Natalie Massenet

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
female
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Natalie Massenet is co-founder and partner of Imaginary Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology, as well as the non-executive co-chairwoman of Farfetch, a global e-commerce platform for luxury fashion. Massenet is best known for founding the luxury fashion online retailer Net-A-Porter, in 2000. In the year before she stepped down from her role following its merger with YOOX, the Net-A-Porter-Group recorded net revenues of almost $1 billion. Massenet began her career as a journalist and fashion editor, working at WWD and Tatler before setting up Net-A-Porter. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2016 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, both in recognition of her contributions to the U.K. fashion and retail industry. Massenet was chairman of the British Fashion Council between 2013 and 2017.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
2
Natalie Massenet has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 8, 2017, when Daily Harvest raised 0.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Mar 8, 2018 Luther Systems Seed $1.50M Bitcoin Detail
Jun 8, 2017 Daily Harvest Series A E-Commerce Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Natalie Massenet has 2 current jobs including Investor at Daily Harvest , Board Member at NuORDER and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Daily Harvest Investor Detail
NuORDER Board Member Detail