Drest raises £15 million pounds for luxury fashion gaming platform

Dress, Homepage The digital fashion assortment includes offerings from Farfetch as well as directly from the brands, enabling players to discover, style, and shop the latest collections. Since its launch, Drest has recorded 250% year-on-year user growth and works directly with over 260 brands.

The recent funding round was secured with the support of the family office of Drest Co-Founder and Co-Chair Graham Edwards. This investment will enable the company to build on its strong momentum and develop its new product proposition, Drest Game 2.0.

The funding comes at a time when mobile gaming revenues reached $92.2 billion in 2022, accounting for 50% of the $184.4 billion global gaming market revenues. It is estimated that the global gaming market will be worth $221 billion by 2025 (NewZoo).

Lisa Bridgett, CEO at Drest, expressed her excitement about the secured investment and the company’s plans to scale and offer a new one-of-a-kind experience to users while maintaining the core elements of the game…