Luxe.Co NYC Fashion Forum ——Cross-border Investment and M&A in Fashion Industry : Panelists Profile

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Luxe.Co New York Fashion Forum is coming soon on Sep 8, 2017. It will be a groundbreaking event connecting leaders of fashion, finance, and technology from China, U.S. and Europe to discuss the future of the industry on the same page!

Over the past four years, Luxe.Co has become the most authentic and influential business media for luxury, fashion and lifestyle industry in China and a pioneering global platform to foster innovations and changes in the industry, connecting and inspiring tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, talents, opinion leaders and high-end consumers.

We provide latest and well-curated news and in-depth research and analysis on luxury, fashion and lifestyle brand operation, investment and technological innovation. Our app and website constitute a very user-friendly database for comprehensive brand knowledge, fashion finance transactions, and industry research papers. Our signature events: Annual Luxe.Co Fashion Investment Forum & InnoBrand Competition for fashion and lifestyle start-ups have made huge impacts in China over the past three years.

Leveraging on our profound research achievements and powerful industry network, the upcoming Luxe.Co New York Fashion Forum will focus on three main subjects as the cross-border investment, latest fashion-tech, and emerging designer brands. The guests of the Forum, from China, the U.S., and Europe, will include well-known venture capital and private equity investors, investment bankers, independent designers, founders of fashion-tech enterprises, executives from fashion and luxury brands, as well as experts and opinion leaders in creative and design field, etc.

“InnoBrand 2017 Competition @ NYC ” will be held after the Forum on the same date. A number of fashion startups based in U.S. will give roadshows and compete for the qualification spots into InnoBrand 2017 Finals in Beijing in November.

In addition, . CO domain will present a special award to Alicia Yu, the Founder & CEO of Luxe.Co – “.CO Startup Ambassador” to honor her outstanding achievements in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Schedule of Luxe.Co New York Fashion Forum

Fri, September 8, 2017

1:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST

100 Park Avenue 6th Floor, Suite 600 

New York, NY 10017

Profile of Panelists : Cross-border Investment and M&A in Fashion Industry

Alicia YU

Founder & CEO of Luxe.Co

President of Orange Bay University

Alicia Yu, CFA, is the founder of “Luxe.CO（华丽志）”- China's most authentic and influential business media for luxury, fashion and lifestyle, “Fashion.VC（华丽集）”－No.1 platform to discover and incubate fashion and lifestyle startups, as well as“Orange Bay University（橙湾大学）”－a pioneering institute to revolutionize fashion business and entrepreneurship education, all dedicated to foster the communication and interaction between the forces of fashion, finance and technological innovation. Her team has successfully hosted “InnoBrand Competition”and “Luxe.Co Global Fashion Investment Forum” in the year of 2015 and 2016.

Alicia graduated from University of International Business & Economics with bachelor and master degree in economics, and attended the program in film production at University of Southern California. Before starting Luxe.Co, she worked for two Fortune 500 companies for 20 years in corporate finance.

Jeacy YAN

Partner of IDG Capital

Jeacy Yan focuses on investment in consumer goods & services, retail and e-commerce. Prior to joining IDG, Jeacy worked at investment banking department of Deutsche Bank Hong Kong Branch where she was involved in many financing transactions of public and private companies. Prior to Deutsche Bank, she worked as bond trader at investment bank department of WestLB New York. Jeacy earned dual M.S. in Industrial Engineering & Management Science and Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, B.S. in Electrical Engineering and B.A. in Economics from Peking University.

Jeacy Yan has led IDG’s investments in Bosideng International and other Chinese fashion companies. The portfolios of IDG Capital in consumer goods & retail sector include Moncler, EVISU, Gentle Monster, etc..

Joseph Lamastra

Founding Managing Partner of Sandbridge Capital

Mr. Lamastra is a Founding Managing Partner of Sandbridge Capital. Sandbridge Capital is a Private Equity firm specializing in investments within the Consumer Sector. He has also appeared on Bloomberg Television as a guest commentator. Since 1998, he has also served as the President of T Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm where he is a business and investing partner with Tommy Hilfiger.

Prior to 1998, Mr. Lamastra was a partner and attorney for the law firm Graham Curtin. He specialized in Mergers, Acquisitions, Tax and corporate transactions.

Mr. Lamastra started his career as a Financial Analyst with The Amerivest Group – an Investment Banking firm located New York City. He also worked for Touche Ross & Company (now Deloitte) in its Tax Department concentrating on mergers, acquisitions, real estate, and other corporate transactions.

Mr. Lamastra served on the Villanova University School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board for over six years and now serves on the University’s Provost Board. He has a J.D. degree from Seton Hall Law School and a B.S. in Finance from Villanova University.

Cliff Moskowitz

Co-Founder and President of InterLuxe

Mr. Moskowitz is a co-founder and the President of InterLuxe. Prior to InterLuxe, Mr. Moskowitz was a private equity investor at Harvest Partners and Tailwind Capital. Prior to joining Tailwind, Mr. Moskowitz worked at Bain & Co. and Saunders Karp & Megrue and began his career as an investment banker at The Beacon Group.

Mr. Moskowitz is the founder and Chairman of the Young Professionals Mentoring Program, a non-profit youth mentoring program serving high school students in New York. Mr. Moskowitz has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and an A.B. in politics cum laude from Princeton University. Mr. Moskowitz lives in Manhattan.

InterLuxe invests in emerging fashion and luxury brands with leading design talent, exceptional product, and a strong customer following. InterLuxe took the controlling stake in Jason Wu in September 2014 and the majority stake in A.L.C. in August 2015.

Richard Chen

CEO of Yifei Investment Holdings & Huangpu River Capital

Richard Chen is the CEO of Yifei Investment Holdings and Huangpu River Capital (HPR). Yifei Investment Holdings is an investment arm of Richard Chen's family office which help a new generation of entrepreneurs become industry leaders, build world-class companies and create social impact. HPR is a growth-stage investment firm, powering a global community of emerging companies to develop in China. Richard is one of the most active Chinese investors in consumer internet companies. His portfolio includes Farfetch, ASAP54, ROLI, Boxed, Auctionata, Glamsquad, Uniplaces, etc.

Richard graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management. He is also the Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum.

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