News and portfolio highlights
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Collaborate to Scale at NRF 2026
New Growth & Ventures hosted a gathering of founders, startups, brands, and investors at the H&M NYC office as a side event during NRF 2026. The session, Collaborate to Scale, explored what collaboration truly looks like in practice – what it takes to scale, how brands can more effectively work with startups, and how to engage with innovation ecosystems in meaningful ways.
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During 2025, we welcomed 4 new companies to our portfolio!
Centra: a SaaS e-commerce platform built for fashion and lifestyle brands.
AltMat: an India based agricultural waste to fiber technology company.
Reverse.Fashion: an AI hardware solution for sorting collected textile waste.
Yaga: a peer-to-peer second hand marketplace. -
Portfolio companies coming together: Centra x eComID
Centra and eComID has partnered up to bring AI Shopping to fashion brands and its customers.
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Nina Briance, Founder & CEO of Cult Mia, was featured in the The Vogue Business 2025 100 Innovators: Entrepreneurs and founders
