Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

What recent investments has M13 Investing Partner Anna Barber made?

6 May 2023 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, M13 investing partner Anna Barber discusses a recent investment in Max Retail, a two‑sided marketplace that aggregates unsold inventory from small fashion retailers across the United States. Max Retail bundles this inventory into a unified product feed and supplies it to a range of distribution channels—including premium outlet stores like Saks Off Fifth and Shop Premium Outlets, as well as resale platforms such as Poshmark. Barber explains how the platform creates a large, centralized source of inventory for online outlets by connecting numerous tiny suppliers, thereby addressing the problem of excess stock for small retailers and providing a steady supply of fashion items for larger e‑commerce and outlet partners.

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I'm curious, are there any recent investments along those themes that you could share? Yeah, sure. Recently invested in a company called Max Retail, which is a platform for selling unsold inventory. So exactly on that thesis, Max Retail connects small fashion retailers, so small stores that have unsold inventory, bundles all that inventory up into a, into a product feed and then feeds it into distribution networks like Saks Off Fifth or Shop Premium Outlets or, you know, even the resale outlets like Poshmark. So what it's doing is creating this really big source of inventory for all the online outlets that is made up of a combination of tiny suppliers sort of all across the company— country. So it's a really interesting two-sided marketplace that's helping solve that problem.