# Blacktag funding: rounds and investors

> Blacktag has raised $1.7M across 1 round since 2021. Investors include Plug and Play. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/blacktag (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Blacktag*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Entertainment Media

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.7M** raised across 1 round since 2021, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.7M Oct 2021
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Oct 2021** Seed **$1.7M** [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Blacktag's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 6 founders, 16 on the team.

**Abena Boamah** Founder

**Asanni Armon** Artist / Founder

**Brad Ogbonna** Chef & Founder

**Sira Kante** Model / Founder

**Vernon François** Hair Stylist & Founder

**Yardy World** Chef & Founder

- **Brandon Blackwood** CEO
- **Adrienne Raquel** Photographer & Director
- **Allen Aderotoye** Designer
- **Christian Cody** Director / Photographer
- **Dana Scruggs** Photographer & Director
- **Deun Ivory** Creative Director
- **Interior Designer** Photographer & Director
- **Isolde Brielmaier** Deputy Director
- **Karl Pierre** Photographer & Creative Director
- **Kilo Kish** CD / Artist / Designer
- **Nana Yaa** Performance Artist / Designer
- **No Sesso** CD / Artist / Designer
- **Recording Artist** Designer
- **Sean Brown** Creative Director
- **Tremaine Emory** Creative Director
- **Olabode Adebowale** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Michael Blank* *Osman Shaw*

## Everyone who backed them

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Blacktag as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[You & Mr Jones Brandtech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/you-and-mr-jones-brandtech-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Brandtech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brandtech-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Blacktag

### Who invested in Blacktag?

Blacktag's investors include Plug and Play.

### How much has Blacktag raised?

Blacktag has raised $1.7M across 1 round since 2021.

### When did Blacktag last raise?

Blacktag's most recent round was a Seed of $1.7M in Oct 2021.

### What was Blacktag's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.7M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Blacktag first?

Blacktag's first round on record, in Oct 2021, was backed by Plug and Play.

### What stage is Blacktag at?

Blacktag's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2021.

### Where is Blacktag based?

Blacktag is based in the United States.

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