Exploring Fashion Supply Chains and Technology with Stephanie Benedetto, the "Queen of Raw”

This is Part 1 of a 2 part lightning talk series. "Are you naked
right now? You’re not…because you’re using fabric. It’s
everywhere! It’s where it’s supposed to be, covering things like
us, and where it’s not supposed to be.” This was the opening 10
seconds of Stephanie’s award-winning pitch to Ashton Kutcher,
Sean “Diddy” Combs, & Gary Vaynerchuk in 60 seconds at the
WeWork Creator Awards where she scored a grand prize of
$360,000. Queen of Raw then closed a $1.5M priced seed round
led by True Wealth Ventures with minority investor MIT
Solve. You’ll hear it in this episode along with insights on
how to get funding for your tech start up with a winning pitch.


Episode 31 is a 2-part lightning talk series
exploring Stephanie Benedetto’s journey from corporate attorney,
to sustainability tech entrepreneur. Her family has
been in the fashion supply chain business for over 100 years!
Benedetto saw the problem first hand and together they built the
Queen of Raw solution: a B2B platform for businesses to recapture
value from their wasted materials rather than burning them. 


This episode provides: an overview of the fashion supply chain,
its impact on the world we share and why textile production is
the second biggest polluting industry in the world. Did you
know that one tee shirt takes 700 gallons of water to
produce? Bringing $120 billion worth of unused textiles back
to life, the Queen of Raw has already saved over one billion
gallons of water while saving businesses millions of dollars with
supply chain efficiency. Why is an optimized supply chain the
solution for people, for planet, and for profit? You’ll learn why
sustainability and circularity are the answer in the future of
fashion. 


We also explore Stephanie’s journey including her advice to
women-owned technology start-ups! Some of Stephanie’s awards
include: Grand Prize WeWork Creator Awards, Cartier Women’s
Initiative, Laureate MIT Solve Global Challenge Winner, LVMH
Innovation Award, NASA/NIKE/IKEA/DELL Innovator Finalist, Google
Women Who Tech Fashion Group International Rising
Star, thredUP Circular Fashion Fund Recipient


Learn more about Stephanie here
-  http://www.queenofraw.com 


Industry: SaaS Software, Supply Chain, Textiles, Blockchain,
Machine Learning/AI, Marketplace Launched: Q3 2018


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https://www.supplychainrevolution.com/