We're thrilled to announce our partnership with Queen of Raw, the NYC-based technology company changing the landscape for deadstock fabric, as featured in Vogue Business.

Flora Davidson, Co-Founder of SupplyCompass will be In Conversation With Stephanie Benedetto, Founder & CEO of NYC-based Queen of Raw, a digital marketplace to buy and sell unused textiles keeping them away from landfill. Queen of Raw has received countless industry accolades, including being a thredUP Circular Fashion Fund Recipient and an LVMH Innovation Award Finalist.

The discussion will revolve around Queen of Raw’s journey to date, the intricacies around deadstock fabrics, the economics of waste in fashion supply chains, and how technology has been integral to their revolutionary journey. Most importantly, the conversation will focus on an exciting announcement—SupplyCompass’s exclusive partnership with Queen of Raw to bring a deadstock fabric offering to their client base through the SupplyCompass platform.

Our Speakers

Flora Davidson · Co-Founder of SupplyCompass

Flora is Co-Founder of SupplyCompass, a product development and production management platform for fashion brands and manufacturers. She started her career working for an innovation and strategy agency working with the likes of Adidas and L’Oréal. She spent 2 formative years living in Mumbai at the start of SupplyCompass, visiting hundreds of factories and suppliers across the country. She remains passionate about harnessing the power of technology to encourage better collaboration, drive efficiency and make sustainable production accessible to fashion brands and supply chains across the globe.

Stephanie Benedetto · Co-Founder & CEO of Queen of Raw

Corporate attorney turned fashion tech and sustainability entrepreneur, Stephanie is the Co-Founder of Queen of Raw, a marketplace to buy and sell unused textiles, keeping them out of landfills and turning pollution into profit. Prior to starting Queen of Raw, Stephanie worked as a lawyer in the fashion, media/entertainment, start-up, and technology industries and co-founded a sustainable textile manufacturing facility. An advocate for women in business and sustainability, her companies have been featured in NPR, Good Morning America, The New York Times, Vogue, WWD, ELLE, Cheddar, Parade, WCBS, United Nations, Fortune, Entrepreneur, WIRED, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Fast Company.

Stephanie is a NASA/NIKE/IKEA/DELL LAUNCH.org Innovator, a Grand Prize WeWork Creator Awards Winner presented by Ashton Kutcher, a Cartier Women's Initiative Laureate, an MIT - Solve Global Challenge Winner, a Climate Change Finalist in Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity, a thredUP Circular Fashion Fund Recipient, and an LVMH Innovation Award Finalist. She is a Member of Pledge 1% and New York Circular City Initiative and Founding Member of Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network, along with Aveda, Kering, and Stella McCartney.