Preemadonna
Preemadonna makes nail art easy and fast by letting users print custom designs and photos directly onto nails in seconds. It does this through Nailbot, a consumer-facing hardware printer paired with an intuitive mobile app, AI-powered design tools, and proprietary consumable inks and formulations. The company combines hardware, software, and formulation science (10+ issued utility patents) and supports a creator community, educational “Build a Nailbot” kits, and retail-ready analog kits. Product use cases include at-home styling, gifting, events, and STEAM-aligned educational programs, with a focus on Gen Z and Gen Alpha users.
Preemadonna
Preemadonna makes nail art easy and fast by letting users print custom designs and photos directly onto nails in seconds. It does this through Nailbot, a consumer-facing hardware printer paired with an intuitive mobile app, AI-powered design tools, and proprietary consumable inks and formulations. The company combines hardware, software, and formulation science (10+ issued utility patents) and supports a creator community, educational “Build a Nailbot” kits, and retail-ready analog kits. Product use cases include at-home styling, gifting, events, and STEAM-aligned educational programs, with a focus on Gen Z and Gen Alpha users.
TL;DR
Product: Nailbot — a consumer smart nail-art printer plus mobile app, consumables, and AI design tools
Founders / CEO: Pree Walia (CEO & Founder); co-founder Casey Schulz
Founded: 2013
Headquarters / Industry: Carlsbad, California — Consumer Products / Beauty hardware & software
Known funding: $5.6M seed announced Oct 19, 2021; total funding listed as $7,575,833 (public profile)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Consumer beauty/hardware that simplifies custom nail-art creation and distribution of consumables and digital designs.
Founded
2013
Industry
Consumer Products
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
5600000
Seed-era round announced by company totaling approximately $5.6M with participation from Version One Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, SOSV, Shrug Capital and others.
Investor Signal
“Seed-stage support from institutional seed funds (Halogen Ventures, Version One Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, SOSV) plus multiple angel and seed funds”