LAKMÉ FASHION WEEK ANNOUNCES THE SECOND EDITION OF CIRCULAR CHANGEMAKERS

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LAKMÉ FASHION WEEK ANNOUNCES THE SECOND EDITION OF CIRCULAR CHANGEMAKERS – INITIATIVE FOR CIRCULAR AND SUSTAINABLE FASHION & TEXTILE ENTERPRISES TO GET ACCESS TO INVESTORS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS

~Entry for applications open now~

Circular Design Challenge (CDC), an initiative by R Elan’s ‘Fashion For Earth’, Lakmé Fashion Week and UN Environment– India’s first and largest sustainability award in fashion partnered with Intellecap’s Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) to launch a program ‘Circular Changemakers’ last year.  The initiative invited start-ups to participate and showcased innovations and solutions for a circular economy across the textile and apparel value chain. After a successful first edition, the program is set to return to Lakmé Fashion Week 2020. CAIF is an industry-led platform with the mission to strengthen capabilities and build the ecosystem needed to transition to a circular textile and apparel industry in India

‘Circular Changemakers’ welcomes applications from start-ups across the country, a key criterion is increasing the use of alternative and sustainable inputs and minimizing wastes.

Entries fitting these criteria and looking for investors and strategic partnerships can submit their applications at http://circulardesignchallenge.net/changemakers.php The last date to submit entries is 15th September 2020.

From the pool of applications, up to 6 start-ups will be chosen to participate in a Bootcamp by industry experts. The three-module Bootcamp focuses on providing visibility to change-makers in the sustainable and circular fashion space, exposing them to important aspects of ‘Capital Raising’, ‘Business & Financial Modelling’, and ‘Investor Pitch Development’.

Following the Bootcamp, enterprises will pitch their value proposition and business model to an esteemed panel of investors on Sustainable Fashion Day at the upcoming edition of Lakmé Fashion Week. They will get the opportunity to receive investments and partnerships through their pitch to a group of potential strategic investors from reputed impact investment funds

Darshana Gajare, Lead Sustainable Fashion at IMG Reliance said, “Circular Design Challenge and Circular Changemakers is our commitment to provide a platform for upcoming brands and start-ups working tirelessly towards making fashion and textiles a cleaner business. The first edition of Circular Changemakers brought to the fore promising start-ups across fiber to technology innovations and gave them access to key industry investors and partners. With Sustainability at the forefront, now more than ever, we’re looking forward to the upcoming edition with CAIF.”

Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap said: “As a first of its kind investor readiness program designed to surface innovations in the sustainable fashion space, we were excited by the industry’s response to the first edition of Circular Changemakers. At Intellecap and Circular Apparel Innovation Factory, we recognize the need to build the ecosystem and capabilities through such initiatives and heartened to see the cohort from the first edition gaining access to leading accelerator programs like FFG, Target, etc and becoming attractive investment avenues for the funders and investors in the ecosystem. Circular Changemakers is an example of Intellecap CAIF’s continued commitment to providing such innovators with access to capital, networks, and knowledge all through their journey and we are excited to bring the second edition along with IMG Reliance

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