The fashion industry is the world’s second most polluting industry. Portuguese startup Smartex has just raised a $24.7m Series A to tackle the sector’s poor climate record by focusing on textile waste. The round was led by US-based Lightspeed Ventures and Tony Fadell’s Build Collective.
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