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Brooklyn PR Turned a Los Angeles Showroom Into a Passport for Fashion Brands
Liza Vassell built a small agency around a large idea: for an international label, the shortest route into America may run through a stylist's rack in West Adams.
M+M Management knows what happens after the photograph
A photographic agency grew into a publicity business spanning fashion, jewellery and afternoon tea. M+M Management’s history shows how much of a campaign happens outside the frame.
SHO+CO knows who belongs in the picture
A handbag, a famous face, a carefully negotiated introduction. Inside the agency that connects fashion brands with the people who give them cultural meaning.
Hello PR Group knows who should hear about your chair
In the design business, a beautiful object still needs an introduction. Hello PR Group has built its practice around knowing which story to tell, who should hear it, and when to open the door.
CWH Agency knows who belongs in the room
From Latina fashion-week experiences to AI-assisted reputation work, CWH Agency connects the story a brand tells online with the people it meets in person.
MHA Media knows who gets the dress
Before a designer gets a red-carpet credit, someone has to manage the samples, the stylists, and the stakes. MHA Media built its business in that space between a beautiful object and a famous name.
Alta Moda Communications and the work before the flash
A couture look has to reach the right person before it can reach an audience. Brooke Pace’s Beverly Hills agency works in that gap, where fashion meets Hollywood and a shipping deadline can matter as much as taste.
The 30% Problem: D.LUXURY Is Rewriting the DTC Growth Playbook Around Profit
The Los Angeles firm starts with a blunt premise: a minority of customers often creates nearly all the profit. Its answer combines an investment-grade audit, live customer intelligence and an outsourced growth team built to act on the findings.
Seth Berman
Seth Berman co-founded Susa Ventures in 2013 and has since backed 10 unicorns across roughly 100 seed-stage investments, including Robinhood, Flexport, and Expanse. He brings an unusual background to venture capital - nearly a decade as VP of Strategic Marketing at Richemont Group (Cartier, Net-A-Porter, Montblanc) - giving him a luxury-brand consumer lens that shaped Susa's focus on distribution, compounding moats, and founder-market fit. He has since launched Kivu Ventures, a Series A/B fund targeting vertical AI, healthcare, and logistics, with investment partners including Frame.io co-founder Emery Wells and Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra.