Number of Portfolio Companies 4
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Natalie Massenet is co-founder and partner of Imaginary Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology, as well as the non-executive co-chairwoman of Farfetch, a global e-commerce platform for luxury fashion. Massenet is best known for founding the luxury fashion online retailer

Net-A-Porter, in 2000. In the year before she stepped down from her role following its merger with YOOX, the Net-A-Porter-Group recorded net revenues of almost $1 billion. Massenet began her career as a journalist and fashion editor, working at WWD and Tatler before setting up Net-A-Porter. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2016 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, both in recognition of her contributions to the U.K. fashion and retail industry. Massenet was chairman of the British Fashion Council between 2013 and 2017.

Number of Investments 4
Natalie Massenet has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Flowerbx on Feb 22, 2019, when Flowerbx raised
£4.2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 22, 2019
Flowerbx
Series A - Flowerbx
£4.2M
Mar 8, 2018
Luther Systems
Seed Round - Luther Systems
$1.5M
Sep 13, 2017
Heist Studios
Seed Round - Heist Studios
$2.6M
Jun 8, 2017
Daily Harvest
Series A - Daily Harvest
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 1
Natalie Massenet has 2 current jobs as Co-Founder & Partner at Imaginary Ventures and Investor at Daily Harvest. Additionally, Natalie Massenet has had 1 past job as the Founder & Chairman at Net-a-porter.com.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Net-a-porter.com
Founder & ChairmanSep 1999Sep 2015
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Natalie Massenet is the Board Member at NuORDER.