DeFINE Annual Networking Event 2019
Jan 22, 2020 16:45 · 343 words · 2 minute read
the fine projects start from the concept that there is an ongoing digital transformation which is touching the fashion sector very heavily compared to the past this digital transformation is allowing a new system of startups and innovators to propose new ideas starting from their digital culture to disrupt the the field so what we already did there was starting to build up a network and that is collecting and mapping all the actors that are characterizing these possible ecosystems so on one side the SMEs and traditional fashion industries on the other side the startups innovators but also the actors that can enable this ecosystem to really exist and produce value for Europe which are incubators accelerators and very important the finance years that could support this industry to grow and to compete with big international players a mentoring program will provide a specific customized the support to 25 new ideas so we already selected eleven companies so startups that are developing innovative concepts within the fashion tag I’m Florian I’m the CEO of floor studio which is a platform for product development that we make specifically for the fashion industry and our goal is to supersede legacy technologies such as spreadsheets and emails for communication and we’ve been selected for the define mentorship in September and we’re really excited to be part of this and today was the first event we took part in and it’s been really insightful especially Giuliana’s talk helped understand the breadth of information that is needed if you want to attract investment my name is Simon I’m from Sweden where I represent the Swedish incubator where I focus on business development for fashion and textile tech startups a few key learnings with fashion tech entrepreneurs one is that they come from a sustainable or a circular perspective trying to deal with an industry in change but also that they are not used to like attracting investment so they tend to think shortly which is where I help them to think in a longer time span .