Kat Nouri is an Iranian-born American entrepreneur and inventor. She is founder of the companies Stasher and Modern Twist.[1]
Biography
Nouri immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area from Iran when she was ten, and attended University of California, Berkeley.[2]
In 2006, Nouri founded Modern Twist, which designs and manufactures 100% food-grade silicone products. In 2016, she founded a second company, Stasher, which produces reusable platinum silicone storage bags.[2] In January 2018 Nouri took Stasher bag on ABC's Shark Tank, a reality television show where companies and entrepreneurs seek investment from successful people in the business and finance sphere. She accepted a $400,000 investment from Mark Cuban on the show but the deal fell through during negotiations after.[3]
Stasher received a Red Dot Design award, and the International Houseware Show’s Global Innovation Award in 2016. Inc. named Stasher one of the seven most 'brilliant' product designs of 2016. In 2019, Stasher was named the fastest-growing private company in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and received an honorable mention in Fast Company's 2019 Innovation by Design awards.[2][4][5] S. C. Johnson & Son bought the Stasher company and brand in December 2019.[3][6]
References
- ^ Lopez, Erin (June 25, 2018). "Emeryville Small Biz Profiles: Stasher Bag - Saving the Planet One Reusable Bag at a Time". The E'ville Eye. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ a b c Green, Alisha (October 21, 2019). "Fast 100: Stasher seals the deal with customers using its plastic-free mission". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ a b "Stasher and Modern Twist: Kat Nouri : How I Built This with Guy Raz". NPR.org. November 22, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
- ^ "Members". The Conservation Alliance. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ LaBarre, Suzanne (September 9, 2019). "More of the best designed products of 2019". Fast Company.
- ^ "SC Johnson Acquires Stasher® Brand". S. C. Johnson & Son. December 19, 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-17.