MachineMade.io [Maria Shen]
17% of 2015 US e-commerce was in apparel and accessory retail ($60B). The number of creators launching small to medium size e-commerce businesses is growing by 10% year over year. To get their apparel inventory made, creators still have to go to trade shows, talk to agents, and fly around the world to visit factories. The manufacturing industry is a completely new frontier for technology – no one has integrated pricing, sampling, and production into a single platform. At MachineMade.io, creators can sample from multiple factory sources and produce with the best supplier for their needs, all from their browser.