Overview
- Gender
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female
- Investor Type
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Investment Partner,Angel
- Investor Stage
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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
Natalie Massenet has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Jun 8, 2017, when Daily Harvest raised 0.
Jobs
Natalie Massenet has 2 current jobs including
Investor at Daily Harvest
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Board Member at NuORDER
and
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