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Swiss start-up Finally. breaks down taboos surrounding fashion for people in fragile times

Swiss start-up Finally. covers fashion and sustainable products for a period we don't like to think about: hospital stays, chronic illness, a person’s final days. These are fragile times, as the community-oriented design studio and research lab calls them. All products are created after careful consideration and planning, often in collaboration...

May 26, 2025

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‘Autofocus’ eyewear brand Ixi secures 36.5 million dollars in funding

Ixi, a Finnish startup centred around ‘autofocus’ eyewear, has announced the closing of a Series A funding round amounting to 36.5 million dollars. The investment, led by London-based investment fund Plural, is intended to aid in the product development of Ixi Adaptive Eyewear, with the goal of establishing commercial operations. Additional...

Apr 29, 2025

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Epoch Biodesign closes a round of 18.3 million dollars, with participation from Inditex

Disruptive British start-up Epoch Biodesign has announced the closing of a Series A financing round of 18.3 million dollars, with contribution from Spanish fashion giant Inditex. The new capital will be used to scale up the start-up’s current textile biorecycling solutions, with the construction of a first plant for commercial-scale production...

Mar 7, 2025

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Desigual opens call to participate in the fourth edition of its startup acceleration program

Madrid – Launched in 2021 as a start-up accelerator, and subsequently reconstituted as a true innovation hub, Desigual has just announced the opening of applications for the fourth edition of its "Awesome Lab" programme. This initiative will once again seek out emerging companies with the potential to disrupt and generate a tremendous positive...

Jan 21, 2025

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Inditex launches venture capital for tech and sustainable startups

Spanish fashion giant Inditex has announced the launch of a new venture capital as part of efforts to finance textile innovations and advance its own sustainability goals. The Zara parent company has assigned the management of the investment mechanism to venture capital firm Mundi Ventures, which is currently overseen by its founder Javier...

Oct 11, 2024

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Fundraising crunch could hit fashion start-ups

The fashion startup ecosystem is experiencing a significant downturn as founders grapple with an increasingly challenging fundraising environment. Recent data from Carta, a leading equity management platform, reveals a troubling trend of company closures that has been steadily rising over the past two years, with fashion-focused startups...

Aug 19, 2024

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Alumni HEC, Polytechnic Institute raise 2 million with artificial intelligence platform Veeton

Three alumni of the Parisian institutions École Polytechnique (Paris Polytechnic Institute) and HEC School of Management have raised 2 million euros to develop Veeton, a start-up that uses artificial intelligence to produce visuals for fashion brand photo shoots. The pre-seed fundraising was led by Founders Future and Armilar Venture Partners...

Jun 11, 2024

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Styleit accelerator: closing of the 2024 scouting phase of the accelerator dedicated to FashionTech & LuxuryTech startups

The 2024 scouting phase of Styleit has come to an end. Styleit is the accelerator program dedicated to startups developing B2B solutions or services for the FashionTech & LuxuryTech market. It is part of the CDP Venture Capital National Accelerator Network, a network present throughout the country to support the growth of new companies...

Jun 4, 2024

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Scotland’s ACS Clothing selected for Amazon’s Sustainability Accelerator

Amazon has named the 15 start-ups selected for this year’s Sustainability Accelerator, a four-week programme designed to pilot their technology within the marketplace giant. Now in its third edition, it marks the first time participants will have the opportunity to pitch their technology for trial in Amazon’s European operations. Among those...

May 28, 2024

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Textile sorting provider Eslando among Carbon13’s launchpad investments

Investment firm Carbon13 has named six ventures that it will invest in via its accelerator, the Venture Launchpad, including AI-powered textile sorting provider, Eslando. The startup, which aims to tackle textile waste in the industry, offers a solution that utilises AI and digital product passports (DPPs) to encourage brands and waste...

May 27, 2024

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Textile-to-textile recycling company Syre receives investment of 100 million dollars

Fresh-faced recycling company Syre has raised an additional 100 million dollars in a new funding round, according to a press release. The capital raised will be used to set up the first recycling and manufacturing facility in the US, which should be operationally active as early as the end of 2024. In addition to this, the money will be used to...

May 23, 2024

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Mango expands investment umbrella to fund alternative ridesharing start-up

Spanish retail giant Mango is growing its portfolio of investments to now fund Hoop Carpool, a start-up offering companies a mobility alternative allowing employees and students to share short-distance journeys. Made through the company’s Mango StartUp Studio accelerator, the investment comes in the form of a convertible equity loan, which will...

Apr 12, 2024