Form D notice reporting $5,000,000 in equity securities sold under exemption 506(c).
$5M source ↗
Amendments filed in December 2022 and February 2023 raised the cumulative amount reported sold in the equity offering to $449,996.
$450K source ↗
New Form D notice filed with the SEC under exemption 506(c) reporting $249,997 in equity securities sold.
$250K source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Listener Brands Inc. - fund raising filingformds.com · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Listener Brands do?
- Chicago-based consumer brand company building direct-to-consumer products for underserved markets.
- Who are Listener Brands's investors?
- Listener Brands's investors include Cleveland Avenue.
- How much funding has Listener Brands raised?
- Listener Brands has disclosed $5.8M raised across 4 rounds.
- Where is Listener Brands headquartered?
- Listener Brands is headquartered in Chicago, US.
