Fashion Tech

InstantLuxe announces €2 million round with Iris Capital and Isai

Apr 4, 2013 by Trista Bridges

InstantLuxe, which was founded in 2009 by Yann Le Floc’h and is now the leading marketplace for second-hand luxury goods, announced yesterday that they raised a €2 million equity round with lead investor Iris Capital and Isai. The funds will be used to accelerate InstantLuxe’s growth by strengthening its position...

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After raising 25M€, Spartoo.com expands beyond shoes and handbags to clothing

Mar 11, 2013 by Trista Bridges

Grenoble-based, online footwear and handbag retailer Spartoo, which was founded in 2006 by new grads Jérémie Touchard, Boris Saragaglia, and Paul Lorne, has been on a whirlwind ride over the last few years. Following on news of their having reached 12M unique visitors per month, achieved a 20 fold increase in sales over three...

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PPR invests €10 million in Samwer brothers fashion clones

Dec 13, 2012 by Trista Bridges

The Samwer brothers, founders of Rocket Internet and jokingly referred to as the ‘clone kings’, might just end up having the last laugh given the impressive fundraising news they’ve been announcing recently. First came the news that they raised $26 million for one of their SE Asian startups Lazada (considered...

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Startup Trends according to the 16 LeWeb Paris Finalists

Nov 7, 2012 by LiamBoogar

LeWeb announced this week the 16 finalists who will be competing this year in the startup competition. Just like last year, we’ll try to give you a quick elevator pitch of what they do, as well as what trends we see based off of the startups selected. The theme for...

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Ben & Fakto founder Kevin Straszburger talks Startup Failure

Oct 15, 2012 by Nadia Leung

Who are you and where are you right now? I’m Kevin Straszburger, I just founded Ben & Fakto, with two friends last year. We started the company just after finishing French business school EDHEC in June 2011. Right now I’m living in Singapore. Prior to working in Singapore, you were...

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Joliebox acquisition brings Birchbox to Europe

Sep 14, 2012 by LiamBoogar

birchbox acqires joliebox | The Rude Baguette

For those who missed the news last night – I first heard it from PandoDaily via twitter, so they get the credit – Paris-based Joliebox was acquired by their US counterpart Birchbox, which will allow Birchbox to double their brand relations and quadruple the number of markets they enter. You’ll notice my emphasis...

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Dandybox: a review of their first box for men!

Jul 25, 2012 by Wessel

One of the (small) perks of being a journalist is getting free stuff. When I interviewed Pierre Entremont, one of the co-founders of Dandybox, he only had an empty box to show (which he duly did, and even posed with it!), and he talked about the contents of the box.But...

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Ykone's Fashion Event FLOW is LeWeb for Fashion

Jul 24, 2012 by Nicolas Metzke

Nobody would argue that the fashion business was late in opening up to social media. Iconic designers locked the doors as long as they could, considering themselves closer to god than to their clients. Then the social fashion revolution happened through an uncountable number of fashion blogs that popped-up across...

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Fashion Tech

InstantLuxe announces €2 million round with Iris Capital and Isai

After raising 25M€, Spartoo.com expands beyond shoes and handbags to clothing

PPR invests €10 million in Samwer brothers fashion clones

Ben & Fakto founder Kevin Straszburger talks Startup Failure

Joliebox acquisition brings Birchbox to Europe

Dandybox: a review of their first box for men!

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