Lyst raises pre-IPO round as users surge to 150m Lyst, the leading global fashion platform, today announces a pre-IPO round of financing of $85m. New investors in the raise include certain funds managed by Fidelity International, Novator Capital, Giano Capital and C4 Ventures, coming in alongside existing investors including Draper Esprit, Steadfast Financial, 14W, Accel, […]Read More
Odore raises $830k to transform beauty marketing Tuesday 20th April 2021 Odore, the beauty tech start-up working with global brands including Guerlain, Clive Christian and L’Oréal has raised $830k to revolutionise how cosmetics and beauty businesses market their products to consumers. The round was led by SFC Capital and joined by RLC Ventures. Launched by […]Read More
Reflaunt raises $2.7m from fashion industry leaders to scale fashion’s first “Resale-as-a-Service” tech Tech start-up enables global fashion brands to embrace circularity and gain control over the second-hand market of their own products London – February 17, 2021 – Reflaunt, a disruptive Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) and technology company empowering global fashion brands to embrace circularity, today […]Read More
UK startup AGORA launches to disrupt the beauty industry, giving beauty fans a platform to monetise their creativity AGORA has raised $6.6 million in seed funding led by Draper Esprit AGORA is a social commerce platform that allows everyday users to monetise their talent by sharing video content tagged to their favourite beauty products It […]Read More
Cudoni secures multi-million-pound investment amidst global pandemic Premium fashion resale service, Cudoni, has today announced the backing of key investors to secure a total of £4.7 million worth of investment for the brand. Cudoni has formally announced that the dmg ventures, the venture capital arm of Daily Mail and General Trust led the investment round […]Read More
PSYKHE, THE FIRST E-COMMERCE RECOMMENDATION PLATFORM POWERED BY AI AND PSYCHOLOGY, RAISES $1.7 MILLION SEED ROUND London, UK – September 24, 2020 – Fashion recommendation and personalization platform PSYKHE today announced it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. PSYKHE is the first company to use AI and psychology for personalization in e-commerce. The platform’s algorithm […]Read More
Our intelligent clothing company is currently wrapping up its pre-seed, having raised £310k so far, of which $120k Techstars equity funding and £220k equity-free. We’re now preparing as part of the Techstars programme for a £1m seed round, which we will open soon. Cambridge intelligent clothing startup funded by Techstars London 2020 Yesterday at a press […]Read More
Nottingham-based smart textiles company Footfalls weaves in additional investment to support expansion plans 07 October 2019 Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”) announces a further £749k equity investment into Footfalls and Heartbeats Limited (“Footfalls” or “the Company”) through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (“MEIF”), leading a £1.5m round with additional backing from the University of Nottingham and […]Read More
GLOBAL FASHION SOFTWARE COMPANY UNMADE RAISES £4.75M IN A FUNDING ROUND LED BY OCTOPUS VENTURES LONDON — July 2019— Fashion software company Unmade today announce a new funding round of £4.75M. Octopus Ventures is the lead investor, with additional funds coming from MMC Ventures, Felix Capital and existing investors. The financing will be used to […]Read More
Depop, the fashion marketplace for Generation Z, has raised $62 million in a Series C round led by General Atlantic Depop intends to use the funds to accelerate its US expansion, where the Gen Z fashion app already has 5 million users, stores in New York and Los Angeles and expects to grow its community […]Read More