Funded Clothing and Apparel Startups in San Francisco
San Francisco's clothing and apparel funding activity spans a wide range of stages and business models, from Retrofit's $500K pre-seed in March 2025 to Eve…
San Francisco's clothing and apparel funding activity spans a wide range of stages and business models, from Retrofit's $500K pre-seed in March 2025 to Everlane's $65M venture round in September 2022. The 17 rounds shown cover late 2020 through early 2025, with the heaviest cluster falling between mid-2022 and late 2023 — a period that includes Archive ($16M), Trendsi ($25M Series A), SILQ ($18M Series A), ThirdLove ($12M), and Super7 ($12M).
Recommerce and resale models appear multiple times across the dataset: Archive, treet, and Gently (formerly Wearloom) all raised during this window, reflecting sustained investor interest in circular fashion infrastructure. Early-stage activity continued into 2025, with Hemster closing a $4M seed in May 2024 and somi raising an undisclosed pre-seed in January 2025. Pre-seed rounds — including Retrofit, somi, Gently, and ShopLook — are generally sub-$2M, while the two disclosed Series A rounds from Trendsi and SILQ total $43M combined.
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What are the largest disclosed rounds among these SF clothing and apparel companies?
Everlane's $65M venture round (September 2022) is the largest disclosed amount in the dataset. Trendsi ($25M Series A, October 2022) and SILQ ($18M Series A, March 2022) follow, with Archive at $16M, and ThirdLove and Super7 each at $12M from mid-2023 rounds.
How recent is the funding activity for SF clothing and apparel startups?
The two most recent rounds are Retrofit's $500K pre-seed in March 2025 and somi's undisclosed pre-seed in January 2025. Before that, Hemster closed a $4M seed in May 2024 and treet raised $10M in March 2024. Nine of the seventeen rounds in the dataset fall within the 2022–2023 window, marking the densest period of deal activity shown.
Are there recommerce or resale startups represented here?
At least three companies in the dataset operate in resale or recommerce: Archive raised $16M in February 2023, treet raised $10M in March 2024, and Gently (formerly Wearloom) raised a $2M pre-seed in September 2022. All three are headquartered in San Francisco.
What funding stages appear most often in this SF clothing and apparel dataset?
Pre-seed is the most frequent designated stage, covering Retrofit, somi, Gently, and ShopLook. Seed rounds account for four companies (Hemster, GOZEN, Queenly, California Cowboy) and Series A for three (Trendsi, SILQ, Printify). ThirdLove, Super7, Archive, and Everlane carry Series Unknown or Venture - Series Unknown labels, suggesting later-stage rounds where series details were not publicly disclosed.
How wide is the range in deal size across these rounds?
Disclosed amounts span from $100K (California Cowboy's seed in 2021 and POPSUGAR's round in 2020) to Everlane's $65M raise in 2022. Pre-seed rounds cluster below $2M, while Series A rounds from Trendsi ($25M) and SILQ ($18M) are the largest stage-labeled deals. Several rounds, including somi's pre-seed, have undisclosed amounts.
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