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Thaiwala
Portland, US · Oregon corporation
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Thaiwala makes all-natural Thai tea concentrate and Asian-inspired milk tea lattes, including matcha, brown sugar, and a zero-sugar Thai tea sweetened with monk fruit. The products are sold as ready-to-prepare cartons through grocery stores for at-home tea latte preparation.
Founders & leadership
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HAROLD ANDERSONChief Executive Officer2022–2024Harold Anderson holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley and dual BS degrees in Applied Mathematics and Physics from MIT. He served as CEO of Thaiwala, a Thai tea concentrate and milk tea latte company, and previously worked as Director of Quantitative Research in Fixed Income at Fidelity Investments and as an investment banker focused on Nordic companies.
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DOUGLAS HARTER DE WEESENamed on SEC filing
Board
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HEATHER Marie HOWITTBoard Chair
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$4.5M disclosed across 7 of 8 rounds · 2020–2025
▶$500KraisedJun 2025 · 2 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$500KraisedJun 2025 · 2 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- HAROLD ANDERSONExecutive Officer
- HEATHER Marie HOWITTExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $500K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $36K
- First sale
- Jun 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$404.8KraisedMay 2024 · 7 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$404.8KraisedMay 2024 · 7 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Heather HowittExecutive Officer, Director
- Hans FastreExecutive Officer, Director
- Douglas de WeeseDirector
- Matthew MorganDirector
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $404.8K
- First sale
- May 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$95KraisedOct 2023 · 3 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(c)
▶$95KraisedOct 2023 · 3 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(c)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- DOUGLAS HARTER DE WEESEDirector
- HAROLD ANDERSONExecutive Officer, Director
- HEATHER HOWITTDirector
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $95K
- First sale
- Sep 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
▶$500KraisedMay 2023 · 6 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(c)
▶$500KraisedMay 2023 · 6 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(c)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- HEATHER HOWITTDirector
- HAROLD ANDERSONExecutive Officer, Director
- DOUGLAS HARTER DE WEESEDirector
- Offering amount
- $1.5M
- Amount sold
- $500K
- First sale
- Apr 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
▶$974.1KraisedMay 2022 · 10 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$974.1KraisedMay 2022 · 10 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Harold AndersonDirector
- Douglas Harter de WeeseDirector
- Heather HowittExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $974.1K
- First sale
- Apr 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$1.6MraisedOct 2021 · 11 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$1.6MraisedOct 2021 · 11 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Douglas Harter de WeeseDirector
- Heather HowittExecutive Officer, Director
- Harold AndersonDirector
- Offering amount
- $1.6M
- Amount sold
- $1.6M
- First sale
- Jul 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$500KraisedSep 2020 · 3 investors · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$500KraisedSep 2020 · 3 investors · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Dwight SinclairDirector
- Heather HowittExecutive Officer, Director
- Douglas Harter de WeeseDirector
- Offering amount
- $500K
- Amount sold
- $500K
- First sale
- Aug 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2MofferedMay 2020 · ManufacturingRule 506(b)
▶$2MofferedMay 2020 · Manufacturing
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Heather Marie HowittExecutive Officer
- Doug de WeeseDirector
- Harold AndersonExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Minimum investment
- $10K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $75K
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Oregon, 2015
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Thaiwala do?
- Thaiwala makes all-natural Thai tea concentrate and Asian-inspired milk tea lattes, including matcha, brown sugar, and a zero-sugar Thai tea sweetened with monk fruit. The products are sold as ready-to-prepare cartons through grocery stores for at-home tea latte preparation.
- How much funding has Thaiwala raised?
- Thaiwala has disclosed $4.5M raised across 7 of its 8 known rounds.
- Where is Thaiwala headquartered?
- Thaiwala is headquartered in Portland, US.