Best Fashion Tech Companies in Scotland, United Kingdom
The 43 best Fashion Tech companies in Scotland, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Strathberry.
Our analysis of 53 Fashion Tech companies
$4.6b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2023.
Ranked: Best Fashion Tech companies in Scotland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strathberry Internet-first brand offering bags | $10M | 55 mo ago | Series A | — | 2011 | ShopifySentryYouTube+33 | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 award |
| 2 | Mallzee Personalised & social apparel shopping app | $8M | 70 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 3 | This is Unfolded Internet first brand offering multi-category apparel for women 48Talent top 28%Tech top 31%Growth top 35%Funding top 45% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 45% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 27% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 52 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $3M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Hilde Frydnes Co-Founder & CCO | 2021 | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+34 | — |
| 4 | Findra Internet-first brand of sporting & outdoor goods | $766K | 27 mo ago | Seed | Alex Feechan Founder & CEO | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Web Services+41 | — |
| 5 | Meander Apparel Internet first brand offering multi-category fashion products for men and women | $32K | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jill Henry Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyFroala Editor+32 | — |
| 6 | Graceful Changes Online rental platform offering baby apparel | $25K | 74 mo ago | Funding Raised | Josefa Buckland Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 7 | Animalia Apparel Internet-first brand offers activewear apparel | — | — | Unfunded | Tony O'Neill Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 8 | Arcido Online retailer of carry-on travel backpacks, bags, and packing cubes | — | — | Unfunded | Will Co-Founder | 2015 | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+33 | — |
Top 6 Fashion Tech companies in Scotland
#1
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2021 · 12 employees$3Mraised▾
Internet first brand offering multi-category apparel for women. The product catalog includes dresses, tops, t-shirts, pants, joggers, skirts, sweatshirts, and jackets. The brand claims to provide orders in recycled packaging and swapping of items after use.
- Oct 2024Seed$1.6M
- Nov 2023Seed$846K
- Jul 2022Seed$1.4M
- Dec 2021Seed$834.4K
#2
Seed · Innerleithen, Scotland · founded 2014 · 7 employees$766.4Kraised▾
Findra is an internet-first brand of sporting & outdoor goods for men & women. The collection consists of tops, shorts, neckwarmers, hats, and socks. It claims that its products are made of performance fabrics like merino wool that makes the products light and possess properties like moisture wicking and wrinkle resistant.
- May 2024Seed$766.4K
#3
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2011 · 46 employees$9.6Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering bags. Its range of products includes handbags, totes, backpacks, clutches, crossbody bags, etc. All its products are handcrafted from leather by the artisans.
- Jan 2022Series A$9.6M
#4
Deadpooled · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2012 · 23 employees$7.7Mraised▾
Mallzee is a personal shopper app available for iOS and Android that provides recommendations for apparel shopping. The app can filter clothing items based on what a user likes, to act as a personal shopper, and has a voting feature for friends. Mallzee allows in-app sharing with friends to get their opinions before users buy a product. Searches over 2M items of clothing from 200+ brands including ASOS, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, River Island, Liberty London, Glassworks, and Oki-Ni.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$416.9K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$435.7K
- Feb 2018Series A$2.7M
- Jul 2015Series A$3.9M
#5
Funding Raised · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2016 · 2 employees$31.8Kraised▾
Meanderapparel is an internet first brand offering multi-category fashion products for men and women. The product catalog includes t-shirts, trousers, jackets, sweats, and other accessories.
- Jul 2023Conventional Debt$31.8K
#6
Funding Raised · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2018 · 1 employees$25Kraised▾
Graceful Changes is an online rental platform offering baby apparel. It offers ethical baby and toddler clothes like vests, cardigans, coats, snowsuits, and more. Its product offerings include Kite, Pigeon Organics, Little Green Radicals, Toby Tiger, Frugi, and more.
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$25K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Textiles & Wearable Materials is moving in the United Kingdom
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 187 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
- University of Southampton55
- Nottingham Trent University23
- University of Manchester17
- University of Leeds10
- University of Cambridge9
- Wearable computer4→15
- Wearable technology1→8
- Nanotechnology1→7
- Composite material2→5
- Wireless1→4
- Wearable computer3→9
- Electronics1→5
- Wearable technology3→4
- Composite material4
- Manufacturing engineering3
- Nanotechnology3
- Wearable computer3
- Wearable technology3
Where textiles tech is researched across United Kingdom
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.
Who's filing textiles tech patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom textiles tech patent filing is steady — 3 filings from 8 assignees (2025–2025), led by Royal College Of ART, UNIV HONG KONG Polytechnic, Intel; annual filings 3→3.
- Royal College Of ART3
- UNIV HONG KONG Polytechnic3
- Intel3
- Clariant Finance BVI2
- Armitage Roger1
- BURR Stacey B1
- Textronics1
- Hassonjee Qaizar N1
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