DEEP DIVE: 21 VCs 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.
In this deep dive, find out:
→ Which retail giant has backed more than 30 startups – and made a $600m promise to one of them
→ The industry's only supply-side venture fund, with more than 80 investments to its name
→ The handful of VCs and catalytic investors dedicated to the sector, and where they're writing cheques
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.
In this deep dive, find out:
→ Which retail giant has backed more than 30 startups – and made a $600m promise to one of them
→ The industry's only supply-side venture fund, with more than 80 investments to its name
→ The handful of VCs and catalytic investors dedicated to the sector, and where they're writing cheques