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Best Fashion Tech Companies in Hamburg, Germany

The 32 best Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ABOUT YOU.

32companies tracked
$330.1Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FASHION TECH × HAMBURG

Our analysis of 219 Fashion Tech companies

$16.5b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

219companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
15unicorns
2016median founding year

Ranked: Best Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1ABOUT YOU 🦄
Online retailer of clothing, shoes, sportswear, and accessories for women, men, and kids
$300M99 mo agoAcquiredHannes Wiese
Co-Founder
2014Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18—
2Fashion Cloud
Online platform for brands to source digital content in the fashion industry
$26M46 mo agoSeries BMartin Brucher
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2015WebflowCart FunctionalityYouTube+23—
3StyleLounge
Online meta search for fashion that offers a price comparison for fashion
$3M122 mo agoAcqui-Hired—2014——
4UNOWN FASHION
Online rental platform offering multi-category apparel
$1M71 mo agoSeedLinda Ahrens
Co-Founder
2019——
5PRELUV
Online listing platform for second-hand designer fashion products
$148K28 mo agoSeed—2019Cart FunctionalityRubyRuby on Rails+11—
6Rebelle
Online consignment platform and P2P marketplace for pre-owned fashion products
—100 mo agoSeries C—2013——
7FrontLine Shop
Online retailer for streetwear fashion
—196 mo agoAcquired—1986——
8Abhy
Internet first brand offering eco-friendly sportswear for women
——UnfundedKarina Unberath
Founder
2021——

Top 7 Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg

#1
Series B · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2015 · 42 employees
$26.3Mraised
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Online platform for brands to source digital content in the fashion industry. It offers a web-based platform through which numerous fashion brands share marketing material and product data with trading partners. The platform enables companies to access brand profiles, product data, and marketing images in a single click. Traders can access the entire content via the web interface or integrate it directly into their channels via API.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 7.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Delogue PLM) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Series B$26.3M
  • Jul 2019Series A—
  • Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$111.4K
Founders & team
Martin BrucherCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
Verdane, Heartland, IMPACT Accelerator, KawaGmbh, W-V-B-Gmbh
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2019 · 1 employees
$147.5Kraised
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Operator of a fashion-based retail platform intended to offer vintage-style clothing and accessories to customers. The company's platform offers fashion bags, and stylish vintage articles, enabling customers to search, compare and purchase second-hand clothing, jewelry, and accessories at an affordable price.

Funding rounds
  • 2024Seed$147.5K
Investors
Next Commerce Accelerator
Tech stack
AhoyCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#3
Acquired · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2014 · 1500 employees
$300Mraised
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Online retailer of clothing, shoes, sportswear, and accessories for women, men, and kids. It provides a large selection of diverse brands with classic cuts and models. The company offers a wide selection of sizes and colors in blouses, dresses, and t-shirts. It also carries spring, summer, autumn, and winter footwear.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 117k LinkedIn followers — 86.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. On) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2018Series A$300M
  • Sep 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Hannes WieseCo-Founder
Investors
German Media Pool, SevenVentures, Heartland, Vitruvian Partners, SevenCommerce & Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2019 · 37 employees
$1.1Mraised
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Online rental platform offering multi-category apparel. The product catalog includes maternity wear, tops, bottom wear, party wear, activewear, loungewear, and more. The company offers different membership programs for renting the products.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed$889K
Founders & team
Linda AhrensCo-Founder
Investors
Übermorgen Ventures, APX, IFB Innovationsstarter
#5
Acqui-Hired · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2014 · 2 employees
$2.5Mraised
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StyleLounge is an online meta-search for fashion that offers a price comparison algorithm for clothing and other lifestyle products. Users can choose from 100+ online shops with over a million products, apparel, and fashion accessories, and compare prices, availabilities, and colors for the same product from different shops. Some brands they feature include Addidas, Nike, Lascana, Alba Moda, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series A—
  • Aug 2015Series A$2.5M
  • Series A—
Investors
TA Ventures, Axivate Capital, ASTUTIA Ventures, #adm ventures, Rocket Internet
#6
Series C · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2013 · 74 employees
—raised
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Rebelle platform connects individuals and bricks-and-mortar retailers and the growing luxury goods market. Individuals, as well as owners of luxury second-hand shops, can sell used designer items on the site. Rebelle assesses the authenticity and quality of all the products. It listed over 7,000 items and 600 brands as of March 2014.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Series C—
  • Mar 2015Series B—
  • Oct 2014Series A—
  • Mar 2014Seed—
Investors
HTGF, Deutsche Balaton, HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Hanse Ventures, North-East Venture, AD4Ventures
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityNode.JsPure CssVarnishExpressUps
#7
Acquired · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 1986 · 102 employees
—raised
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Frontline Shop is an online retailer of streetwear fashion products and is based out of Hamburg, Germany. The company started as a mail order service for audio industry, the company pivoted to online sales of fashion. The company currently employs over 70 people and has an annual turnover of more than €30m. It was acquired by French fashion retailer MenLook in 2015.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2010PE—
Investors
Acton Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareHttp/3

Funding & investor landscape

$330.1Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
6disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
IFB Innovationsstarter3 rounds
Heartland2 rounds
#adm ventures1 rounds
10x Founders1 rounds
AD4Ventures1 rounds
APX1 rounds
ASTUTIA Ventures1 rounds
AUDEAMUS CAPITAL1 rounds
Acton Capital1 rounds
Axivate Capital1 rounds
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,292,205 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Fashion Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Textiles & Wearable Materials is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Textiles & Wearable Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 118 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201920222025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 63% → 63% across 2019–2025.
top research entities
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration11
  • Technische Universität Berlin10
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology9
  • Deutschen Institute für Textil und Faserforschung8
  • RWTH Aachen University7
leading researchers
Sigrid Rotzler · Katerina Krebber · Sascha Liehr · Martin Schneider‐Ramelow · Christian Dils · Philipp Lenke · Sebastian Micus · Michael Haupt
▲ Breakthroughs39 · 33%
▲ 0%→36% share
5 median citations54% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→36% of field), led by Composite material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Composite material2→6
Newly emergingElectrical conductor 0→6
Landmark Smart textile lighting/display system with multifunctional fibre devices for large scale smart home and IoT applications · 197 cites
◆ Advancements48 · 41%
▲ 0%→39% share
4 median citations48% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→39% of field), led by Composite material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Composite material3→7
  • Electrical conductor1→4
Landmark MOF Processing by Electrospinning for Functional Textiles · 135 cites
▼ Concerns16 · 14%
▲ 0%→17% share
6 median citations62% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→17% of field), led by Clothing.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Clothing1→4
Landmark Washability of e-textiles: current testing practices and the need for standardization · 75 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where textiles tech is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Berlin20 · +0.42
Hot · Composite materialAdvancing · Manufacturing engineeringOpportunity · Reliability (semiconductor)
Dresden11 · +0.76
Hot · Composite materialOpportunity · Smart material
Karlsruhe9 · +0.57
Aachen7 · +0.47
Advancing · Composite material
Stuttgart6 · +0.20
Opportunity · Ultrasonic sensor
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing textiles tech patents in Germany

Germany textiles tech patent filing is cooling — 12 filings from 26 assignees (2016–2023), led by Bluecher, Voith Patent, Memminger IRO; annual filings 2→1.

12 filings26 assigneespeak 5/yr2016–2023
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2023)
top patent filers
  • Bluecher4
  • Voith Patent4
  • Memminger IRO3
  • Robert Bosch2
  • V Fraas2
  • CAR TRIM1
  • Philipp Edmund1
  • Ketterer Ludwig1

Common questions

How many Fashion Tech companies are there in Hamburg, Germany?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Fashion Tech companies headquartered in Hamburg, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg, Germany?
The Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg, Germany on this list have raised a combined $330.1M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Fashion Tech company in Hamburg, Germany?
ABOUT YOU is the highest-funded Fashion Tech company in Hamburg, Germany, with $300M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg, Germany are funded?
5 of the 32 Fashion Tech companies in Hamburg, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Fashion Tech unicorns are there in Hamburg, Germany?
1 Fashion Tech company in Hamburg, Germany on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Hamburg, Germany Fashion Tech companies?
The most active investors in Hamburg, Germany Fashion Tech companies on this list include IFB Innovationsstarter, Heartland, #adm ventures, 10x Founders, AD4Ventures.
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