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Fashion Startups
One startup had to create a 700-name spreadsheet to keep track of all the inbound interest from investors. 
This crowdfunding site is rivaling Kickstarter as a place for entrepreneurs to get a funding boost—and create a built-in fan base. 
IndieGoGo, a crowdfunding tool similar to Kickstarter, has seen some wild campaigns this year. The most interesting projects from 2011 include everything from the humorously political ... 
Online shoppers may be able to try on clothing from the comfort of their own home thanks to a new augmented reality app from Bodymetrics. 
Startup Poshmark provides a mobile app that intends to make it extremely easy for people to buy and sell clothing. 
Good things come to those who wait, a few months at least. Wantworthy, the fashion bookmarking site that graduated from TechStars New York’s second class in October, has raised at least $859,998 towards a $999,999 equity round, according to the company’s Form D filing with the SEC. 
Ryan, the founder and chief executive officer of Gilt Groupe, was also the first inductee into FashInvest’s Hall of Fame. 
The second annual event will bring 25 fashion startups and 75 investors together. 
Thinking about crowd-funding? Here's what you need to know. |
Startup funding is actually more accessible now thanks to social networking and crowdfunding platforms that match amazing new ideas with people who want to be part of the next big thing.
We recently relaunched Fixed Funding highlighting some of its differences with Flexible Funding and how each route to fundraising aligns with the needs for the project. 
Components Of A Good Crowdfunding Campaign 
The surging startup Fab is spending some of the $40 million in funding it just booked. Today Fab announced that it’s acquiring New York based startup Fashion Stake as it looks to expand its focus on its best selling category, clothing. FashionStake’s co-founders Vivian Weng and Daniel Gulati will join Fab, but beyond that terms of the deal were not disclosed. 
Reselling your clothes online or to a thrift store is a great way to clean out your closet and rid yourself of unwanted impulse buys, but Poshmark founder and Chief Executive Officer Manish Chandra wanted to make the process even easier... 
The first class to graduate from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator summer 2011 program nabbed funding from venture shops like First Round Capital, ff Venture Capital, High Peaks Venture Partners, Lerer Ventures, Lightbank and RRE Ventures. Today ERA announced its second class, a group of ten young companies, some of whom Betabeat has met before. (Although Dibsie, an interactive shopping catalog, was a finalist on Betabeat’s first original webseries, The Pitch.) You can meet all the new startups and find their websites below. All the companies get a $25,000 investment, office space in Times Square and access to ERA’s group of more than 200 mentors. 
In a setting reminiscent of a speed-dating bar scene, more than 20 fledgling fashion companies pitched their talent, their drive and their ideas to an audience of potential investors at the Fashion Institute of Technology last week. 
Pretty Connected - FashInvest connects Fashion Innovators with Potential Funding Players 
Last week, Reuters reported that venture capital investing in e-commerce rose from $1.06b in 2010 to $2.39b in 2011. That increase in interest and in dollars spent was evident at last week's annual... |
