Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage, pre-seed technology startups in underserved segments of the ecosystem. It invests in a high-volume, capital-efficient portfolio, typically funding rounds of 50,000 to 500,000 and making roughly 75 to 100 investments per year. The firm targets opportunities across the United States and internationally, including Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, prioritizing companies with scalable products and prudent capital use outside major metro hubs. Since its inception, it has built a broad portfolio across many states. It commits to a fast decision process, often delivering a yes or no within two weeks to help founders establish momentum.

Kevin Dick

Managing Partner

John Eng

Principal

Dave Lambert

Founder and Managing Director

David Lambert

Founder and Managing Director

Jeff Pomeranz

Managing Director

Paul Swiencicki

Partner

Past deals in Fashion

Bidstitch

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bidstitch operates an online marketplace specializing in vintage fashion. It offers a curated selection of clothing, accessories, and footwear from various brands and styles.

House of 5th

Pre Seed Round in 2021
House of 5th is a Black-owned, woman-led brand based in Atlanta that specializes in supplying blank garments. The company is dedicated to amplifying the work of marginalized communities by producing and retailing premium basics tailored to individual preferences. House of 5th enables customers to order garments in customized sizes, ensuring a diverse range of options that cater to various community needs.

Smoove Creations

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Smoove Creations operates a shoe restoration and design company that blends customization with apparel. It offers personalized shoe designs for individuals, as well as tailored designs for businesses and events, and provides deep cleaning to restore sneakers by removing scuffs, stains, and dirt. The company aims to help customers express personal style and corporate branding through designer footwear.

TracksRacks

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TracksRacks is a software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in sample management for retail businesses, particularly in the fashion sector. The company has developed an innovative platform that streamlines sample trafficking through the use of product tagging and QR codes. This all-in-one web-based management solution allows fashion companies to efficiently manage their samples from check-ins to returns, significantly enhancing operational efficiency. By integrating client databases into the management process, TracksRacks enables its clients to increase profitability and reduce sample loss, providing a comprehensive tool that addresses the unique challenges faced by the retail industry.

Dora Maar

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dora Maar is an online retailer specializing in designer apparel and accessories for women. The company operates an e-commerce platform that focuses on pre-owned luxury fashion, allowing consumers to explore a curated selection of items sourced from the closets of influential tastemakers and consignors. Customers can shop for a variety of products, including dresses, tops, jackets, skirts, jumpsuits, bags, shoes, and accessories. By connecting consumers with a network of women inspired by personal style and intentional fashion choices, Dora Maar facilitates a unique shopping experience that emphasizes sustainability and individuality in fashion.

Calico

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Calico is a women's fashion retailer based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, established in 2005. The company specializes in offering on-trend clothing, shoes, and accessories from various popular brands, including BB Dakota, Free People, and Jeffrey Campbell. Calico is known for its vibrant shopping experience, featuring friendly in-store stylists and a weekly rotation of new arrivals. In addition to its physical store, Calico operates an online shop that was relaunched in 2014 with a mobile-responsive design and enhanced navigation, allowing customers to shop conveniently at any time. The company emphasizes its commitment to the local community and takes pride in its coastal location, which is near Boston and Cape Cod. All product photography is styled and shot in-house, ensuring a unique presentation of their offerings. Calico remains a go-to destination for distinctive women's fashion in the Southcoast region.

Elena Velez

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in New York in 2018 by Elena Velez, this company is renowned for its unique fusion of metalsmithing and high fashion. It specializes in designing and manufacturing women's clothing that blends traditional craftsmanship with artisanal heritage, offering customers authentic pieces at affordable prices.

The Main Tab

Convertible Note in 2020
The Main Tab is a curated wholesale platform founded in 2018 that connects luxury brands with independent boutiques. It simplifies the wholesale process by providing a centralized website where retailers can browse a diverse selection of products, including home and dining items, lifestyle goods, beauty and wellness products, fragrances, and accessories. By facilitating a systematized marketplace, The Main Tab allows brands to reach a wider audience while enabling retailers to conveniently discover and place orders for high-quality merchandise from coveted brands and boutiques.

Culturebase

Seed Round in 2018
Culturebase is an intercultural app that facilitates the creation, curation, and experience of unique local events and products. By leveraging an AI-powered mobile hub, the company aims to promote authentic local culture and drive demand for lesser-known goods and experiences. Culturebase recognizes the intrinsic value of culture, viewing it as a form of currency that fosters connections among individuals. The platform supports creators by helping them expand their audience and generate income through artistic expressions such as art, fashion, music, jewelry, and food. Ultimately, Culturebase serves as a vital network for those involved in the production of cultural offerings, enhancing community engagement and economic opportunities within local environments.

Last Bottle Clothing

Seed Round in 2018
Last Bottle Clothing is dedicated to addressing plastic pollution and transforming the apparel industry through sustainable practices. The company manufactures clothing exclusively from recycled plastic bottles, utilizing a closed-loop process that ensures the garments can also be recycled. Their products, which include super soft and durable t-shirts, require significantly less freshwater than traditional organic cotton and avoid the use of harmful pesticides and defoliants. By producing all garments in the southeastern United States, Last Bottle Clothing significantly reduces the carbon footprint associated with transportation, contrasting sharply with the typical apparel supply chain. The company's mission emphasizes creating comfortable, lightweight clothing while promoting environmental responsibility for future generations.

The Clear Cut

Convertible Note in 2018
The Clear Cut is a New York-based company that specializes in creating and selling customized diamond engagement rings. It offers a unique concierge service that allows consumers to design their own rings through personalized curation and expert guidance. By focusing on one-to-one personalization, The Clear Cut aims to enhance the diamond shopping experience, addressing the traditional challenges in the industry. The company has cultivated a strong community, engaging over 75,000 followers on social media, and facilitating purchases through various channels including Instagram, email, texting, and in-person appointments. The Clear Cut is committed to empowering a new generation of consumers by providing access to hand-crafted, custom-designed rings that are modeled after celebrity styles, all while ensuring affordability.

Air Tailor

Convertible Note in 2017
Air Tailor is an on-demand clothing alteration and repair platform that serves both retailers and consumers. The company operates a nationwide network of skilled tailor shops, allowing retailers to utilize a streamlined logistics and order management system. Consumers benefit from a convenient and affordable service that delivers alterations directly to their door. By providing a curated mobile application, Air Tailor enables users to specify their alteration needs easily and includes a welcome kit with mailing instructions for seamless service. This innovative approach has garnered recognition, with Esquire Magazine highlighting Air Tailor as a transformative service in the clothing alteration industry.

Savitude

Convertible Note in 2017
Savitude, Inc. is a technology company that specialized in developing AI-driven solutions for the fashion industry. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, Savitude created a cloud-based platform, AI Curator, which utilized machine learning to personalize the discovery of outfits and accessories. The company's aim was to assist sustainably-minded fashion brands and retailers in minimizing shopper returns and enhancing business economics through best fit and assortment optimization. By employing a data-centric approach, Savitude focused on collecting predictive consumer data to help retailers align clothing assortments with consumer preferences. This technology included two issued U.S. patents that reflected its innovative contributions to the field. However, the company has ceased its business activities.

Findmeashoe

Convertible Note in 2017
Findmeashoe is a footwear recommendation portal that enhances the shopping experience for footwear consumers. The company utilizes a proprietary algorithm to help users quickly identify the right fitting shoes. Consumers begin by creating a digital foot profile, which serves as a one-time setup. Once registered, they can access a fitting service on the Findmeashoe website and through partnering retailers, enabling them to try on various footwear models virtually. The application also incorporates advanced image processing and 3D scanning technology, allowing users to receive personalized fit, health, and style recommendations tailored to their specific needs. This innovative approach aims to streamline the footwear shopping process, making it more efficient and user-friendly.

Thread Genius

Convertible Note in 2017
Thread Genius, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating a visual search and recommendation platform tailored for the fashion industry. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company utilizes advanced algorithms and computer vision technology to identify objects and recommend similar items, enhancing the shopping experience for users. Its visual search engine serves lifestyle brands by analyzing consumer behavior on social media and other platforms, facilitating targeted customer discovery. This approach helps retailers and brands effectively reach the right audiences, thereby improving marketing efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing returns on investment. As of January 2018, Thread Genius operates as a subsidiary of Sotheby's.

Big Data for Humans

Convertible Note in 2016
Big Data for Humans Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing a customer marketing platform tailored for supermarkets, fashion and luxury retailers, and airlines. Established in 2014, the company has created the world’s first automated customer insights engine, which leverages network analysis to provide actionable insights for business leaders, marketing teams, and data scientists. Its platform enables organizations to conduct personalized marketing campaigns, manage data more effectively, and optimize trading strategies across various channels. By democratizing customer insights, Big Data for Humans empowers businesses to better understand their customers and enhance revenue generation through targeted communication and tailored marketing efforts.

Spruce

Seed Round in 2016
Spruce Inc. is a style consultancy based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in providing personalized style consulting and barber services for men. Established in 2014, the company aims to empower men to look and feel their best through a range of offerings, which include barber services, contemporary clothing, and accessories. Spruce also features an in-house barbershop and clothier, creating an environment that emphasizes education and a low-judgment atmosphere. In addition to its in-person services, Spruce operates an online store that sells a variety of products, including footwear, grooming items, outerwear, and stationery, catering to the diverse needs of its clients.

In/spree

Convertible Note in 2015
In/ Spree is an influencer management platform. They allow brands to discover and make connections with influencers for their campaigns. The influencers get a chance to work with brands and get paid. Their network has influencers in travel, food, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and others.

Jewelbots

Convertible Note in 2015
Jewelbots designs programmable jewelry that encourages teenage girls to explore engineering and coding. Their products allow users to customize alerts and communicate via lights and vibrations, fostering unique self-expression while promoting STEM education.

Borrowing Magnolia

Convertible Note in 2015
Founded in 2014, Borrowing Magnolia is a tech-driven platform that enables brides-to-be to purchase or rent designer wedding dresses. It facilitates the resale or rental of pre-owned gowns and partners with boutiques for unsold inventory, promoting sustainability and affordability in bridal fashion.

StyleSage

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2013, StyleSage operates an online platform that leverages AI and machine learning to provide competitive intelligence for fashion retailers and brands. Its platform monitors pricing, social signals, trends, and competitor activities, enabling users to optimize product mix, pricing strategies, and marketing efforts.

Unmade

Convertible Note in 2014
Unmade is a London-based company established in 2013, specializing in on-demand knitwear production. It designs and sells men's and women's knitwear, scarves, and jumpers through its London store and online platforms, both domestically and internationally. Unmade's innovative business model involves controlling industrial knitting machines to create unique garments each time, akin to 3D printing for clothing using high-quality, natural fibers. This technology allows customers to customize designs, remix artwork from prominent artists, and preview their creations on virtual models before production. Unmade's patent-pending technologies enable cost-effective, one-off production, challenging traditional mass production methods. The company aims to create a platform and marketplace for brands and designers to offer custom clothing, taking mass custom production of knitwear to an industrial scale.

Garmentory

Seed Round in 2014
Garmentory Inc. is an online retail platform that specializes in designer fashion for both men and women. Incorporated in 2014 and based in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers a diverse range of apparel, including tops, bottoms, dresses, outerwear, swimwear, and lingerie, as well as accessories such as bags, shoes, and jewelry. Garmentory serves as a managed marketplace that connects independent boutiques and emerging designers with a global customer base, allowing these smaller retailers to reach a wider audience without the complexities of digital marketing or e-commerce infrastructure. The platform provides customers access to unique, limited-run items typically found only in physical boutiques, addressing the growing demand for online shopping in the fashion sector. Garmentory ships products across the United States, Canada, and internationally, supporting both shoppers and small businesses in the contemporary fashion market.

Bold Metrics

Convertible Note in 2014
Bold Metrics is a leading fit technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the apparel industry. By providing software solutions that predict accurate body measurements, the company helps apparel brands reduce product returns, improve sales conversions, and promote sustainability. Its platform allows retailers to create custom AI body models for precise size and fit recommendations, which streamlines operations and enhances the customer experience both online and in-store. Bold Metrics' technology not only aids in making better-fitting clothing more accessible to consumers but also generates actionable insights that optimize the supply chain and minimize environmental impact. As a trusted partner for various brands, Bold Metrics plays a crucial role in transforming fit-related challenges into opportunities for improved design practices and operational efficiency.

Sundar

Convertible Note in 2014
Sundar, Inc. operates a curated digital platform aimed at enhancing material discovery and supplier sourcing within the apparel and design industries. Founded in 2013 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company connects creative professionals with quality materials and qualified vendors on a global scale. By providing centralized digital catalogs, sophisticated search capabilities, and data-driven insights, Sundar streamlines the sourcing process for both emerging and established designers, facilitating collaboration with manufacturers, suppliers, and artisans. The platform is designed to address the inefficiencies of the traditional supply chain in the trillion-dollar apparel industry, enabling users to discover and source textiles and raw materials more effectively. Sundar's innovative approach has garnered recognition from industry leaders and has been featured in prominent publications, reflecting its impact on modern design and production practices.

Foodini

Seed Round in 2013
Foodini is an AI-powered platform that provides personalized meal recommendations based on users' dietary preferences, allergies, and cooking styles. It offers weekly meal plans, recipes, and grocery lists via its website, along with a consumer app for in-venue dining experiences across various establishments. Foodini's ingredient-level data engine powers menus tailored to over 150 allergens and diets, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency.

Modabound

Seed Round in 2013
Modabound is a peer-to-peer mobile marketplace designed specifically for college students to buy and sell fashion items within their local communities. By allowing users to browse and shop from each other's closets, it facilitates personal connections for transactions, which can occur either through one-on-one online arrangements or via Moda Pop-Up shops that gather multiple sellers and buyers in a single event. This platform prioritizes accessibility and safety, as transactions are conducted within the college environment. Modabound aims to create a fun and convenient shopping experience, empowering students to refresh their wardrobes sustainably while fostering a sense of community on campus.

Given Goods

Seed Round in 2013
Given Goods Company is the marketplace for beautiful, high-quality products that give back. By curating thousands of products that all make a tangible social impact, from tote bags and jewelry to home décor, Given Goods is redefining the consumer retail experience. Brands both established and emerging are feeling massive upward consumer demand for products that create meaningful social impact. Given Goods is already working with 115 brands and offering over 1,200 products and 4,500 SKUs in order to connect mainstream consumers to high-quality products that give back. Buying social impact products today is the equivalent of buying natural and organic foods 10 years ago—consumers wanted them but they were incredibly difficult to find. Whole Foods changed that. They captured an emerging yet fragmented market to create an enduring movement. Given Goods is driving the next large scale shift in consumer behavior.

CONSTRVCT

Seed Round in 2013
CONSTRVCT is the missing software platform for fashion design. Easy CAD tools for anyone to use, with services to support the design process at all levels. It's creative tools for the digital crafting generation. CONSTRVCT is developed by [Continuum Fashion](/organization/continuum-fashion).

Foodini

Seed Round in 2012
Foodini is an AI-powered platform that provides personalized meal recommendations based on users' dietary preferences, allergies, and cooking styles. It offers weekly meal plans, recipes, and grocery lists via its website, along with a consumer app for in-venue dining experiences across various establishments. Foodini's ingredient-level data engine powers menus tailored to over 150 allergens and diets, enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency.

Fashion Project

Seed Round in 2012
Fashion Project, Inc. is an online platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that facilitates clothing donations and provides a shopping experience for consumers. The company allows members to donate items such as apparel, shoes, handbags, and accessories, while also offering a curated selection of clothing and accessories for purchase. The inventory includes a variety of fashion items, ranging from dresses and jackets to shoes and handbags. A distinctive feature of Fashion Project is its commitment to philanthropy, as a significant portion of proceeds from sales is donated to charitable causes. Founded in 2011 and initially known as Swapfish, Inc., the company rebranded in 2012, positioning itself as a unique blend of fashion and social impact.

Fashioning Change

Seed Round in 2012
Fashioning Change helps online shoppers make eco-friendly purchases without changing their online shopping behavior. Shoppers tell us what name brands they like, and our recommendation engine gives them the stylish, sustainable and ethical alternative of that brand based on style and price point. People can shop our marketplace by name brand, eco brand, personality, occasion, gender, and via our interactive Wear This, Not Thatâ„¢ comparative looks. We make buying green easy.

27 Perry

Seed Round in 2012
27 Perry brings consignment stores online through a curated marketplace.

Shopsy

Convertible Note in 2012
Shopsy is the place to shop for products discovered on Instagram. From big brands to small boutiques, there are tens of thousands of retailers on Instagram. There are also thousands of fashion bloggers on Instagram who promote products from these retailers, but are unable to monetize from doing so. When Instagram users want to purchase a product posted by a retailer or fashion blogger on Instagram, they are forced to the retailer’s web-based application only to encounter a tedious and usually-abandoned search for that product. There is currently no efficient process that lets Instagram users purchase products that they come across on Instagram, resulting in retailers losing out on revenue opportunities. Shopsy is the only platform that lets Instagram users purchase products that they see on Instagram. By building into Instagram’s API, Shopsy will provide the 150+ million Instagram users with a simple product discovery and purchase process. Shopsy lets anyone create content by posting an Instagram photo of a product with a website URL of where the product can be purchased. Shopsy pulls the user’s Instagram social content, including followers, following, likes, and comments. Put simply, Shopsy allows anyone to convert a retailer’s Instagram followers into sales. Shopsy will also offer its users the ability to search for products or shops. Content creators will also be able to share their products to Facebook and Twitter, as well as promote their shops to Instagram.

Sunset Vibes

Sunset vibes is a sustainable, expert luxury swimwear line that invites you to abandon tugging and sucking.Sunset vibes is a high-fashion pattern in creating designs for personalities like Beyoncé.
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