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370 INVESTORS | 880 PEOPLE | 36 CATEGORIES | 50 TAGS
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         Affiliate                 Mass Customization + Bespoke
         Aggregation             Membership
         Algorithmic Shopping    My Boutique
         Be The Fashion Editor   Non-Ownership
         Commerce                Peer to Peer
         Community               Platform
         Content + Commerce      Pre-order
         Curation                Recommerce
         Database                R.I.P.
         Direct to Consumer      SaaS
         Discovery               Showroom
         Enterprise              Social Production
         Flash Sale              Social Shopping
         Group Buying            Styling
         Hackathon               Subscription Commerce
         Hybrid On- and Offline    Tool
         Image Sharing           Virtual Closet
         Marketplace             Wearable Tech
370 INVESTORS | 880 PEOPLE | 36 CATEGORIES | 50 TAGS
OUR DATABASE
               //CATEGORIES



         Affiliate                 Mass Customization + Bespoke
         Aggregation             Membership
         Algorithmic Shopping    My Boutique
         Be The Fashion Editor   Non-Ownership
         Commerce                Peer to Peer
         Community               Platform
         Content + Commerce      Pre-order
         Curation                Recommerce
         Database                R.I.P.
         Direct to Consumer      SaaS
         Discovery               Showroom
         Enterprise              Social Production
         Flash Sale              Social Shopping
         Group Buying            Styling
         Hackathon               Subscription Commerce
         Hybrid On- and Offline    Tool
         Image Sharing           Virtual Closet
         Marketplace             Wearable Tech
370 INVESTORS | 880 PEOPLE | 36 CATEGORIES | 50 TAGS
RECOMMERCE
TYPES OF COMPANIES
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                POSHMARK
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//RECOMMERCE




                BIB + TUCK
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//RECOMMERCE




                 VAUNTE
ALGORITHMIC
 SHOPPING
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//ALGORITHMIC   SHOPPING




                       POSHLY
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//ALGORITHMIC   SHOPPING




                     TRUE & CO
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//ALGORITHMIC   SHOPPING




                      BOMBFELL
CONTENT +
COMMERCE
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CONTENT & COMMERCE




                   OF A KIND
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CONTENT & COMMERCE




                       JOYUS
JOYUS
//PLAY
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CONTENT & COMMERCE




                  AVENUE 32
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CONTENT & COMMERCE




                  FAR FETCH
DIRECT TO
CONSUMER
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                WARBY PARKER
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                       EVERLANE
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                  FRANK & OAK
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                       BONOBOS
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




             ELIZABETH & CLARKE
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                 SOLE SOCIETY
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                CHLOE + ISABEL
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                  BAUBLEBAR
TYPES OF COMPANIES
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                 COMBAT GENT
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//DIRECT TO CONSUMER




                       HARRY’S
MASS
CUSTOMIZATION
   + BESPOKE
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CUSTOMIZATION




                  ALBERT MING
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CUSTOMIZATION




                  PROPERCLOTH
TYPES OF COMPANIES
//CUSTOMIZATION




            BESPOKEN CLOTHIERS
LUXURY BRANDS




                BURBERRY
LUXURY BRANDS




        OSCAR DE LA RENTA
LUXURY BRANDS




                PETER SOM
LUXURY BRANDS




         REBECCA MINKOFF
LUXURY BRANDS




    LEXUS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED
LUXURY BRANDS




           TABLET SALES
INVESTMENT INFO




$198,804,000
  TOTAL INVESTED IN MARCH
INVESTMENT INFO
                        MARCH FUNDED COMPANIES




48.3
MILLION

$$$
GIVEN TO “TOOL” BASED
FASHION TECH SERVICES
ALONE
PROOF


 GLOSSYBOX RAISED OVER $70 MILLION
 // Shipped 2 million boxes

 NASTY GAL EARNED $100 MILLION
 // 2012

 ASOS HAS OVER 1 MILLION VISITS PER DAY
 // Earned $755 million last year: 46% increase

 JOOR IS HITTING 350 MILLION TRANSACTIONS
 // 2013
THE FASHION TECH SCENE


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     Ohio
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NY IN THE LEAD
SF IN THE LEAD
THE WORLD AROUND US



MOBILE
ECONOMY DOWN, LUXURY PRICES UP
BRANDS ARE PUBLISHERS
ONLINE IS OFFLINE
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
           INTERNET OF THINGS
           AUGMENTED REALITY
           BIG SEXY DATA
           + ANALYTICS
           3D PRINTING
           APIs
           VIDEO
           GAMIFICATION
           SLOW FASHION
           SEMANTIC WEB
           RESPONSIVE WEB
           MOBILE FIRST
           MOBILE SHOPPING
           MULTI-TOUCH DESKTOPS
OTHER TRENDS?




VIDEOS
STORYTELLING
SHOWROOMING
BLOGGER INFLUENCE
WHAT DO WE NEED MORE OF?



  COLLABORATION

  INFORMATION

  KEEP IT REAL
WHAT DO WE NEED LESS OF?


          LAUNCH BUZZ

          INVESTMENT FOCUS

          DUPLICATE BUSINESSES
BANNED WORDS

  FASHION 2.0
  ECOMMERCE
SOCIAL SHOPPING
   DISRUPTIVE
   AUTHENTIC
   #HASHTAGS
FINAL THOUGHTS


SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS
TAP INTO EXISTING NETWORKS + COMMUNTIES
CREATE THEN CAPTURE
KEEP AN EYE ON THE FUTURE




           #FASHIONTECH
FINAL THOUGHTS


SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS
TAP INTO EXISTING NETWORKS + COMMUNTIES
CREATE THEN CAPTURE
KEEP AN EYE ON THE FUTURE




           #FASHIONTECH

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