(New York, New York – April 24, 2024) — REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund, a NYC-based, early-stage venture fund investing in startups refashioning global supply chains, announced its latest Supply Chain and Industrial Transformation Event set for May 2nd and 3rd.
This year’s theme is Supply Chain & Industrial Transformation: The Next Generation 2024 — bringing together supply chain leaders from around the world to participate in two days of information-packed discussions. The events are sponsored by GS1 US.
The schedule follows —
1) Thursday, May 2, 2024 | JPMC Silicon Valley Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA
Panel discussions include: Lessons Learned in Corporate Innovation; and Supply Chain Logistics Trends between Latin America and North America with speakers from JPMorgan Chase, Wesco Distribution, MTM Logix, Las Americas Industrial Free Zone, and more.
A Showcase will feature 12 presentations by early-stage startups that reflect innovations across Data & AI, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, and Next Generation Supply Chains.
This event is open to supply chain professionals interested in innovation. Click here to register.
2) Friday, May 3, 2024 | The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, San Francisco, CA
This invitation-only event features keynote presentations on: The State of the Textiles & Soft Goods Industry (REFASHIOND OS); Emerging Cyber Threats to Supply Chains & Critical Infrastructure (Nemesis Global); and an exclusive Case Study on Building Circular Supply Chains Between Latin America and North America featuring Ponto Shoes.
There will also be a series of Round-Robin discussions to facilitate meetings with invited startups and corporate executives.
Click here to request an invitation and register.
The Series will coincide with a group visit of 40 delegates from Latin America and Spain who are seeking exposure to new technological innovations that will help them solve their industry problems — in collaboration with REFASHIOND OS, The Silicon Valley Supply Chain Meetup, Xtrategy, and The Free Trade Zones Association of the Americas (AZFA)
Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA and Lisa Morales-Hellebo, Founders and Managing General Partners of REFASHIOND Ventures, are also the Founders of The New York Supply Chain Meetup and The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation, a global and fast-growing grassroots driven community of supply chain technology and industrial transformation enthusiasts.
About REFASHIOND Ventures
REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund is an NYC-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture firm that is being built to invest in startups refashioning global supply chains. Background Information about REFASHIOND Ventures’ inaugural fund, REFASHIOND Seed is available here: https://www.refashiond.com/seed. Potential investors can visit REFASHIOND Seed’s page on AngelList here: https://angel.co/v/back/refashiond-seed.
About The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation
The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation is the collaborative, and mutually supportive coalition of open and multidisciplinary grassroots communities focused on supply chain, innovation, and technology. Founded in August, 2017, The New York Supply Chain Meetup is its founding chapter. The networked-community boasts more than 3000 members in its New York Chapter, and more than 5000 members around the world in 12 chapters.
About REFASHIOND OS
REFASHIOND OS (rOS) is a company that exists to shore up Made in the USA’s competitive advantage via vertical integration, innovation and orchestration of existing U.S. fibers to finished goods manufacturing infrastructure. Founded in 2019 as a reply to inbound requests from brands interested in reshoring, it pivoted to partnering with existing factories during COVID, resulting in development of its own patent-pending Microfactory IP. rOS also collaborates with REFASHIOND portfolio companies seeking adoption in the textiles and soft goods space, having recently been awarded a US Census Bureau grant to deploy Arcstone as a means to facilitate required data reporting from US factories.
