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Natalie Massenet

Investor

Partner at Imaginary Venture Capital

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Natalie Massenet leverages her fashion-journalism background and experience founding Net-a-Porter to coach digitally native consumer founders on building tight communities and using storytelling to scale.

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Invests in

AgTechConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechRetail Tech

Experience

  1. ImaginaryCo-Founder & Partner Imaginary Venturescurrent2017 — present
  2. FARFETCHCo Chairman, FARFETCH2017 — 2020
  3. British Fashion CouncilChairperson, BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL2011 — 2016
  4. NET-A-PORTERFounder & Executive Chairman, NET-A-PORTER GROUP1999 — 2015

Shared employers

Also worked at Imaginary7

Nicholas BrownFounding Partner at Imaginary Venture CapitalKelly DillPartner at Imaginary Venture CapitalLogan LangbergPartner at Imaginary Venture CapitalAndrew MaxmanPrincipal at Imaginary Venture CapitalTara CampbellSenior Associate at Imaginary Venture CapitalCarol HilsumAdvisor at TLF Ventures

+ 1 more

Also worked at FARFETCH18

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesEdouard ChavassieuAssociate at InMotion VenturesChloe GroundsInvestment Associate at Active PartnersFrederic CourtInvestor at FELIX CAPITALAntoine NussenbaumInvestor at FELIX CAPITALStephanie PhairInvestor at FELIX CAPITAL

+ 12 more

Also worked at British Fashion Council3

Stephanie PhairInvestor at FELIX CAPITALMusa TariqInvestor at FELIX CAPITALVanessa KingoriInvestor at Condé Nast

Also worked at NET-A-PORTER3

Stephanie PhairInvestor at FELIX CAPITALCarol HilsumAdvisor at TLF VenturesJulien BouteloupAdvisor at Fabric Ventures

Colleagues at Imaginary Venture Capital

Alex Yu
Vice President at Imaginary Venture Capital
Allison Kast
Executive Assistant at Imaginary Venture Capital
Andrew Maxman
Principal at Imaginary Venture Capital
Julia Kelly
Analyst at Imaginary Venture Capital
Kelly Dill
Partner at Imaginary Venture Capital
Logan Langberg
Partner at Imaginary Venture Capital
Nicholas Brown
Founding Partner at Imaginary Venture Capital
Sarah Carley
Administrative Assistant at Imaginary Venture Capital

Network2

Andrew Maxman
Principal at Imaginary Venture Capital
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Chairman and General Partner at Waverley Capital

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