Material Wrld captures the full life circle of clothing shopping by providing consumers a fun and personalized way to buy and sell secondhand designer fashion online. In addition, Material Wrld provides a platform for fashion-focused photo sharing. Users can set up “closets” on the Material Wrld website where they can share photos of their favorite items, brands, and designers. Material Wrld is also creating a mobile app and plans to launch internationally sometime in 2013.
Rie went to NYU, the University of Buenos Aires, and Sophia University and graduated with a BA, International degree. She also received her MBA from Harvard Business School. Before co-founding Material Wrld, Rie worked in Digital Marketing at Coach.
Jie went to University College London and Smith College and graduated in 2005 with a BS, Engineering degree. Jie also received her MBA from Harvard Business School. Before co-founding Material Wrld, Jie working in Digital Marketing at Ralph Lauren and J.Crew.
Co-Founder
Rie Yano
Jie Zheng
Co-Founder
Great Oaks Venture Fund has invested $150,000 in the form of a 5% Promissory Note in Seed funding.
Other Great Oaks accounts have invested an additional $150,000 in Material Wrld.
Material Wrld has raised $780,000 in funding.
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Metrics & Milestones
During its beta, Material Wrld saw over 100,000 visitors, 10,000 of whom registered for accounts. In addition, the beta site ended up with 300 closets (sellers) on board.
Material Wrld has over 43,000+ Facebook Likes
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