Two years ago, Rashi Menda would look into her closet with an assorted collection of unopened, unworn shopping bags sitting on the floor and still find herself saying, ‘I have nothing to wear!’ Just like Rashi, millions of Indian women stock their closets with stuff worth over one billion dollars every year and still have nothing to wear.
Wanting to change that, Rashi went ahead and launched Zapyle, an Instagram like fashion marketplace to discover, sell and buy pre-owned fashion attire. Zapyle assists pre-loved clothes and accessories in finding new wardrobes, so nobody will ever feel that they have nothing to wear, but rather have fun wearing it.
The startup has raised $1 Mn in a funding round this September. Rashi holds a BSc in Economics-Finance from University of Minnesota, and before founding Zapyle, she had worked with Ernst and Young in the Tax and Risk analytics, and later for an ecommerce startup Unamia catering to apparel for kids.
