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Forthelume

Fashion’s first platform built for the designer — not the brand.
Investment Proposal2026
01
The ThesisN°01

Independent designers sell here.
You try their work on in 3D —
before you ever buy.

Not Instagram. Not Myntra. Not Amazon. No one else does either. This is a new category — not a better store.

The ProblemN°02
Talent was never the barrier. Capital was.
₹10,00,000+

The cost to start a clothing label today — inventory, manufacturing, distribution, marketing — with no guarantee of a first sale. And 9 in 10 fashion brands don’t survive five years. This isn’t an India problem. It’s a global one.

i.

Designers have no real platform. Instagram is built for attention, not commerce.

ii.

Buyers have no way to find them. Myntra and Amazon sell big brands, not independent designers.

iii.

And no one can see how a garment looks on them before buying — the biggest reason people still shop offline.

9 in 10
fashion brands fail within five years
Fashinnovation / Sourcing Journal; Blue Associates Sportswear.
03
The FieldN°03

Everyone holds one piece. We hold all of it.

Forthelume
Instagram
Myntra / Ajio
Amazon
Etsy
Independent designers, in one place
Buy directly, in one place
2D virtual try-on
3D virtual try-on
We create the 3D — from a single photo
Zero inventory, shipping or marketing for the designer
Start a label for $0

One column is complete. That is the entire opportunity.

Without PrecedentN°04

Five things that exist nowhere else.

I

Zero direct competition. We didn’t enter a market — we made one.

II

2D and 3D virtual try-on, inside commerce. A first.

III

The only single place to discover and buy independent designers.

IV

Designers sell with no inventory, no shipping, no marketing. They begin at $0.

V

They upload their own 3D — or we build it for them, from one photograph.

05
The MakingN°05

A photograph,
turned in your hands.

Upload a flat photo of a garment. We turn it into a rotatable, print-accurate 3D piece you can try on — in about thirty seconds. No fashion platform on earth does this.

It works today, live across web, iOS and Android.

Try it yourself →
Live try-on demo
Live 3D · drag to rotate
The LoopN°06

The designer touches none of the hard parts.

I
Publish

Upload a design, in 2D or 3D.

II
Try on

The shopper sees it on themselves.

III
Buy

One place. One checkout.

IV
Make

We manufacture on demand.

V
Deliver

We ship it, anywhere.

VI
Earn

The designer is paid.

They design. We are the infrastructure for everything else.

07
The EvidenceN°07

Already built. By two founders.
With no outside capital.

Web, iOS and Android — all three, built in-house.

The full 3D try-on pipeline — proven, in production.

Incorporation filed with the MCA.

Web 95% · Android 90% · iOS 85%
≈ $0.65
per 3D render
≈ $0.55
per AI editorial image

The product exists. The hard part is finished.

The TerritoryN°08

A $1 trillion market —
with a category missing.

Global fashion e-commerce is heading past $1 trillion. Across the entire world, independent designers still have nowhere to publish, sell, or let people try their work on. We’re global from day one — built in India, for the world.

$957B
Global fashion e-commerce, 2026
— heading to $1T+
Zero
Platforms anywhere combining
discovery, commerce & try-on
Designers who make their own

They sell on the platform. We earn a commission on each sale.

Designers who only design

We manufacture and fulfil. They earn a royalty.

The designer always sets the price. We hold zero inventory — and earn on every transaction.

09
The TrajectoryN°09

What the next twelve months build.

Where the capital goes
  • Acquire designers — at scale, worldwide.
  • Drive demand — a global audience of buyers.
  • Fund the first manufacturing runs.
  • First hires — product, designer success, operations.
Twelve months from now
  • Live on every platform, worldwide.
  • 200+ independent designers publishing.
  • The first 1,000 orders, fulfilled end to end.
  • On-demand fulfilment, worldwide.

The product is built. This is the year we prove the category.

The IntentionN°10
The place where every fashion student publishes their first collection.

We are building the beginning of independent fashion — worldwide. The product is live. We’d like to show you.

Dhruv [[SURNAME]] · Founder, CEO & CTO   ·   Tushar [[SURNAME]] · Co-founder & COO
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