Meet the second cohort of Evo Fashion
founders
The second round of Evo Fashion was targeted towards start-ups and early-stage businesses with science or technology-driven software, hardware or related solutions for fashion and textiles industries, all looking to build their businesses by leading with sustainability.
The 24 successful businesses were selected by a panel of industry experts, and we kicked off the programme with a two-day launchpad event in September.
From September – November, the cohort participated in monthly workshops, peer-to-peer sessions and one-to-one mentoring before rounding off with a showcase.
Check out the aspiring founders and start-ups below.
BLOOMINO
Bloomino provides AI-driven software that automates fashion resale and rental listings from purchase receipts. Our solution generates detailed listings with 16 key fields, including descriptions and photos. As a white-label product, we integrate with existing platforms to accelerate transactions, enhance accuracy, and increase appeal, simplifying engagement in the resale market.
BRITISH PASTURE LEATHER
British Pasture Leather is the first supplier of leather from the hides of cattle raised on regenerative farms in the UK. Our mission is to connect design with ecosystem restoration through the production of leather. We supply designers with material that delivers positive impacts for land, animals, people, and nature.
CIRCKIT
CircKit is the AI-driven B2B SaaS platform that empowers fashion and textiles brands to unlock new growth from circular initiatives. Design sustainable products, make smarter material and production choices, measure and track social and environmental indicators, and meet urgent compliance with ease. By harmonising data and processes across teams, CircKit enables brands to unlock new growth from circular initiatives, reduce costs & increase revenues, and pioneer the advantages of Circular Economy within the fashion industry.
CQ STUDIO
CQ Studio is a regenerative fashion lab conducting the research & development of innovative materials by using regenerative practices including using mushrooms to clean textile-dye wastewater to make our detox bio-embellishment (patent-pending). They use various techniques in their research combining contemporary and traditional craft techniques.
CREANIAL
Creanial is revolutionising fashion with its portable robotic garment manufacturing hub, blending automation, sustainability, and accessibility. By tackling industry challenges, Creanial empowers designers and meets diverse consumer needs. This innovative approach paves the way for a more sustainable, inclusive future in fashion, minimising environmental impact while maximizing creativity and efficiency.
DELLA YELLOW
Della Yellow is like Duolingo, but for sewing. The app teaches users sewing skills like garment repair and upcycling through expert-led, step-by-step tutorials. Our platform uses AI technology to offer personalised learning and 1-2-1 expert support if you’re stuck. The app creates a social, interactive environment by fostering a community where users can share tips, showcase projects, and learn together. Gamification elements such as badges and rewards motivate users to reach their skill development goals.
ELVARDI
Elvardi crafts premium, eco-conscious sneakers that blend timeless design with digital innovation. Designed for modern professionals, our footwear elevates your style and connects you to the craftsmanship behind your shoes and a vibrant community through exclusive experiences enabled by our Digital Product Passport. More than sneakers, Elvardi invites you to own a piece of culture and shape a sustainable future.
ESLANDO
Eslando is a circular fashion tech company on a mission to accelerate textile recycling. Our aim is to create the easiest and most efficient path to recycle textiles. Our Artificial Intelligence(AI) powered software leverages Digital Product Passports (DPP) to sort textile waste for recycling with pinpoint accuracy.
GALORE.CLUB
Galore.club integrates NFC tags and blockchain to create Digital Product Passports for luxury textiles. This technology addresses three key industry challenges: supply chain opacity, limited data retention, and product authenticity. By creating digital twins, Galore.club syncs product data, offering real-time lifecycle visibility to stakeholders, thereby revolutionising luxury retail and manufacturing infrastructure.
GEMELL
Gemell is tackling the needless overproduction of fabric and yarn samples with 3D visualisation technology. Gemell’s offering is unique, generating photorealistic digital twins of yarns and fabrics down to the filament level, using only the data from the yarn recipe and the weave pattern file. No samples. No scanning. No waste.
GENIE
Genie is a search engine and shopping tool for pre-loved fashion. With the pre-loved fashion market expected to grow at 77.8% from 2023-2028 there has been an explosion in inventory and pre-loved shopping destinations. However, each product is unique making it challenging to find what you’re looking for and stay on top of what is available on the market. Genie allows users to set alerts on particular categories or products to source what they are looking for from across the internet.
LAYBL
LAYBL is the first brand-agnostic platform tracking products from sale to end-of-life, reducing waste, cutting emissions, and closing data gaps. We’re unlocking new revenue streams for brands and retailers through circularity and sustainability, helping them build deeper customer loyalty, and stand out as true leaders driving change in the evolving fashion industry.
LOOM
Loom connects you with designers to redesign (upcycle) your unworn and damaged clothes. Simply tell us about an item you no longer wear and we give you ideas on how we could transform it. Or if you have an idea already, we’ll bring your vision to life! Loom launched in 2023. Our D2C app is launching in January and we have also now launched our B2B service to enable brands to redesign dead stock into exclusive collections.
OR COLLECTIVE
or collective is the first design-led rental subscription for babies and children. Working all the cult kids wear brands, or collective curates current, high quality fashion led collections that are available for members to rent, wear and rotate as they need. Our tech-first approach using RFID and specific data points allows us to collate hard find data from a products gate-to-grave life supporting brands to improve circularity and future ESG compliance.
PHYGITALTWIN
Our AI engine provides a seamless, cost-effective gateway to 3D digital product creation, automating and scaling the design of skins and fashion collections. It converts these into production-ready patterns in real time, enabling mass customisation, and sustainable production, revolutionising the fashion industry’s design-to-production process. Designs can effortlessly be transformed into skins for your favorite games or social media profiles, creating opportunities for validation and additional revenue streams.
QMUNITY
Qmunity is an AI-powered platform that enables brands to create personalized customer experiences by integrating and harmonizing customer data. It drives deeper loyalty and engagement by helping businesses build vibrant, data-driven brand communities across industries like fashion, hospitality, and banking.
REDRESS
AI-powered platform that provides personalised outfit recommendations by analyzing trends, styles, and user preferences. It empowers discovery through tailored and dynamic experience, enabling users to access, interact, and act upon bespoke and relevant information. We believe in a new way of shopping.
SEWN DIGITAL
At SEWN DIGITAL we envisage an industry where digital garments and AI imagery are developed alongside physical products. Our innovative approach addresses industry challenges such as waste reduction, carbon reduction, efficiency, and accuracy through cutting-edge fashion tech solutions.
STEPHY FUNG
Stephy Fung is a British Chinese digital fashion artist with Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition. She is a market leader who showcases and speaks globally, and also has collaborated with brands like Dell, Snapchat and Gucci. With 300,000 followers across social media, she aims to build Thr3d Academy—a platform dedicated to empowering and upskilling the next generation of digital fashion artists and help build the future of digital fashion.
TEOZ
TEOZ is a next generation fashion brand that focuses on limited edition, made-on-demand and upcycled garments. We use immersive technology to introduce new ways people can engage with our fashion pieces that go beyond the physical product.
THE FASHION BLUEPRINT
THE FASHION BLUEPRINT (TFB) is a community-focused digital agency promoting sustainability in fashion. It supports underrepresented fashion entrepreneurs and connects freelance fashion upcyclers with retailers to reduce deadstock and combat waste colonialism. TFB’s tech platform aids brands in joining the circular economy and addressing fashion waste issues.
VAIVR
VAIVR transforms online fashion retail with advanced 3D virtual try-on technology. Shoppers create precise 3D avatars from a single photo to try on garments in their exact size. We simulate realistic fabric behaviour and movement, enhancing fit accuracy and customer confidence, leading to reduced returns and better shopping experiences.
ZORI TEX
Zori Tex is a climate tech start-up on a mission to drive circularity in the hugely resource intensive fashion and textiles industry through innovative AI-powered technologies – combining machine vision and custom algorithms to optimise the sorting of used textiles for fibre recycling.
ASTRA
Astra is a pioneering tech startup that integrates Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to redefine traditional in-store retail experiences. Their cutting-edge platform allows customers to preview upcoming fashion collections in VR, providing brands with critical data on consumer preferences and infusing gamification into the physical shopping experience.
Selection Panel
Applicants were selected by a leading panel of industry experts including:
Tom Adeyoola
Technology Entrepreneur
Brooke Roberts-Islam
Founder
TECHSTYLER
Lisa Chatterton
Business Manager
Fashion Innovation Agency
Helen Lax
Director
Fashion District
Charles Armstrong
Founder and CEO
Evo Learning and The Trampery