# British Fashion Council

> British Fashion Council is a VC fund in London backing Gaming and Fashion. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/bfc
- Website: http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/britishfashioncouncil

British Fashion Council is a VC fund in London focused on Gaming and Fashion. The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to further the interests of the British fashion industry.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for British Fashion Council. Shizune tracks 3 team members at British Fashion Council. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/british-fashion-council?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Women's | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clara Mercer | Head of Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clara-mercer |
| Caroline Rush | CEO & Owner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-rush |
| Katie Baron | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katie-baron |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VLGE Inc. | Digital village connects the social marketplace with the metaverse and is designed to merge the physical and digital world by blockchain. The company specializes in the fields of blockchain, gaming, and the internet. | $5M | Seed | Jan 12, 2024 |  |
| Digital Village | An online platform that brings a professional network of digital specialists together to build teams, products and solve business technology problems. | $4M | Seed | Jan 12, 2023 |  |
| Liberare (Formerly Intimately) | Liberare specializes in providing disabled women with e-tailer adaptive undergarments. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Liberare (Formerly Intimately) | Liberare specializes in providing disabled women with e-tailer adaptive undergarments. | $1M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Venrex](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venrex-investment-management) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [The Venture Reality Fund/VRF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-reality-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Business Opportunities for L'Oréal Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-opportunities-for-l-or%C3%A9al-development) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [L'Oreal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loreal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does British Fashion Council invest in?

British Fashion Council invests primarily in Gaming, Fashion and Women's startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is British Fashion Council's check size?

British Fashion Council typically joins rounds of $1M–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds British Fashion Council participates in.

### How do I contact British Fashion Council?

Public channels for British Fashion Council include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at British Fashion Council?

The team at British Fashion Council includes Clara Mercer (Head of Communications), Caroline Rush (CEO & Owner) and Katie Baron (Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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