The first cohort of the Styleit Accelerator, headquartered in Italy, recently introduced its initial lineup of ten startups, showcasing a diverse array of ventures striving to revolutionise the fashion industry through technological innovations. The selection process focused on criteria such as solution innovation, team composition, project scalability, and market potential.
The cohort comprises enterprises dedicated to recycling, upcycling, repair services, fashion-as-a-service models, advertising/marketing technology, meta spaces, hyper-personalisation, smart logistics, traceability solutions, innovative production technologies, and digital sourcing/crowdsourcing strategies.
The startups chosen by the accelerator program include:
SpatialPort – a transformative no-code 3D e-commerce platform combining hyper-realism with immersive augmented reality (AR), integrating gamification and educational elements into the shopping experience.
CDC_Studio – a platform aimed at remarketing unsold and unsalable leather and clothing items, transforming them with post-consumer polyethylene sourced from urban areas and certified origins.
Labell-D – a B2B2C blockchain platform leveraging web3 and NFT technologies, facilitating a circular economy.
Brandplane – a creative tech platform and content configurator guiding users through the creative and technical processes of content production.
OuttaWrld – introduces the world’s first app enabling real-time digital fashion visualization, co-creation, and personalisation in AR.
Virtuall – virtual fashion distribution platform streamlining omnichannel customer journeys and enabling the monetisation of virtual or phygital products across immersive Internet realms.
Visidea – a platform that employs AI and deep learning to automatically analyze images, extract valuable insights, and offer personalised recommendations, ensuring scalability without necessitating modifications to software or servers.
Blockvision – facilitates brand transparency by enabling easy supply chain tracing and direct consumer engagement through verified digital product passports.
Phi Collective – an advanced industrial process converting digital designs into jacquard fabric, enabling the creation of uniquely personalised products with utmost precision.
Viamadeinitaly – serves as an online platform simplifying Italian wholesale operations, aiming to expand the market for Italian producers, as currently only 20 per cent export their products, by connecting them with new international buyers.
CDP Venture Capital Sgr announced the launch of Styleit in May this year as an accelerator for start-ups developing new technological solutions dedicated to the fashion market. The programme is part of the CDP National Accelerators Network with a total budget of € 5.64 million. The 3-month acceleration programme will help grow start-ups with training courses, workshops, and masterclasses with mentors and experts in the fashion market to certify the quality of the product offering and business models for the go-to-market.
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