The New York Fashion Tech Lab is a community-driven, relationship building, collaboration & business development platform. The program was co-founded by the Partnership Fund for New York City, Springboard Enterprises and major fashion retailers to support women-led companies that have developed innovations at the intersection of fashion, retail, and technology.
The New York Fashion Tech Lab is a 12-week program, taking place March-June. Through a competitive process where the Fashion and Retail Partners, Advisors, Springboard Enterprises, and the Lab team members review every submission, we select six to ten women-led companies to enter the program, who receive:
- Mentoring and collaboration from the participating fashion retailers, VC’s and the Lab’s Expert Network.
- Senior access to relevant user groups at the fashion retailers for product feedback and potential deployment of proofs-of-concept.
Each selected company will participate in:
- Meetings with senior business executives, investors, and experienced entrepreneurs.
- Workshops and panel discussions on issues relevant to fashion tech companies, such as data optimization, proofs-of-concept, technology architecture and scalability, privacy, security, and broader industry trends.
At the conclusion of the program, each of the fashion tech companies will present at a Demo Day, where fashion retail executives, investors, and press will be in attendance.