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KYMIRA is an e-commerce company specializing in smart garments and textiles designed to enhance athletic performance and overall well-being. The company develops innovative products that utilize compression fabric combined with infrared and sensor technology. These garments harness and recycle the energy generated by athletes, aiming to improve performance, address chronic health issues, reduce injury risks, and enhance sleep quality. Additionally, KYMIRA's products provide valuable data insights for both men and women, enabling sports enthusiasts to optimize their training and recovery processes.

Instant access to rich, actionable data about fashion products to power resale.

CircKit is the AI-driven B2B SaaS platform that empowers fashion & textiles brands to unlock new growth from circular design. Design sustainable products, make smarter material and production choices, measure and track social & environmental indicators, and meet urgent compliance with ease. By harmonising data and enabling collaborative working across teams, CircKit supports brands to reduce costs, increase profit & unlock revenue from circular design and lucrative end-of-life ‘closed loop’ initiatives. CircKit also powers one of the UK's largest sustainable lifestyle marketplaces, as the destination for brands to reach consumers of Fashion and lifestyle products (Beauty, Food & Drink, Home and Wellness)... __________ Veo® is the marketplace for sustainable lifestyle™. Veo took a tech-first approach to build the world's largest and most sustainable online shopping platform. We have solved the scalability problem inherent in large platforms, and created the lifestyle destination for conscious consumers to discover a world of unique, independent, sustainable brands all in one place. We thoroughly assess and vet all our products and brands, we do the research so you don't have to. That's why we've been Ethical Consumer's most ethical retailer for the last 3 consecutive years running and recognised as a global Top 5% Certified B Corporation, with a score of 130.6 and prestigious ‘Best For The World'. We developed our industry-leading assessment matrix which qualifies and approves the full life cycle of products from brands to join the platform. This instils critical consumer trust and assurance for becoming the world's largest, most sustainable lifestyle shopping platform. Our mission is to revolutionise retail, empowering businesses and consumers to embrace circular and regenerative consumption and production (SDG 12). __________ *most sustainable as Ethical Consumer's top-rated 'ethical online retailer' **largest by number of brands & SKUs

Sum Vivas digital humans provide businesses with a novel and inventive method to build immersive and engaging experiences for their customers. It creates interactive, AI-powered artificial individuals, surroundings, apparel, and 3D digital assets for usage in both the physical and digital worlds.

Brarista specializes in AI-driven solutions tailored for online lingerie retailers, focusing on enhancing the customer experience through personalized bra fittings. The company has developed proprietary visual technologies that allow consumers to accurately determine their bra size from the comfort of their homes. By enabling users to take photos of their upper bodies using smartphones, laptops, or tablets, Brarista helps women better understand their bodies and make informed purchasing decisions. This innovative approach not only reduces sizing confusion but also significantly boosts retailers' revenues, with reported increases of up to 30%. Through its offerings, Brarista aims to make bra-fitting more accurate, accessible, and personalized for consumers.

KYMIRA is an e-commerce company specializing in smart garments and textiles designed to enhance athletic performance and overall well-being. The company develops innovative products that utilize compression fabric combined with infrared and sensor technology. These garments harness and recycle the energy generated by athletes, aiming to improve performance, address chronic health issues, reduce injury risks, and enhance sleep quality. Additionally, KYMIRA's products provide valuable data insights for both men and women, enabling sports enthusiasts to optimize their training and recovery processes.

Appella AI is revolutionizing retail e-commerce with hyper-personalized AI personal shoppers. By recreating the in-store shopping experience online, we help brands deliver tailored journeys that boost customer satisfaction, drive conversions, and foster loyalty. Leveraging cutting-edge recommender systems and large language models (LLMs), Appella’s AI provides conversational, intuitive shopping assistance. Beyond recommending products based on preferences and behavior, our solution offers trend insights and personalized marketing, ensuring every interaction reflects the brand’s unique identity. Launching on Shopify, Appella empowers e-commerce retailers to elevate their customer experience and unlock actionable insights to fuel growth.

Bendi operates a data analytics platform that enhances supply chain tracking by providing real-time risk monitoring and traceability. Its software analyzes millions of data points from diverse sources such as news, legal cases, and social media across multiple languages worldwide. By focusing on human rights, environmental, and governance risks, Bendi aims to significantly reduce potential issues within supply chains. The platform serves various sectors, including fashion and textiles, retail, and advanced manufacturing, offering businesses actionable insights that help them save time and effectively audit their global supply chains.

Icaruus specializes in the design and manufacture of apparel for brands, designers, and companies, utilizing local, on-demand manufacturing supply chains. The company focuses on sustainable innovation and apparel recycling, producing a range of clothing products including base layers, mid-layers, t-shirts, and tech wear. Icaruus actively engages in projects aimed at expanding circular manufacturing and enhancing apparel data analytics in the UK. In collaboration with various sustainable fashion partners, the company develops software and hardware solutions that promote more responsible practices in the apparel industry.

Intelistyle Ltd. is a London-based artificial intelligence fashion stylist company founded in 2017. It specializes in providing personalized styling recommendations for fashion retailers, enhancing their digital discovery experiences. Its platform includes features such as "Complete the Look," which generates multiple outfit combinations for selected products, and an AI chatbot that offers personal styling advice. Additionally, it provides alternatives for out-of-stock items and assists in wardrobe management. Intelistyle is utilized by prominent brands, including D&G, MaxMara, and Tommy Hilfiger, to improve customer engagement and sales. The platform's unique fashion-specific personalization capabilities have demonstrated superior performance compared to human stylists, generating a significant revenue uplift for retailers and increasing conversion rates, basket sizes, and repeat purchases.