Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based Founder operating in the Fashion space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Goop
Gwyneth Paltrow is one of today’s most prolific and celebrated actors in both television and film. Additionally, Paltrow continues to develop her lifestle brand: Goop; wellness advice, clean beauty, fashion & home. A testament to her undeniable acting talent is Paltrow’s role in Shakespeare in Love that catapulted her into awards stardom with Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Academy Awards. In 2011. Gwyneth Paltrow was also honored with an Emmy Award for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as substitute teacher Holly Holiday on Fox’s smash-hit musical series Glee. In 2013, Paltrow published her second cookbook, It’s All Good, which joined her first-ever cookbook, My Father’s Daughter (published April 2011), on the New York Times Best Sellers list. She first established her credibility in the culinary field when she cowrote Spain, A Culinary Road Trip with acclaimed chef Mario Batali.
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About Goop: Goop is a lifestyle brand providing digital content and commerce.
Katrina Lake
Founder and CEO of Stitch Fix
Katrina is passionate about helping women achieve everyday confidence. She founded Stitch Fix to help women everywhere discover and explore their style through a truly client-focused shopping experience. Prior to founding Stitch Fix, Katrina developed extensive experience at the intersection of fashion, retail, and technology. She managed the blogger platform at venture-backed social commerce company Polyvore and consulted with a variety of e-commerce and traditional retailers during her time at The Parthenon Group. Additionally, she has invested in and worked with dozens of entrepreneurs and start-ups at Leader Ventures. Katrina holds a B.S. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Grubhub, Stitch Fix: Stitch Fix is a personal styling platform that delivers curated and personalized apparel and accessory items for women.
Larry Marcus
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Marcy Venture Partners
Actively making new investments in consumer and culture with Marcy Venture Partners, a VC firm co-founded with JAY-Z and Jay Brown. Managing Director at Walden Venture Capital Investments include: Savage X Fenty, Pela, Hungry, Wheels, Hipcamp, Partake Foods, Pandora (founding investor – IPO, exit to Sirius XM) , SoundHound, Aarki, goTenna, Hatch Baby, TouchBistro (exit), Robust Wealth (acquired by Principal Financial Group), Terayon (acquired by Motorola). Angel investments: include Netflix (IPO), BandPage (acquired by Google), Maestro, Jukely, LyricFind. Prior to Walden, Larry was a digital media sell-side Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown. Led IPOs of Terayon, CBS MarketWatch, Netflix (initial S-1 IPO filing), Maxis (acquired by Electronic Arts), Edmark (acquired by IBM) and among other equity and debt financings (Broderbund, Sierra On-line, Excite@Home, Spectrum Holobyte, CBS Sportsline). Prior experience includes Robertson Stephens & Company, Education: Larry received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. See the music he loves at www.pandora.com/people/larry. He was named to the Billboard Power 100 in music and the Twitter 140 to follow.
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About Marcy Venture Partners, Scientific Revenue, TouchBistro, Walden Venture Capital: Marcy Venture Partners is a venture capital firm investing on consumer, culture, and mass-market brands.
Joseph Zwillinger
Co-Founder and CEO of Allbirds
Joseph Zwillinger is a CEO and Co-Founder of Allbirds. He has long been passionate about making things from renewable resources, which led him to start Allbirds and begin tackling sustainability issues in the footwear industry. Prior to co-founding Allbirds, he spent six years at biotech firm Terravia (formerly Solazyme, Inc.) leading its renewable chemical business, developing and selling high performance algae-based chemicals into various industries such as CPG, personal care, and industrials. Previously, Joey worked in advisory and investment roles at Industry Ventures, Deloitte Consulting and Goldman Sachs. He sits on the Board of education nonprofit Stiles Hall, as well as the Advisory Board of Wharton’s Baker Retail Center. He earned an MBA from Wharton with honors, and a BS in industrial engineering from UC Berkeley
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About Allbirds: Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes.
Tim Brown
Co-Founder of Allbirds
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About Allbirds: Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes.
Andy Ruben
Founder & CEO of Trove
Andy Ruben is the CEO and Founder of Trove. The world’s most innovative brands trust Trove to run their resale platforms. Andy left his executive role at Walmart to pursue his dream of building the next generation of retail. Andy was hired by Walmart to work with the Board of Directors and build a strategy department for Walmart. He led a number of transformational efforts over his tenure, including launching Walmart’s heralded sustainability effort, re-imagining Walmart’s $20 Billion private brands business, and integrating online and stores.
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About Trove: Trove builds white-label technology and end-to-end operations that power circular shopping for premium and luxury brands.
Jon Buscemi
Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Greats
Founder/ Creative Director at Greats.
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About Greats, Lotto Sport Italia Spa, Lusso Cloud, Oliver Peoples: Greats Brands is a men’s footwear brand that offers a wide range of classically-inspired sneakers.
Jake Kassan
CEO/Co-Founder of MVMT
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About MVMT: MVMT (pronounced movement) is a watchmaker company, founded on the belief that style shouldn’t break the bank.
Jake Kassan
CEO/Co-Founder of MVMT
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About MVMT: MVMT (pronounced movement) is a watchmaker company, founded on the belief that style shouldn’t break the bank.
Kramer LaPlante
Co Founder & COO & Co Owner of MVMT
Kramer LaPlante is Co Founder | COO at MVMT Watches.
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About MVMT: MVMT (pronounced movement) is a watchmaker company, founded on the belief that style shouldn’t break the bank.
Kramer LaPlante
Co Founder & COO & Co Owner of MVMT
Kramer LaPlante is Co Founder | COO at MVMT Watches.
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About MVMT: MVMT (pronounced movement) is a watchmaker company, founded on the belief that style shouldn’t break the bank.
Tal Pink
Founder of Looksy
Tal Pink is an established entrepreneur with over 10 years experience in the internet and startups. One of the early employees of Israeli company ICQ (acquired by AOL), Tal went on to launch Tar Networks (a startup incubator), as well as [Fonogenic](http://www.fonogenic.com) (DRM free music store for independent artists). His latest project, [Dopetracks.com](http://www.dopetracks.com), brings his love of musical collaboration to the web in a fresh new way by connecting producers and emcees in an interactive environment. Tal is an accomplished musician and a world-traveler who has lived in Israel, London, and California.
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About Adly, Dopetracks, Looksy, Sparitual: Fashion and Beauty Social Media
Daniel Broukhim
Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer of FabFitFun
Daniel Broukhim is CEO and Co-founder of Charlie and FabFitFun.
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About FabFitFun: FabFitFun offers subscription services that allow its members to discover brands and products.
Michael Broukhim
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FabFitFun
Michael Broukhim has directed new media strategy for leading entertainment, corporate, non-profit, and political clients. Before Charlie, Michael co-founded and led product initiatives at TotSpot, which earned top honors at Twiistup, Los Angeles’ premiere startup showcase. Michael graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College where he was awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for outstanding research. At Harvard, Michael served as the Editorial Chair for the Crimson and earned a National Pacemaker Award for his writing. In addition to his work at Charlie, Michael is earning his JD/MBA at Stanford and invests in early stage startups.
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About Charlie, FabFitFun: FabFitFun offers subscription services that allow its members to discover brands and products.
Katie Echevarria Rosen Kitchens
Editor in Chief and Co-Founder of FabFitFun
Katie Echevarria Rosen Kitchens is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of FabFitFun. She is a former VP of events and marketing at Out of the Box Events and LA Editor at Shecky’s Media, Inc.
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About FabFitFun: FabFitFun offers subscription services that allow its members to discover brands and products.
Roth Martin
Co-Founder and President of Rothy’s
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About Rothy’s: Rothy’s is a global lifestyle brand transforming sustainable materials into timeless shoes, handbags and accessories.
Stephen Hawthornthwaite
Co-Founder | Chief Executive Officer of Rothy’s
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About Rothy’s, Rothy’s: Rothy’s is a global lifestyle brand transforming sustainable materials into timeless shoes, handbags and accessories.
James Berdigans
CEO & Founder of Printify
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About Printify: Printify is a marketplace connecting online merchants to major print on demand and dropshipping manufacturers worldwide.
Michael Preysman
Founder and CEO of Everlane
Michael Preysman is the founder and CEO of Everlane. Prior to starting Everlane, he was an investor at Elevation Partners for both their New York and Menlo Park offices investing in media and entertainment companies. Michael enjoys sitting at the intersection of design and technology. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon with degrees in Computer Engineering and Economics.
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About Everlane: Everlane designs, manufactures, and sells clothing items for men and women via online e-commerce website.
Jonathan Tang
Founder of Vastrm
Tang is the founder of Vastrm.com, an apparel company solving the problem of fit. Vastrm was part of the Y-Combinator Summer 2012 batch. Prior to founding Vastrm. Tang was Managing Director of RedRooster Ventures, an seed investment and consulting firm that specialized in China based business opportunities. As Founder, President and CEO, Jonathan Tang helped build Salesnet to represent one of the top global enterprise software providers that was one of the three founding companies in the on-demand CRM market. At Salesnet Tang was responsible for helping to shape web CRM strategies for clients such as Microsoft, Staples, American Express, First Data, Sovereign Bank, Tellabs and many other enterprise companies. Salesnet was recognized on two occasions as one of the top 50 companies to work for in Massachusetts. Recently, Salesnet was acquired by RightNow Technologies, Inc. (RNOW). Balancing a successful business career with supporting the community, Tang is actively involved with charitable activities throughout the Boston area. He has offered his time and support to the Boston Living Center, Barbara McGinnis House, St. Mary’s Women and Childrens Center and Rosie’s Place. Tang currently sits on the board of directors for the Art of Living Foundation, one of the largest volunteer-based humanitarian NGO’s in the world that is active in over 150 countries. Tang’s influence on the industry and local business, as well as his contributions to the civic health of Greater Boston, was recently recognized by the Boston Business Journal (BBJ). The publication named Tang a 40 under 40 honoree, acknowledging 40 Greater Boston executives under 40 years of age. Tang earned his B.A. in International Relations and East Asian Studies from Tufts University and studied musical theory and practice at Berklee College of Music.
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About Pioneer Fund, Vastrm: Vastrm specializes in the fields of fashion, men’s, and wearables.
Jonathan Shokrian
Founder & CEO of MeUndies
Jonathan Shokrian was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA.
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About MeUndies: MeUndies brings together sustainable fabric and innovative design to make soft underwear and loungewear for its customers.
Katherine Power
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Clique
Katherine Power is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clique Media Group (CMG), the parent media company of WhoWhatWear (fashion), MyDomaine (lifestyle) Byrdie (beauty) and Obsessee (new omni-channel platform, specifically targeted at Gen-Z). In 2006, Katherine left her editorial role at ELLE to launch Who What Wear with her co-founder, Hillary Kerr. The goal was to disrupt the DNA of the magazine industry with a simple idea: do it digitally. By bringing print magazine sensibilities to the online space, CMG was born to offer readers elevated and curated access to their core passions: fashion, beauty, home and shopping. At CMG, Katherine drives all business operations, advertising and brand partnerships, along with the development of branded technology products. Just within the last year, Katherine has led the charge on exciting new initiatives for CMG, which include announcing the brand’s first foray into product with the launch of the Who What Wear collection at Target, a Series B round of funding that Amazon participated in, international expansion to the UK and Australia, and the acquisition of Wantering, a Canadian startup and social shopping search engine. Additionally, a third co-authored book, The Career Code, which serves as the modern girl’s guide for creating your own professional success, came out in the spring of 2016. As a leader that constantly innovates about what readers and consumers might want next, Katherine and her CMG team are continuing to enhance their offerings and user experience for the new generation of consumers.
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About AVALINE, Clique, MERIT Beauty, Sonoma Brands, Versed, Who What Wear: Clique is a media and commerce company
Mark Thomas Lynn
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of DSTLD
Mark T. Lynn co-founder @winc @dstld. Founder and CEO of @AMASS.botanics
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About AMASS Botanics, Digital Brands Group (DBG), DSTLD: DSTLD is a direct-to-consumer premium denim brand.
Bradley Deyo
Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & COO of Mars Reel
Bradley Deyo is a Co-founder and COO at Mars Reel.
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About Mars Reel: Mars Reel is a content and consumer products company focused on high school sports and youth culture.
Susan Feldman
Founder of In The Groove
Susan Feldman is the founder of In The Groove(www.getinthegroove.com), a new life-style destination for age-defying women. In The Groove is a community that celebrates and engages these women as the evolving and relevant women they are. Founded with a sense of humor, community, and self-awareness, In The Groove is on a mission to free women from rules, age limits, and expectations. Prior to In The Groove, Susan was the co-founder and visionary behind One Kings Lane, the go-to destination for home decor. One Kings Lane launched in March 2009 and an industry was disrupted. Today One Kings Lane is a daily source of shopping and design inspiration for millions of people both online and offline One Kings Lane was sold to Bed, Bath & Beyond (Nasdaq: BBBY) in June 2016. Susan remains a strategic advisor to the company. Susan has been featured in national publications including Elle Décor, House Beautiful, INStyle, New York Magazine, BusinessWeek, and The New York Times. She has appeared on Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorators and NBC’s The Today Show. Susan was named to Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment” list twice in the past six years. Prior to co-founding One Kings Lane, Susan held executive positions in the apparel industry—at Ralph Lauren Swimwear, Polo Jeans, Warnaco/Authentic Fitness Corp., and Liz Claiborne. Susan has an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and a BA from Stanford University. Since 2013 Susan has served on the Parson Board of Govenors.
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About Authentic Fitness Corp., In The Groove, Liz Claiborne, One Kings Lane, Ralph Lauren Corporation: content/ commerce
Jonathan Ellman
Co-Founder & President / CBO of Flip Fit
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About Flip Fit: Flip is a social shopping app that connects customers to beauty products through video reviews.
Nathan Kondamuri
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Pair Eyewear
Nathan Kondamuri currently works as the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Pair Eyewear.
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About Pair Eyewear: Pair Eyewear is an eyewear brand designed and made specifically for children.
Lauren Caris Cohan
Co-Founder and Creative Advisor of CUUP
Lauren Caris Cohan is the Co-Founder and Creative Advisor at CUUP.
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About CUUP: CUUP is a direct to consumer startup focused on providing the essential bra for women.
Daria Shapovalova
Co-Founder of DRESSX
Daria Shapovalova is a DressX co-founder with 15+ years of experience in fashion. Called ‘Kiev Fashion’s Queen Bee’ by Vogue UK, Daria is famous for putting Ukraine on the world’s fashion map, establishing Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days and Paris-based showroom More Dash. Shapovalova merged her work with education and technology industries by founding Kiev Fashion Institute and international tech-conference Fashion Tech Summit, spearheading discussions on bridging fashion with technology. As the next career spin, Daria moved to San Francisco, got an MBA, and undertook her internship at Walmart. Daria is featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe and BOF 500 Most Influential People lists.
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About DRESSX: DRESSX is a fashion startup that offers digital-only collections from brands and 3D designers.
Natalia Modenova
Co-Founder of DRESSX
Natalia Modenova is a DressX co-founder with 10+ years of experience in the fashion industry. Natalia’s main activities include founding the international tech-conference Fashion Tech Summit and Paris-based showroom More Dash alongside Daria Shapovalova, initiating and curating showcases for promotion and sales of the designers’ collections internationally. In 2019 More Dash expanded to the US with Fashion Experience Pop-Up Stores in Los Angeles, which led Natalia and Daria to founding their first tech company DressX in 2020. Natalia dedicates a lot of her time to educational work, previously curating a Fashion Business course at Kiev Fashion Institute, and later becoming a speaker at Google Women Digital Academy.
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About DRESSX: DRESSX is a fashion startup that offers digital-only collections from brands and 3D designers.
Purva Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO of Lily AI
Purva Gupta currently serves as Co-founder and CEO at Lily AI.
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About Lily AI, Tory Burch Foundation: Lily AI is the customer intent platform built to power the present and future of ecommerce.
Sowmiya Chocka Narayanan
Co Founder and CTO of Lily AI
Sowmiya Chocka Narayanan currently serves Lily AI as co-founder and CTO. Prior to joining Lily AI, Narayanan was a software engineer designer for Texas Instruments, Informatica, and Yahoo!, and mobile apps Pocket Games and Gem Box.
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About Lily AI: Lily AI is the customer intent platform built to power the present and future of ecommerce.
Gabrielle Chou
CEO & Co-Founder of Allure Systems
Gabrielle Chou is founder & CEO at Allure Systems.
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About Allure Systems, New York University Shanghai: Allure Systems uses AI to produce apparel images for eCommerce.
Jerry Hum
CEO & Co-Founder of Touch of Modern
Jerry Hum is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Touch of Modern, the curated, online shopping destination for men to discover unexpected products, fashion brands and accessories to elevate their lifestyle.Jerry and his three co-founders started the company in 2012 as a place to showcase one-of-a-kind, in-season products from well-known brands and up-and-coming designers that men can’t easily find in mainstream retailers or at better prices. Today, the site is one of the most popular men’s lifestyle destinations, with more than seven million registered customers and $100 million in annual run rate. Jerry plays a key role in determining which products, brands and designers are featured on Touch of Modern. Trained in architecture and with a strong background in design, Jerry applies a systematic approach to curation, evaluating each proposed item against a strict set of criteria to meet customer demand and brand standards. Jerry is also a self-taught coder and when Touch of Modern launched, he handled all the front-end design and development. Prior to starting Touch of Modern, Jerry was an architect with Swanke Hayden Connell Architecture. He received his architectural degree at Cornell University, where he focused on how the use of technology influences space and experience. A native of New York, Jerry now resides in San Francisco, where Touch of Modern is headquartered.
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About Touch of Modern, Touch of Modern: Touch of Modern is a curated, online shopping destination for men to discover unexpected products to elevate their lifestyle.
Steven Ou
Founder & CTO of Touch of Modern
Steven Ou is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Touch of Modern,the curated, online shopping destination for men to discover unexpected products, fashion brands and accessories to elevate their lifestyle. Steven leads the strategic vision and development of the company’s technology, including the website, mobile applications and backend infrastructure. Steven, a self-taught coder and computer scientist, started his first company in high school after moving between Argentina, Guatemala, Taiwan and Spain throughout his childhood. After graduating college, Steven moved to San Francisco to join his three cofounders, and lead the technical development of three ventures, Skyara, Ravn and finally Touch of Modern. For Touch of Modern, Steven streamlined all internal processes and automated almost all business functions by building the necessary software and technology in-house. All of the company’s technology is vertically integrated including the website, mobile apps, CRM, inventory system, calendaring system, payments system and fulfillment system.
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About Touch of Modern: Touch of Modern is a curated, online shopping destination for men to discover unexpected products to elevate their lifestyle.
Mark Lovas
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Trumaker
Mark Lovas serves as Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Chief Executive Officer at Trumaker, Inc.
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About Trumaker: Trumaker is a new kind of men’s apparel brand where every guy gets a client
Preston Rutherford
Founder of Chubbies Shorts
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About Blend, Chubbies Shorts: Chubbies Shorts is an e-commerce company offering radical shorts for men.
Kyle Hency
Co-Founder of Chubbies Shorts
Kyle Hency is the co-founder of Chubbies Shorts. Prior to that, he served as a senior associate at Chubbies ShortsMainsail Partners.
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About Chubbies Shorts: Chubbies Shorts is an e-commerce company offering radical shorts for men.
Rainer Castillo
Founder of Chubbies Shorts
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About Chubbies Shorts: Chubbies Shorts is an e-commerce company offering radical shorts for men.
Shiekh Ellahi
Founder & Owner of Sheikh Shoes
Shiekh Ellahi is the Founder and Owner of Sheikh Shoes since 1991.
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About Sheikh Shoes: Shiekh Shoes began its vision of expansion in 1991.
Kaustubh Varma
Founder of Mandala Scrubs
Founder at Vardama
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About Mandala Scrubs, Vardama: Lotus Scrubs is a scientific and nursing organization that specializes in basic essential designed scrub.
Coral Chung
Founder & CEO of Senreve
Coral Chen Chung is an entrepreneur, former strategy consultant and tech executive. Coral is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of SENREVE, a luxury brand for the millennial professional woman. SENREVE launched in November 2016 to focus on developing beautiful and versatile products that address that “wants” and “needs” of the modern woman. The company has experienced significant growth over the past 3 years and recently closed on a $16.75M Series A investment. Coral has always had a strong passion for luxury retail and consumer brands, which led her to work with the Global COO as well as the CEO of Americas for Prada on marketing, commercialization, distribution related special projects prior to the company’s IPO. Coral started her career at Bain & Company in Hong Kong where she covered the Greater China and South East Asia markets. She advised Fortune 500 companies and global private equity firms on M&A, market entry strategy, and operational improvements. She then moved to Silicon Valley, where she developed a focus on consumer brands, retail and technology. Coral also worked in corporate development at Solazyme (dba TerraVia), and was involved in developing its popular Algenist product, a top performing beauty brand currently sold at Sephora and other luxury cosmetics retailers. Coral was most recently a Principal at Medallia and helped lead the company’s retail vertical. Medallia is a big data analytics and customer experience SaaS company that last summer had a successful IPO valued at ~$4.4B. While at Medallia, she worked with leading luxury and global retail brands like Apple, Nike, Sephora, Tory Burch, and Nordstrom. She is also a supporter of the arts including the San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Opera, the Asian Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Coral is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School; BA in International Studies, BS in Economics magna cum laude. Coral received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She currently lives in the SF Bay Area with her husband and seven-year-old daughter. She was born in China and moved to Southern California as a child when her parents pursued their graduate studies in the US. Coral speaks Mandarin Chinese with native fluency.
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About Senreve: Senreve is a luxury handbag company for the multifaceted modern woman.
Wendy Wen
Co-Founder & COO of Senreve
Wendy Wen is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Senreve.
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About Senreve: Senreve is a luxury handbag company for the multifaceted modern woman.
Moj Mahdara
CEO & Founder of BeautyCon
Moj Mahdara, CEO of Beautycon Media, is an entrepreneur in the entertainment, digital, and emerging technology spaces with a well-honed business development, marketing acumen and sharp insight into consumer behavior. She has been at the helm of three award winning global agencies and has been instrumental in the launch of a multitude of successful consumer brands. Prior to forming the agency, Made With Elastic (MWE), and becoming the CEO of Beautycon Media, Moj served as the CEO of Exopolis, a digital interactive studio. Moj grew the company from four to 100+ employees and developed a client list that included Apple and Microsoft. Under her leadership Exopolis executed the highly acclaimed “U2 Loves Blackberry” campaign and boasted annual gross revenue of more than $30M. After selling Exopolis at peak value, Moj founded MWE, which quickly became one of Los Angeles’ most sought-after teams to execute innovative digital and consumer campaigns. MWE’s global client roster includes/included: Levi’s®, HTC (AOR), Motorola (AOR) Lacoste, BMW, and segued Moj into her current Beautycon Media venture. Beautycon Media is THE global community of content creators, celebrities, fans, and brands that come together to celebrate all things fashion, beauty, style and the passion points of the Gen Z and Millennial lifestyle. The company successfully creates meaningful connections for these communities through an innovative three-pronged business strategy: Beautycon Festivals, Beautycon Box, and a robust editorial and social content offering. The goals of Beautycon Media, under Moj’s leadership, are to: redefine beauty, provide one-of-a-kind opportunities for brands to reach consumers, spotlight the influence of GenZ and challenge the status quo; all while creating a “style” destination for all. Under Moj’s leadership the company has expanded globally, made key executive hires, raised successful Angel investment funding, brought the Beautycon Box to market and partnered with the likes of Bethany Mota, CAA, AOL (Built By Girl), L’OREAL, Hearst Media, Jay Brown, Allen DeBevoise (Third Wave Partners), and more. As an Entrepreneur who is open-minded and always staying ahead of the curve, Moj ensures that the content and experiences that Beautycon Media creates and curates resonates with all diverse communities. Moj has also invested in businesses such as, Hello Giggles, in an effort to support other female entrepreneurs. She was included in both Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire Magazine’s “Top Female” Lists for 2015 and resides in Los Angeles with her partner. You can usually find her online.
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About BeautyCon: BeautyCon Media is a community for content creators, celebrities, fans, and brands to come together for all things beauty and fashion.
Brian Ree
Founder and CEO of DAILYLOOK
Brian Ree, is an entrepreneur who has established a number of consumer online businesses. Brian started his career as an entrepreneur when he launched a business named GoldMine.com, which specialized in selling fine gold jewelry and wedding bands. After gaining experience in online marketing, Brian then launched a network of other online content properties.
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About DAILYLOOK: DAILYLOOK is a premium styling experience that delivers a personalized box of style for women.
Leon Wu
Founder & CEO of Sharpe Suiting
Leon Wu is the CEO and Founder of agender luxury clothing label Sharpe, which creates custom and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories and lifestyle products. Two years ago, inspired by the LGBTQ community, Wu created the trademarked formula AndropometicsTM, which revolutionizes how one measures the body based on an individual’s gender identity and queer style. Using over 4000 measurements from custom clients, Wu developed a new gender-neutral standard of sizing for the Sharpe ready-to-wear line, now available at the online store at www.sharpesuiting.com. Sharpe has become a rising name in Hollywood providing custom clothing for celebrity and entertainment industry clients. Sharpe suits have been photographed on the red carpet at Cannes, Oscars, and Emmy’s, worn in Top 40 music videos, and featured in numerous publications including The Huffington Post, Fashionista, The Advocate, Frontiers Media, Curve, Dapper Q, Qwear, and Buzzfeed. Wu was selected as fashion design judge on RACKED.com “Young Guns” 2015 for up-and-coming designers. As an entrepreneur, Wu has been featured on AT&T Business Circle, Wall Street Journal, Canvas8, Workaholic and Native Society. Wu holds a B.A. in Economics at UCLA and an M.B.A. at New York University Stern School of Business with an emphasis on Marketing, Change Leadership and Luxury & Retail focus.
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About Sharpe Suiting: Custom-constructed and Ready to Wear suits with an intellectual approach, a classic feel, and a modern twist.
Manish Chandra
Founder & CEO of Poshmark
Manish Chandra is the founder and CEO of Poshmark, the largest social marketplace for fashion where millions of people come to buy, sell and share their personal style. Manish has always been passionate about building communities and founded the first social shopping company, Kaboodle, which was acquired by Hearst Corporation in 2007. With Poshmark, Manish has applied his understanding of technology to change the way women think about shopping, building a passionate community based around people’s love for fashion and each other. Manish received a BTech from IIT Kanpur, MS from UT Austin, and an MBA from Haas School of Business.
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About Poshmark: Poshmark is a social marketplace for fashion where anyone can buy, sell, and share their style with others.
Tracy Sun
Co-Founder, SVP New Markets of Poshmark
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About Poshmark: Poshmark is a social marketplace for fashion where anyone can buy, sell, and share their style with others.
Elliott Darvish
Co-Founder, COO & CFO of Switch
Co-Founder and Co-Ceo of Switch
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About Switch: Unlimited access to luxury, designer jewelry.
Adriel Darvish
Co-Founder & CEO of Switch
Co-Founder and CEO at Switch.
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About Switch: Unlimited access to luxury, designer jewelry.
Anupam Tulsyan
Founder and CEO of Peachmode
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About Peachmode: High Quality Ethnic Wear at Affordable Price
Caroline Beckman
Founder and CEO of Nouri Life
Caroline Beckman is a Co-Founder & CEO at Nomva.
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About Nomva, Nouri Life, Suja Life: Nouri is for men and women around the world who believe in increasing their mental and physical health.
Mark Dempster
Partner, Founder & Chief People Officer of Founders Circle Capital
Before becoming a Partner at Founders Circle Capital, Mark Dempster was the Marketing Partner at [Sequoia Capital](/financial-organization/sequoia-capital). Mark’s role is to provide portfolio companies with an an “entrepreneur start-up kit” in marketing, sales and services. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2000, Mark led the brand strategy practice for CKS Partners. Previously, Mark was a Brand Strategist for Landor Associates. Mark received a BS in Economics and Communications from UC Davis. (Source: [Sequoia Capital](http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/mark-dempster/))
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About Founders Circle Capital: Founders Circle Capital is a growth-stage investment firm that focuses on investing in people.
Fred Helou
Founder & CEO of Vagaro
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About Vagaro: Vagaro is an online platform that allows its users to find salons and spas in their local area and make appointments online.
Meaghan Rose
Founder & CEO of Rocksbox
Meaghan started Rocksbox by lending pieces from her own personal jewelry collection, and quickly saw a need amongst women to simplify the jewelry shopping process. Before Rocksbox, Meaghan was a consultant with McKinsey & Co, and Bain & Co, leading product innovation and social media strategy for some of the largest consumer and retail brands around the world. Meaghan holds a BS in Economics from George Mason, an MS in Economics from Johns Hopkins, and an MBA from the Wharton School.
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About Rocksbox: Rocksbox is a jewelry membership service transforming the way women discover and buy jewelry.
Dhananja Jayalath
Founder of Athos
University of Waterloo graduate Dhananja (DJ) Jayalath honed his technical breadth from mechanical to electrical to software engineering as he finished his Electrical Engineering degree. After graduating in 2012 and turning down a lucrative position at Apple, DJ started work on a crazy idea he was already working on – that crazy idea is now called Athos! Like many tech pioneers of his generation, DJ started the development of Athos between classes. Because he couldn’t afford a pricey trainer and was frustrated with the hassle of current training technology, he sought to create a product that could quickly answer his all of his training questions. What began as a passion for making smarter better connected prosthetics turned into a revolutionary wearable EMG fitness technology. The research DJ collected for prosthetics innovations paired with his sewing and engineering skills crossed over perfectly as he sought to seamlessly integrate bulky EMG models, previously limited to Olympian and professional athletes, into affordable, weightless training apparel. DJ reengineered lab sized technology and condensed it to the size of a credit card and literally built it into interchangeable garments. Since co-founding Athos in the summer of 2012, DJ has been working on developing the product and driving the vision for a healthier lifestyle through technology.
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About Athos: The Athos mission is to help athletes train more effectively and reach their performance goals faster.
Chris Wiebe
CTO & Co-Founder of Athos
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About Athos: The Athos mission is to help athletes train more effectively and reach their performance goals faster.
Troy Lee
Founder and CEO of Troy Lee Designs Inc.
Troy Lee took the art of painting custom racing helmets and turned it into Troy Lee Designs (TLD), one of the world’s leading motorsports visual design, apparel and riding gear companies. Troy and his team of artists create the helmet designs worn by a Who’s Who of racing stars including: Jeremy McGrath, Jeff Ward, Juan Pablo Montoya, Al Unser Jr., Danica Patrick, and Scott Dixon. Besides helmets and race team graphics, Troy has also designed SEMA concept cars for Land Rover, Nissan, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda, and a custom supermoto bike for Honda. A long-time motocrosser and recent supermoto racer, Troy also serves as a race team owner, event promoter, and video producer.
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About Troy Lee Designs Inc.: Troy Lee Designs Inc is a maker of motorcycles, bicycles and apparels for the motorbike industry.
Ram Siddarth Radhakrishnan
Founder & CEO of SILQ
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About SILQ: Delivering in-line intelligence online.
Parker Burr
Founder and CEO of Feat Clothing
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About Feat Clothing: The most comfortable [athleisure] clothing in the world.
Taylor Offer
Co-Founder of Feat Clothing
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About Feat Clothing: The most comfortable [athleisure] clothing in the world.
Patrick Herning
CEO & Founder of 11 Honore
Patrick Herning is a leading executive in brand marketing and influencer engagement, and co-founder and CEO of 11 Honoré, the first size-inclusive shopping site to offer women luxury fashion straight from the runway. His impressive background spans from business development during the initial tech boom of Silicon Valley to fashion, lifestyle and philanthropic clients, projects and major marketing initiatives throughout the country. Patrick was one of the first 50 employees at Cybersource in Silicon Valley responsible for business development for their partner channels. After the company he helped build and grow IPO’d, he held two other business development positions at leading technology companies in Silicon Valley, ultimately culminating in VeriSign’s Payment Services division acquisition to PayPal. From there he relocated to Los Angeles where he formed Fathom Event Strategy, a marketing and communications agency, which was eventually acquired by global communications agency HL Group. After leading business development efforts on the West Coast at HL Group for 5 years, Patrick combined his vast experience, talent for business development and extensive client and influencer relationships to form PMH partners, before teaming up with co-founder Kathryn Retzer to start 11 Honoré.
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About 11 Honore, Thirteen lune: 11Honoré a size-inclusive shopping site that for the first time ever, gives more women the option to experience the best designer clothing
Kathryn Retzer
Founder of 11 Honore
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About 11 Honore: 11Honoré a size-inclusive shopping site that for the first time ever, gives more women the option to experience the best designer clothing
Lona Alia
Founder & CEO of Style Lend
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About Style Lend: Style Lend (formerly Stylend) is a fashion rental marketplace.
Frasier Lipton
Founder of Frasier Sterling
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About Frasier Sterling: Frasier Sterling is a celeb-loved jewelry, accessories, and fashion brand that offers affordable accessories and jewelry for women.
Thatcher Spring
Founder & CEO of GearLaunch
Thatcher Spring is the CEO & Founder of GearLaunch, which offers a sophisticated platform for E2E commerce, a rapidly emerging category that focuses on the full e-commerce value chain. Thatcher’s experience with merchandising and supply chains began when he founded a nationally distributed wholesale apparel company shortly after graduating Georgetown University. Thatcher then went on to receive his MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler and briefly worked at J.P. Morgan and Mars before his entrepreneurial drive led him to founding GearLaunch. Outside of work, Thatcher is an avid sailor, and helped lead the Georgetown University sailing team to a national championship. He also serves as a Director of the Cape Eleuthera Foundation, Class Ambassador for Georgetown University, and an Associate for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation.
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About GearLaunch: GearLaunch offers a sophisticated platform for E2E commerce, a rapidly emerging category that focuses on the full e-commerce value chain.
Isabella Sun
Founder and CEO of Short Story
Isabella Sun is the Founder and CEO of Short Story.
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About Short Story: Short Story is the first online retailer and top rated personal styling service focused exclusively on petite women’s sizing.
Dave Goldberg
COO and Founder of Short Story
Dave Goldberg is the COO and Founder of Short Story.
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About Short Story: Short Story is the first online retailer and top rated personal styling service focused exclusively on petite women’s sizing.
Samuel Hoffstaetter
Co-Founder and CTO of Short Story
Samuel Hoffstaetter is the Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Short Story.
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About Short Story: Short Story is the first online retailer and top rated personal styling service focused exclusively on petite women’s sizing.
Bobby Farahi
CEO & Founder of Dolls Kill
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About Dolls Kill: Dollskill is a website showcasing various fashion designs of women’s clothing.
Joseph Heller
CEO and Founder of The/Studio
Joseph Heller is the CEO and founder of The/Studio.
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About The/Studio: The/Studio is an on-demand product creation and manufacturing platform for businesses to easily bring products to market.
Samuel Jurist
Co-Founder & CEO of SHO Products
Samuel Jurist is the CEO of SHO Products, an international ancillary product distributor for the cannabis industry housing the brands Rosin Tech Products, Dab Nation and Masterminded Distribution.
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About SHO Products: SHO Products is the leading equipment and technology provider in the world for solventless agricultural equipment
Jared Berry
Founder of Carlsbad Naturals
As a pioneer in the CBD industry in the United States, Jared Berry has forged trails in multiple territories, establishing businesses and technologies that have set standards in the cannabis marketplace. He singlehandedly identified CBD as a viable ingredient for multiple supplements and delivery systems and as an international commodity. As such, his early efforts laid the groundwork for entities like Medical Marijuana, Inc. (Hemp Meds), Cannavest (now CV Sciences), and other CBD companies. His innovative vision set the industry in motion and continues to move it forward as the multi-billion dollar movement into which it has evolved. He founded BPSG/BioSynthesis Pharma Group and went on to found Isodiol, the industry’s most innovative hemp cannabinoid product developer and manufacturer.
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About Carlsbad Naturals: Carlsbad Naturals brings cutting edge science to deliver nutrients and hydration in an effective way
Michael Natenshon
Founder of Marinelayer
Michael Natenshon is the Founder at Marinelayer.
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About Marinelayer: Mike Natenshon started making custom shirts because we couldn’t find any that fit and felt like the old staples in his rotation.
Debra Cannon
Co-Founder of Lulus
Debra Cannon has mixed business savvy with a passion for family and place. Cannon came to Chico State from Oakland as a freshman in 1968. Detours into the counterculture, marriage, and motherhood resulted in a nonlinear degree but a very rewarding student life peppered with the local color of the Chico community. She graduated at the top of her class in 1977 with a bachelor’s in American studies and went on to the University of Oregon School of Library Science. She held library positions with Chico State’s Meriam Library, Butte County, and Chico Unified School District. In 1996, Cannon and her daughter, Colleen Winter, founded LuLu’s Fashion Lounge, a boutique in downtown Chico that blossomed into a retail destination, along with GiGi Shoe Parlour. The duo launched LuLus.com in 2005, and now this successful enterprise occupies a 20,000-square-foot warehouse and employs 115 Chicoans. Cannon recently endowed a scholarship through the Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business. She is the 2014 College of Business Distinguished Alumna and is among eight to be honored at the Distinguished Alumni Dinner April 11.
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About Lulus: Lulu’s fashion lounge is an online store for women’s dresses,shoes, accessories, and clothing.
Dylan Pyle
Co-Founder, CTO of CALA
Dylan Pyle joined CALA as Co-Founder, CTO in 2016.
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About CALA: CALA is a marketplace that provides retail infrastructure for influencers and fashion brands to design and launch their own fashion brands.
Marc Lickfett
Founder, Managing Director and a non-executive director of King & McGaw.
Marc Lickfett is Founder, Managing Director and a non-executive director at King & McGaw & Knife Aid.
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About King & McGaw., Knife Aid: King & McGaw sells art prints and framed art items online.
Taylor Shupe
Co-Founder | CPO of Stance
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About BooSocki, Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
Aaron Hennings
Co-Founder | VP Creative of Stance
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About Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
Ryan Kingman
Co-Founder | CMO of Stance
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About Igloo, Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
John Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO of Stance
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About Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
Yuliya Raquel
CEO & Co-Founder of Tailornova (powered by Mylinego, Inc) of TAILORNOVA
Yuliya Raquel is a celebrity designer and founder of fashion startups such as the COUTURME and Tailornova.
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About COUTURME, TAILORNOVA: TAILORNOVA is a web-based 3D Fashion Design SaaS, enabling automation of apparel design, development, and on-demand manufacturing.
David Derval
Co-Founder/Co-CEO of Hyperr
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About Hyperr: Hyperr’s plug-in Poll-Builder leverages social sharing to create highly qualified online customers.
Iskra Tsenkova
Co-Founder & CEO of Angel Shave Club
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About Angel Shave Club: First Online Boutique Shave Club for Women!
Melissa Coker
Founder & Creative Director of Wren Studios
Melissa Coker is the founder of Wren, a women’s apparel brand and creative consultancy. A content disruptor with over a decades worth of senior level leadership experience in the apparel and media industries, Coker got her start as an editor at top fashion publications such as Vogue and W magazines. This unique editorial point of view has allowed her to consistently create a definitive, clear and signature narrative that adds value to brands and meaning to customers. The viral marketing campaign, First Kiss, she created for Wren’s Fall 14 collection is the most viewed fashion film of all time and won a Grand Clio for Prestige Film and the Gold Cannes Lion for Internet Film.
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About Wren Studios: Wren Studios functions as a women’s fashion brand and content studio.
Grace Lee
Founder & CEO of Birdy Grey
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About Birdy Grey: Direct-to-consumer bridal startup providing millennial bridal parties with aspirational gowns at affordable prices.
Erik Allen Ford
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Buck Mason
Erik Allen Ford is Buck Mason’s CEO. Buck Mason designs updated, modern American classics.
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About Buck Mason: Buck Mason designs modern American classic clothing.
Sasha Koehn
Co-Founder of Buck Mason
Sasha Koehn is the co-founder of Buck Mason, a men’s clothing brand designing modern American classics.
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About Buck Mason: Buck Mason designs modern American classic clothing.
Patrick Coyne
Co-Founder, Board Member of The Black Tux
Patrick is drawn to classic simplicity, and usually gets around on one of his vintage bicycles. If he can’t comfortably ride with it, he won’t be wearing it. And that includes tuxedos. Patrick’s experience as a groomsman in Andrew’s wedding inspired the idea behind The Black Tux. After graduating from NYU Stern, he relocated to Los Angeles to help launch the business.
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About LiveControl, The Black Tux: The Black Tux is a tuxedo and suit rental service.
Andrew Blackmon
Co-Founder & CEO of The Black Tux
Andrew Blackmon is a Co-Founder & Co-CEO at The Black Tux.
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About The Black Tux: The Black Tux is a tuxedo and suit rental service.
Jesse Genet
Co-Founder and CEO of Lumi
Jesse Genet is the CEO and co-founder of Lumi.com — a modern packaging partner for e-commerce brands.
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About Lumi: Lumi is a packaging supply chain platform for online brands.
Stephan Ango
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer of Lumi
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About Lumi, Slash Packaging: Lumi is a packaging supply chain platform for online brands.
Hillary Kerr
Co-Founder of Who What Wear
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About Clique, Who What Wear: Who What Wear is an online platform for premium and original style and shopping content.
Scott Carter
Founder of KILN
Scott Carter is a venture capitalist at [Sequoia Capital](/financial-organization/sequoia-capital) who works with growth stage financial, healthcare and technology companies. Scott currently sits on the board of [Acton](/organization/acton-pharmaceuticals), [Airstrip Technologies](/organization/airstrip-technologies), Ameritox, [eCardio](/organization/ecardio), IPG and Merlin Securities. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Scott focused on private equity investments in the financial services and technology sectors at Summit Partners. Previously, he was with JPMorgan and its predecessor entities and served in various staff positions in the United States Senate. Scott has a BA in Political Science from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. (Source: [Sequoia Capital](http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/scott-carter/))
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About KILN: KKILN launches a contemporary fashion brand for middle-aged consumers.
Hiral Sanghavi
Co-Founder & CEO of Baubax
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About Baubax, Kellogg School of Management: Built-in Inflatable Neck Pillow that easily hides inside the hood of the jacket.
Aaron Li
Founder & CEO of Jollychic
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About Jollychic: Jollychic is an e-commerce platform that sells clothing and accessories online.
Ramin Ahmari
Founder & CEO of FINESSE
Ramin Ahmari is the founder & CEO of FINESSE. He holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University where he specialized in Artificial Intelligence. Prior to founding FINESSE, Ramin spent time in industry across Morgan Stanley, Two Sigma, BlackRock and Curology and conducted research under Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Sudhof, Gordon Bell Prize winner Ron Dror and ACM Fellow James Landay.
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About FINESSE: FINESSE is a fashion house that leverages AI on big data and community feedback to predict trends and optimize distribution.
Julie Wainwright
Founder & CEO of The RealReal
Julie Wainwright is transforming the luxury resale marketplace and buying habits of luxury shoppers through The RealReal, the premier online luxury consignment site. Julie was an e-commerce pioneer as CEO of Reel.com in 1997 and Pets.com in 1999. In 2014 she was named one of Tech Crunches “40 Over 40” Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and was recognized by The San Francisco Business Times as one of the most admired CEOs of the year. In 2013 she was recognized as a top female entrepreneur by the San Francisco Business Times and received the FashInvest Innovation Award.
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About The RealReal: The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated and consigned luxury goods.
Heather Hasson
Co-Founder and CEO of FIGS
Heather Hasson is the Co-CEO and Co-founder of FIGS, the digitally native, DTC healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand creating technically advanced products for the modern healthcare professional. FIGS has revolutionized the large and fragmented healthcare apparel industry by branding a previously unbranded industry and de-commoditizing a previously commoditized product. Under Heather’s leadership as a multi-disciplined entrepreneur, FIGS has reimagined scrubs, created premium products for healthcare professionals, introduced a convenient and seamless DTC online platform, and built a community around a profession. Heather’s accolades include being named in 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (Goldman Sachs, 2018 & 2019); Endeavor Entrepreneur (Endeavor, 2015); Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young, Los Angeles Region, 2018); Forward under 40 Award (UW-Madison, 2011); Innovation Award (RxArt Foundation, 2019); and Top 100 Female Founders (Inc. Magazine, 2019). Additionally, under Heather’s leadership, FIGS was ranked Number 21 on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing companies in 2018. Heather received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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About FIGS: FIGS is a health care apparel company focusing on the design, technical fabrications, and the comfort of scrubs for healthcare providers.
Trina Spear
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of FIGS
Trina Spear is the co-CEO and co-Founder of FIGS, an apparel company that provides comfortable, durable, functional, and stylish scrubs to medical professionals. Trina worked for the Blackstone Group’s hedge fund group before joining Heather Hasson to found FIGS. She is including the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs at Goldman Sachs’ Builders and Innovators Summit (2018), received the Emerging Entrepreneur award at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for the Greater Los Angeles Region (2018), raised the 4th largest round for a female-founded company (2017) and is part of the 2018 class of Henry Crown Fellows in the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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About FIGS: FIGS is a health care apparel company focusing on the design, technical fabrications, and the comfort of scrubs for healthcare providers.
Joseph Kudla
Founder & CEO of Vuori
Joseph Kudla founded Vuori on January 1, 2014, since which he has been serving as its chief executive officer.
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About Vuori: Vuori offers a collection of apparel brands for men and women.
