# Nordstrom

> Nordstrom is a VC fund in Seattle backing E-Commerce and Fashion. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/nordstrom
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Nordstrom
- Website: http://www.nordstrom.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Nordstrom

Nordstrom is a VC fund in Seattle focused on E-Commerce and Fashion. Nordstrom, Inc. is a fashion specialty retailer, offers apparel, shoes, cosmetics, and accessories for women, men, and children in the United States. The company offers a selection of brand name and private label merchandise. It sells its products through various channels, including Nordstrom full-line stores, Nordstrom Rack off-price stores, LastChance clearance stores, and Jeffrey boutiques; and through catalog and the Internet. Nordstrom, Inc. also provides a private label card, two Nordstrom VISA credit cards, and a debit card for Nordstrom purchases. Its credit and debit cards feature a shopping-based loyalty program. The company also designs and contracts to manufacture private label merchandise sold in its retail stores.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Nordstrom. Shizune tracks 11 team members at Nordstrom. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/nordstrom?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 57% |
| Fashion | 3 | 43% |
| Shoes | 2 | 29% |
| Retail | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nicole Darden Ford | Chief Information Security Officer | 0 | — |
| Brian Gill | Chief Product Officer | 0 | — |
| Doug Ireton | Chef Engineer and Product Owner | 0 | — |
| Hamza Bouchafra | Marketing Specialist | 0 | — |
| Kindle Fell | Sr. Director of Product Management, Marketing & Enterprise Customer Data | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joy | Joy is a wedding company that gives couples a smarter way to plan their big day. Using Joy, couples can create a beautifully-designed wedding website and mobile app, build their All-in-One Registry, manage guest lists and RSVPs, send online or printed Save the Dates, invitations and eCards, provide travel and accommodations options for guests, hostvirtual wedding events, create a shared virtual wedding album and virtual guest book, and more. Wedding guests can purchase registry gifts, book travel plans and accommodations, get directions to wedding events via a Google Maps integration, order a ride to wedding events via ride-sharing integrations, add wedding events to their calendar with a click, and more.Based in San Francisco, Joy launched in 2016 through Y Combinator. Visit withjoy.com and follow @withjoy to see why couples around the world are planning their weddings with Joy. | $60M | Series B | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| 11 Honore | 11 Honoré is a size-inclusive shopping site that for the first time ever, gives more women the option to experience the best designer clothing and celebrate and honor their bodies, beauty and style.Through listening to you, we are building an exciting new space that is reflective of the fact that style has no size and that everyone whoappreciates luxury and designer clothing should and now does have access to it.Welcome to the new runway. One where the traditional fashion playbook is being re-written and where we are working hard to create a platform for change and the wardrobe you’ve been waiting for. | $10M | Series A | Nov 13, 2019 |  |
| Dsco | Dsco’s SaaS platform makes it easy to see, share and sell inventory from any source. Think of Dsco like an inventory “dial-tone” for real-time inventory visibility by location. The most common use case for Dsco solutions is drop shipping. As such, the Company facilitates the downstream workflows and real-time data exchange for orders (consumer& B2B), fulfillment/shipping, and invoicing. Dsco’s advanced shipping algorithms offer validated tracking code data, optimized delivery calculations, and real time performance analytics. Dsco uses very large inventory data sets (i.e., over 100B events) to enable insights into merchandising decisions as companies work together to sell more perfectly. |  |  | Jul 08, 2016 |  |
| Shoes of Prey | Shoes of Prey creates bespoke, hand-made women's shoes designed by the customer, and delivers them to anywhere in the world.Shoes of Prey has grown rapidly over 5 years and has won a number of awards including Online Retailer of the Year and Store Design of the Year at the World Retail Awards in Paris 2013.Founded in 2009, the company isheadquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. | $15.5M | Series B | Dec 07, 2015 |  |
| Bonobos | Bonobos is a clothing brand focused on delivering great fit, excellent customer experience, and a fun approach to menswear. Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of better-fitting men's pants, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand ever built on the web in the United States. In 2011 Bonobos extended offline, launching BonobosGuideshops, e-commerce stores that deliver personalized, one-to-one service to those wanting to experience the brand in person. In 2012, Bonobos expanded its distribution partnering with Nordstrom, bringing Bonobos apparel into select doors nationwide and to Nordstrom.com. Across channels, Bonobos is focused on delivering a well-targeted brand promise: world-class fit, innovative shopping experience, and an energetic brand spirit. Bonobos was named “One of America’s Hottest Brands” by Advertising Age, “Best Men’s Pants” by New York Magazine, one of Inc. Magazine’s “20 Awesome Facebook Pages” and was awarded Crain’s “Best Places to Work in New York City” in 2011 and 2013. | $55M | Series D | Jul 02, 2014 |  |
| Bonobos | Bonobos is a clothing brand focused on delivering great fit, excellent customer experience, and a fun approach to menswear. Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of better-fitting men's pants, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand ever built on the web in the United States. In 2011 Bonobos extended offline, launching BonobosGuideshops, e-commerce stores that deliver personalized, one-to-one service to those wanting to experience the brand in person. In 2012, Bonobos expanded its distribution partnering with Nordstrom, bringing Bonobos apparel into select doors nationwide and to Nordstrom.com. Across channels, Bonobos is focused on delivering a well-targeted brand promise: world-class fit, innovative shopping experience, and an energetic brand spirit. Bonobos was named “One of America’s Hottest Brands” by Advertising Age, “Best Men’s Pants” by New York Magazine, one of Inc. Magazine’s “20 Awesome Facebook Pages” and was awarded Crain’s “Best Places to Work in New York City” in 2011 and 2013. | $30M |  | Mar 13, 2013 |  |
| Bonobos | Bonobos is a clothing brand focused on delivering great fit, excellent customer experience, and a fun approach to menswear. Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of better-fitting men's pants, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand ever built on the web in the United States. In 2011 Bonobos extended offline, launching BonobosGuideshops, e-commerce stores that deliver personalized, one-to-one service to those wanting to experience the brand in person. In 2012, Bonobos expanded its distribution partnering with Nordstrom, bringing Bonobos apparel into select doors nationwide and to Nordstrom.com. Across channels, Bonobos is focused on delivering a well-targeted brand promise: world-class fit, innovative shopping experience, and an energetic brand spirit. Bonobos was named “One of America’s Hottest Brands” by Advertising Age, “Best Men’s Pants” by New York Magazine, one of Inc. Magazine’s “20 Awesome Facebook Pages” and was awarded Crain’s “Best Places to Work in New York City” in 2011 and 2013. | $16.4M |  | Apr 12, 2012 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Nordstrom invest in?

Nordstrom invests primarily in E-Commerce, Fashion and Shoes startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Nordstrom?

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### Who are the partners at Nordstrom?

The team at Nordstrom includes Nicole Darden Ford (Chief Information Security Officer), Brian Gill (Chief Product Officer) and Doug Ireton (Chef Engineer and Product Owner), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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