It may sound like a stretch to say that French people are the reference for fashion. But as we say, “il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu” (there’s no smoke without fire).
In addition to having a very prolific fashion sense, the French are also very creative when it comes to the shopping experience. The landscape of French fashion startups is flourishing those days: 6 of the 10 companies presented in this article closed a round last spring/summer season and the results of their investments are released now. Let’s open the catwalk: http://wp.me/p2OgMk-65W
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10 French startups disrupting the way you experience fashion online
1. 10 French startups
disrupting
the way you
experience
fashion online
Rachel Vanier - RudeBaguette.com - Picture: inside Vestiaire Collective’s offices
2. “In order to launch a fashion marketplace, we had to be in
Paris.“ Sébastien Fabre, CEO @VestiaireCollective
It may sound like a cliché to say that French people are the worldreference for fashion. But as we say here in France,
“il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu” (there’s no smoke without fire).
!
It may sound like a stretch to say that French people are the reference
for fashion. But as we say, “il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu” (there’s no
smoke without fire).
In addition to having a very prolific fashion sense, the French are also
very creative when it comes to the shopping experience. The landscape
of French fashion startups is flourishing those days: 6 of the 10
companies presented in this article closed a round last spring/summer
season and the results of their investments are released now. Let’s
open the catwalk.
!
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@VanierRachel for RudeBaguette.com
3. Flink, the Flipboard of fashion blogs
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KEY FACT
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Thomas France and his co-founders developed the
idea while working on another e-commerce app,
Shopelia: user-feedback got them the idea on
focusing on the fashion vertical.
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KEY FIGURE
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The fashion discovery app go 25,000 downloads in
just a few days.
Learn more
4. Carnet de mode, crowdfunding meets social shopping
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KEY FACT
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Fashion-lovers can participate in the funding of a
collection and young creative talents are able to
develop it and get access to their first customers.
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KEY FIGURE
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The startup raised $1million from Elaia Partner
who said Carnet de Mode was “revolutionizing the
online shopping experience”.
Learn more
5. Instant Luxe, buying luxury online has never been safer
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KEY FACT
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The leather goods, watches and accessories
marketplace plays the intermediary and ensure a
safe transaction between buyers and sellers with
no risk of counterfeits.
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KEY FIGURE
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They achieved a €2 millions round of investment in
June 2013 with Iris Capital and ISAI.
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Learn more
6. Monshowroom, the first marketplace for on-going collections
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KEY FACT
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When Séverine Grégoire and Chloé Ramade
created Monshowroom.com in 2006, the platform
was basically the only way to access current
collections online
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KEY FIGURE
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270 brands are now available
Learn more
7. Dymant, invite-only e-Commerce, the true e-luxury experience
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KEY FACT
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Dymant changed the e-commerce industry by
focusing on the story-telling and esthetical
atmosphere experience more than on the
products.
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KEY FIGURE
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Partech Ventures and IDInvest invested $1 million
last year in order to enable the startup to address
other geographical markets.
Learn more
8. Vestiaire Collective, a second-hand luxury marketplace
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KEY FACT
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Vestiaire Collective has an editorial committee that
selects which articles can be sold online, that
specialists then check before they arrive in the
customer’s hands. A great service that ensures
happiness on both sides of the sale.
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KEY FIGURE
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They achieved a series C round with Condé Nast
($15 millions) last year.
Learn more
9. VideDressing, social shopping for previously owned outfits
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KEY FACT
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Meryl Job and Renaud Guillerm, co-founders,
managed to build a strong a faithful community
first, and then monetized is by facilitating trades
inside this community.
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KEY FIGURE
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They now claim a 5-times growth factor between
2011 and 2012 and realized two rounds in 2013 –
the last one with Global Founders Capital for $5
Million.
Learn more
10. Selectionnist, shopping through fashion magazines
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KEY FACT
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Selectionnist, founded by female serial-entrepreneurs
Tatiana and Lara Rouyres (Living Social, Dealissime)
enables its visitors to search for things spotted by
magazine or by brand.
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KEY FIGURE
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Only a few days of existence, time to try it out!
Learn more
11. wheretoget.it, finds the fashion items you lost
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KEY FACT
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The platform gathers a community of passionate
fashion-lovers who are able to spot where you can find
an article that you have trouble finding, providing that
you have a picture.
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KEY FIGURE
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Rumor is that Romain Moyne, founder, is currently
working on a Series A round of investment[fr].
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Learn more
12. Rad, a marketplace dedicated to the Cool
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KEY FACT
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Rad’s particularity holds in its editorial line: it’s just
cool, then you can only get it for a small amount of
time.
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KEY FIGURE
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They closed a €2.5 Series A round of funding in
June 2013,
Learn more
13. See you soon on
RudeBaguette.com
France’s startup blog!
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Rachel Vanier