Market Share of Smart Fabrics in Fashion and Entertainment Industry
The smart fabrics in fashion and entertainment market is highly competitive, with the presence of many players. The market is mildly concentrated, and the key strategy adopted by major players is product innovation. The major players in the market are AIQ Smart Clothing Inc., E L Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Outlast Technologies LLC, and Schoeller Technologies AG.
- June 2022 - Nextiles, a smart fabric technology business, raised USD 5 million in a seed fundraising round that was oversubscribed, allowing it to create technologies that might generate new data streams for performance analytics. Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Alumni Ventures, SmartSports, Phoenix Capital Ventures, and New Lab were among the investors in the round led by DraftKings' venture capital arm, Drive by DraftKings. Hilary Knight, a three-time Olympic ice hockey medalist, is also an investor, as well as the NBA, which included Nextiles in its inaugural Launchpad incubation project earlier this year.
Smart Fabrics in Fashion & Entertainment Market Leaders
E L Du Pont De Nemours and Company
Gentherm Incorporated
AIQ Smart Clothing Inc.
Schoeller Technologies AG.
Outlast Technologies LLC
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
