Welcome to our new monthly FTW Deals digest. Once a month we log the funding rounds and acquisitions in fashion tech, from apparel software and resale platforms to retail tech with fashion customers. Each deal comes with the investors, the amount and a line on what the company does. The full 2026 list lives on our Fashion Tech Funding Tracker, updated every month.
Four deals made our list in September, and two of them were consolidation in circular fashion. eComID bought Nilum to bring AI secondhand search into its Shopping Passport, a week after its own $17m seed. CTR Group, owner of Thrift+, bought rental platform Hirestreet so garments can move from rental straight into resale.
The money went to infrastructure. OuterSignal raised a $22m Series A to tell brands who sits behind each order, with True Classic among its customers. Complir raised an $11m seed from General Catalyst to automate product compliance across categories, textiles included.
Fashion-native (2)
Nilum (acquired by eComID) 3 Sep · Stockholm, Sweden
Acquisition · Undisclosed · Buyer: eComID
AI secondhand shopping specialist folded into eComID as its recommerce arm.
Hirestreet (acquired by CTR Group) 29 Sep · UK
Acquisition · Undisclosed · Buyer: CTR Group (owner of Thrift+)
Fashion rental platform joins Thrift+ owner so garments move from rental into resale.
Wider retail tech (2)
Complir 16 Sep · Copenhagen, Denmark
Seed · $11m · General Catalyst (lead), Y Combinator
Product compliance platform for retailers and brands across categories.
OuterSignal 30 Sep · Austin, US
Series A · $22m · Long Journey Ventures, Abstract Ventures (co-leads)
Agentic customer intelligence combining commerce and CRM data to profile each buyer.
Every deal from 2026 is on the FTW deals tracker. Spotted one we missed? Email us a ftw@pi.tv.