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They're writing checks, and making room for more women to do the same.

Massenet, a former Tatler journalist and ex-head of the British Fashion Council, set up Net-a-Porter in 2000 after finding it hard to source clothes for a photo shoot. She used loans from friends and family to set up the webpage, which was designed so users could ‘click’ to buy items they liked, and turned it into a £1.45billion retail business. Massenet is estimated to be worth £143million after the business was sold in 2015 to online Italian fashion giant Yoox Group. She now runs her own fund – Imaginary Ventures – which has backed the seamless tights range Heist and Khloe Kardash...

Pharrell Williams and Chanel have partnered to launch Black Ambition, a non-profit initiative for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs.

The luxury maison just announced a two-part mentorship program designed to level the playing field. 

In a statement, Pasternak said the funding will be used to “create and protect the intersection of technology and nutrition”. This is very much a food startup with a tech focus, and its branding plays up to this too, with the website detailing new ‘releases’ of the Nuggs code and offering product ‘support’. “Historically our food system has rejected the use of technology, resulting in a system that is highly inefficient and primitive,” Pasternak adds. The Simulate Nuggs products. Source: supplied. Ohanian also highlighted the team’s commitment to “rapid product iteration a...