DEEP DIVE: 21 VCs, LPs, and corporates investing in sustainable fashion

26 Aug 2026
06:00
Fashion has a mounting sustainability problem. But myriad solutions exist to clean up the industry – from cleaner fibres to secondhand marketplaces.
We’ve analysed over one thousand investments in European textile and fashion startups to find out who is funding them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the fast fashion companies that helped make the industry one of the world's most polluting are now among those bankrolling the startups trying to fix it.
Inside this deep-dive:
→ 21 fashion-focused VCs, family offices, and corporates
→ The LPs behind them
→ People to contact for each firm
We’ve analysed over one thousand investments in European textile and fashion startups to find out who is funding them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the fast fashion companies that helped make the industry one of the world's most polluting are now among those bankrolling the startups trying to fix it.
Inside this deep-dive:
→ 21 fashion-focused VCs, family offices, and corporates
→ The LPs behind them
→ People to contact for each firm