Second Annual FashInvest Capital Conference - December 7 at F.I.T. in New York City

Oct. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- THE SECOND ANNUAL FASHINVEST CAPITAL CONFERENCE
ON DECEMBER 7 AT FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (F.I.T.)
IN NEW YORK CITY

The ONLY International Capital Conference Focused on Branded Goods, Fashion, Retail and Fashion Tech


NEW YORK, NY October, 2011 – The Second Annual FashInvest Capital Conference will take place on December 7 at the Fashion Institute of Technology
(F.I.T), 227 W. 27th Street, New York City.  

The Second Annual FashInvest Capital Conference is the only place in the world where entrepreneurs within Fashion, Branded Goods, Retail and Fashion Tech can showcase their business and investment opportunity to over 60 national and international capital sources (angel, institutional angel, venture capital and smaller private equity firms).  The FashInvest Capital Conference will feature up to 20 selected, vetted and coached entrepreneurs presenting their company opportunities in an 8 minute format to financiers and operating executives in the audience with the goal of fostering investment and strategic partnering opportunities.  The Conference will also feature Keynote Speakers, panels and networking.    

The Conference gives entrepreneurs who seek growth capital the opportunity to present their business to an audience of investors and industry executives.  Entrepreneurs must submit an application in order to be considered for one presentation slots available on December 7th.  The deadline for applications is October 28th 2011.  Guidelines for qualifications include companies who require investment capital, a follow-on round of financing or a first round of institutional financing within the next 12-18 months; or companies who are interested in meeting with potential key strategic partners and collaborators. The FashInvest team has a proven track record in hosting events like this in other sectors which has resulted in over a Billion dollars invested in participating companies.   Companies will be notified of their selection in mid-November.  There will be a mandatory coaching day in November where FashInvest staff members and other investor and industry mentors will help entrepreneurs prepare for the presentation and conference overall.  For presenting companies that are interested in participating, please go to www.fashinvest.com for the online application.

FashInvest is the first organization to establish a community for branded goods, retail, fashion, and fashion technology that focuses on the financial and business development aspects of emerging growth businesses; a model which has worked well in the technology sectors.  FashInvest has created a vibrant, interactive community, initially through networking events and conferences, where investments, partnerships and acquisitions can be explored, initiated and developed.

“We are seeking to build a variety of presenting companies that vary by types of business, as well as their stage of evolution,” said Karen Griffith Gryga, CEO, FashInvest.  “We want both established companies (with revenues of $2 - 7 million) seeking growth and/or acquisition capital, as well as earlier stage companies seeking early stage capital. We are looking for traditional hard good/soft goods companies, Internet ecommerce and other Internet based opportunities, and other industry related technologies.

FashInvest Capital Conference attendees will include angel investors, institutional angel groups, venture capital and small private equity funds.    Last year we had over 60 investment organizations represented from across the country and several from overseas.  

Over 15 companies participated in last year’s FashInvest Conference and many received initial funding as well as sage advice in their overall branding and relaunch efforts.  An example of a success story is Cult Beauty.co.uk, who received significant funding as a result of the 2010 Capital Conference.  CultBeauty.co.uk, who is the world’s leading online retailer of cult beauty products, received its first round of investment from two founding partners of Net-a-Porter.com.

“This investment was as a direct result of our attendance and presentation at the Capital Conference. FashInvest bridged the gap for us by bringing the investors to us and provided key introductions and meetings. The event was truly a breakthrough moment for us”, said Jessica DeLuca Moore, Managing Director & co-founder of Cult Beauty.

FashInvest was formed by a group of venture capitalists, private equity managers, and branded goods and fashion company executives in order to increase the knowledge base between the investment community and the emerging and growth oriented branded good and fashion entrepreneurs, related industry technology Innovators, financiers, and industry executives gather to network and exchange information. All members work towards the common goal of improving the positioning and pathway for branded goods and fashion entrepreneurs from raising necessary investment capital to the ultimate sale of their enterprise.

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