TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maka, an African fashion and beauty e-commerce platform, has raised a $2.65 million pre-seed round led by Pan-African venture capital firms 4DX Ventures and Janngo Capital. Other investors include Palm Drive Capital, angel investor Jonathan Shipman, founder of EVP and Twitch founding member, and executives from delivery platform Wolt.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Here’s a fashion rental startup with a twist: London, U.K.-based Curated Loop’s co-founders, Anna Caldana and Rachel Mcluckie, bring a background in (and passion for) fashion to what they hope will be badged as a fresh approach to designer rentals. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs. to rent the look).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

But it raised questions as to why the brand didn’t recruit more models with the diverse characteristics it’s seeking, given the difficulty these models have had finding opportunities in the fashion industry historically. According to one survey , as of 2016, 78% of models in fashion adverts were white.)

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

When you think of green, climate-aware industries, you’d be forgiven if fashion isn’t at the top of your list. Not a moment too soon, either — the fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and shipping combined, representing around 10% of greenhouse gases every year, the BBC reports.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Textiles and garments contribute 16% of Vietnam’s total GPD, but it’s challenging for small garment brands to take advantage of the country’s manufacturing prowess. Inflow is stepping into the gap, with a platform that gives small brands visibility into manufacturers’ supply chains and the design-to-production cycle.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Remember a year ago, all the way back to last November before we knew about ChatGPT, when machine learning was all about building models to solve for a single task like loan approvals or fraud protection? That approach seemed to go out the window with the rise of generalized LLMs, but the fact is generalized […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

It had once worked with Rebecca Minkoff during Fashion Week to help women shop the show’s looks. In addition to the virtual try-on, Walmart says Zeekit’s technology may be used to build other fashion experiences over time, including a virtual closet experience where you could mix and match styles.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Consumers should understand the side effects of business models — particularly the privatization of profit and the socialization of costs, including human and environmental harm.

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Martin Fowler

OCTOBER 29, 2024

My colleagues are often involved in modernizing legacy systems, and our approach is to do this in an incremental fashion. Doing this with a mobile application raises some specific challenges.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The nonprofit organization powers one of the many apps that came into fashion as a Twitter alternative following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social network he’s […]

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Fashion items are among the most — if not the most — sought after on many e-commerce platforms. In Africa, for instance, fashion has held the top spot in Jumia for the largest category of items sold over the years. They want to mix a Bottega with Valero and Casablancas and other new brands coming out worldwide.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

As Pinterest sets its eyes on improving the online shopping experience on its platform, the company announced this afternoon it’s acquiring the AI-powered shopping service for fashion known as The Yes , founded by e-commerce veteran and former Stitch Fix COO Julie Bornstein and technical co-founder, Amit Aggarwal.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Before a startup can achieve product-market fit, founders must first listen to their customers, build what they require and fashion a business plan that makes the whole enterprise worthwhile.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

” A colloquial term for the men who regularly reply to women’s posts in an overly familiar fashion, often to “mansplain,” tone police, offer unsolicited advice or gaslight the original poster, reply guys have been a longtime […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Singapore-based fast fashion platform Shein has confidentially planned to go public in the United States, according to multiple media reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news earlier on Monday.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Although both Shein and Forever 21 are known for affordable fast fashion, they cater to customers in different ways. “We are excited for the partnership with Shein as it reflects our shared vision of providing customers with unparalleled access to fashion at affordable prices,” said Sparc Group CEO Marc Miller in a statement.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Regardless, a few companies stuck out in this batch as up-and-coming tools for fashion bloggers and Twitch streamers alike. “Live streaming is a game changer in secondhand fashion,” Jamble writes. What makes video game streaming different from just watching a generic playthrough? ” Image Credits: Jamble.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

They say there’s no bigger slave to fashion than someone determined to avoid it, and SaaS marketing is no different. That’s not to say SaaS marketers aren’t trying: Seventy percent of those surveyed have been making big adjustments to their websites, and 33% have updated their content. So how and why are they missing the mark?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Pixyle AI’s neural networks train its visual AI algorithms to not only identify fashion items in an image, but also categorize them by attribute, like color or pattern, that match the keywords shoppers use when searching for an item. The goal is to “see” images as a human would.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Meanwhile, new fashion and décor e-commerce sites such as Rent the Runway, Gilt, Houzz, Wayfair and One Kings Lane were popping up everywhere and growing rapidly. In early 2010, almost a year after I left Google, I finally found the right opportunity and decided to join fashion technology startup Polyvore as its full-time CEO.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

The only data that seemingly didn’t come back in superlative fashion was round counts, which failed to set all-time highs in some cases. Per data from CB Insights , for example, The Exchange reported that global venture capital activity shot to $156 billion in the second quarter, up 157% from the year-ago Q2 result of just under $61 billion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Zyod, an Indian startup offering apparel sourcing and manufacturing to fashion brands globally, has raised $3.5 However, fashion brands continue to grapple with the challenges of sourcing and producing garments in order to meet the fast-growing demands of the industry. million in a seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture India Partners.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Some of these companies exit, sometimes in group fashion. I’ve written about this before so I will be brief: Nearly every quarter, the number of unicorns — private companies worth $1 billion or more — goes up. The private market is able to create more unicorns than it has been historically able to exit them.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

On the supply side, Evermos works with more than 500 brands, primarily small Indonesian businesses, and sells fashion, halal health and beauty products, and food and beverages. For example, it has to be halal, if it’s fashion it has be modest fashion.”. Evermos does not require resellers to buy inventory.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

An AR startup hopes to change that by partnering with an eyewear fashion brand. It won’t be surprising that Nreal’s glasses — which have aimed to be fashionable and lightweight from the outset — would hit the shelves of Gentle Master’s global retail stores someday. Japan, South Korea, Spain, and Germany.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Secondhand fashion marketplace Poshmark anticipates its IPO could price between $35 and $39 per share. With Affirm releasing an initial IPO price range last night and Poshmark repeating the feat this morning, private-market investor expectations are holding up thus far.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In particular, influencers and people reselling clothes and fashion items have been relying on PhotoRoom. And it’s been working well on iOS already as the company attended Y Combinator, doubled its annual recurring revenue to $2 million and raised a $1.2 million seed round. They use their phone as their main creativity platform. per year).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

After all, being fashionably late to consumer electronics is kind of Google’s thing. It’s been a wild few weeks for consumer hardware news, but it seems the season is finally winding down. We’ve already seen big events from Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, and now it’s time for Google to get in on the action. Spoilers […]

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Lily began life as an app for retailers to help understand women shoppers’ personal preferences around fashion. Lily now retains a team of “experts” in fashion, home and beauty who help to refine product taxonomies, which are then used to train algorithms for product search and recommendations. ”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

She split her time between fashion and food, attending the Fashion Institute of Technology before getting into the trends and forecasting space. “Unfortunately, ‘fun cereal’ is associated with being unhealthy, and I wanted people to have fun with their food again, but in a healthy way,” Miller told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

For instance, a luxury and fashion brand can replace the authenticity card that you get with your new watch or handbag with a digital certificate. Customers include Printemps, Breitling, Groupe Casino, Vacheron Constantin, Paris Fashion Week, Panerai and IWC.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Renting fashion? Once a key point of discussion when the IPO market was alive , today we’re sifting through what is left of the micromobility sector, now freshly depopulated to a new local maximum. Not every great product makes for a good business. Great idea, lovely product, fun service.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The feature, which will work with women’s fashion and wedding ideas at launch, builds on Pinterest’s new […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The sales pitch was made easier by the pandemic, she says, because it shone light on the need for data collaboration in a safe, secure fashion across industries. Sivaramakrishnan claims that Samooha already has Fortune 500 customers, although she wouldn’t name names.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Indeed, the California-based company, founded in 2013 by Philip Ross and Sophia Wang, is among a hot trend of companies working with fungus and other plant-based materials to make fabrics for fashion. In addition to using plant-based materials for fashion, other companies are finding success with fungi-based technology.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

The 25 by 25 Pledge has a precedent: the 15 Percent Pledge , launched in 2020 by fashion designer Aurora James. .” The pledge is available on the Black Founders Matter website for those wanting to sign. The impact of a pledge. So far, it has received commitments from 28 retailers, including Sephora and Nordstrom.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Co-founder and CEO of Mycel Sungjin Sah told TechCrunch that the company uses mycelium, a root-like structure of mushroom, to make leather substitutes that can be used in car seats and luxury cosmetic products, and fashion products like shoes, clothes and bags. billion by 2026.

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