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February 15, 2022

Ray Studios raises $3m to get rid of that tattoo of your ex's name for good

More and more people are getting inked, leading to more buyers’ remorse


Tim Smith

5 min read

There’s only one thing worse than having to wake up every morning and look at a tattoo you hate: waking up every morning to look at the faded remnants of the tattoo you hated and only had half removed.

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David Rodriguez (right) with his cofounders Pierre Lecat (left) and  Jordan Gendre (centre)
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Ray Studios’ Paris location
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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