It’s great to be back in California where guacamole is life and recycling is lifestyle. Not much has changed surprisingly except the drought seems old news given strong rains this year.
I’m excited that we got to partake in Y Combinator’s Investor Demo Day, our very first. It was inspirational and full of future Silicon Valley memes. I mean, there was a startup that pitched itself as “Fitbit for dairy cows.” But jokes aside, it’s unbelievable the different challenges that entrepreneurs chose to solve and build something that the market wanted.
Couple of things we noticed is that there were a lot of international companies on Day 1, specifically Africa and India. There were also a lot of female founders that pitched for their startups, which was a wise decision. However the investor community is still 99.9% male, which means there’s no bathroom line for the ladies, silver lining…?
In the end, we felt there were so many great ideas, we had a hard time narrowing which teams we really wanted to follow up. I mean, if you walked away from Demo Day, you’d think every company that pitched was gonna crush the world and go public.
We here at Fashion Mews are proud to announce Ramen Ventures, a small fledging angel fund that’s focused on:
– Consumer Fashion,
– Consumer Marketplaces,
– Manufacturing – IoT, SaaS.
We’d consider ourselves brand/operator investors, so if you think we can help, we’d love to hear from you!
[show_shopthepost_widget id=”2533864″] i’m wearing
Asos dress (sold out, similar here)
faux leather leggings
Revolve coat (sold out, similar here)
The Sunday Mode says:
Perfect photos as per usual and I love that Revolve coat! Investor Demo Day sounds really interesting as well, I’ve never really heard of anything like that before to be honest.
Julia // The Sunday Mode
emily says:
Ok this look is seriously next level girl! Obsessed with every last piece and your impeccable styling!
x Emily
http://shedoes.com.au
Ewa Macherowska says:
Such a cool look!
http://www.evdaily.blogspot.com
Snjezana says:
Ok, this entire look is giving me major feels right now! Love the moto jacket layered over that beautiful slip and that camel coat… I die!!!! That must’ve been such an exciting event and I hope you enjoyed Cali to the fullest! xoxo
Maria | Short Girl Long Jacket says:
I’m really loving all this layering! You look so cool x
Siffat Haider says:
Congrats on your new venture, Melis! I can’t believe you went to the Y Combinator Demo Day, Nish will die when I tell him lol! Loving these pictures, you look badass, as always!
xo
Siffat
http://icingandglitter.com
Yara Mel says:
The first photo took my breath away!
Lovely outfit…delicate and tough 🙂
Best of luck with Ramen Ventures!
http://www.desiringsme.com/spring-outfits-lookbook/
Margaret says:
How cool is that the idea of the fund!
xx Margaret
http://www.maleemaleehong.com