Cuyana
Women's premium fashion basics
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- Retail
- Lifestyle
- Sustainability
- Fashion
- eCommerce
- Tenderloin, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To streamline the eCommerce production chain and go direct-to-consumer to offer high-quality, timeless pieces at attainable prices.
7% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Cuyana sells premium sustainable women’s fashion items, predominantly leather and loungewear. Its items are available online or in a number of brick-and-mortar locations in the US, as well as at a travelling showroom.
The company wants to disrupt fast fashion by calling on consumers to buy less, but buy better. It’s a large task to undertake, but Cuyana appears to be making great headway. Already, 40% of its sales are from repeat buyers.
For further growth, the company will be banking on this continued loyalty as well as more visibility in the mainstream. Keeping true to its sustainability focus, it also launched launched a resale programme, where fashion lovers can buy, sell and donate unwanted garments.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2019
$30m
SERIES C
Jun 2013
$1.7m
SEED
$31.7m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Leadership
Karla Gallardo
(Co-Founder & CEO)Was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Also worked in Business Analysis and Strategy at Apple.
Shilpa Shah
(Co-Founder)Formerly Manager of Information Architecture at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, as well as Design Director of Punchcut.