Our guest this month is Nicola McClafferty: Nicola joined Draper Esprit as Investment Director in 2017. Prior to this she was co-founder and CEO of Covetique.com, a leading online retailer of pre-owned luxury fashion. Covetique was sold to ASOS plc in 2015. Prior to this, Nicola spent 5 years as a Venture Capital investor, focusing on early-stage consumer internet and media start-ups with Balderton Capital and latterly Ravensbeck. Nicola started her career as an Investment Banking analyst in the technology team of Jefferies International in London. Nicola has been a speaker at London College of Fashion’s Digital Fashion Conference, Google Campus, London Women’s Forum and Dublin’s Archipelago. Nicola has also been a start-up mentor on the Enterprise Ireland Retailer Ready programme. In 2014 Nicola was shortlisted for the Female Entrepreneur of the Year award at the GP Bullhound Investor Allstars.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM UTC
| 5:30 PM | Networking and Food |
| 6:30 PM | Fireside Chat |
| 7:30 PM | Networking |
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