Intelligent clothing for
intelligent women

Finding the perfect balance of quality and cost without compromise.

Founder Clare Hornby firmly believes that women should not have to choose between cost and quality, flattering or functional clothing. We completely agree.

Launched in 2009, ME+EM has championed "Intelligent Style" to bring modern women high-quality, timeless yet fashionable clothing. What we love about the business model is that they have no middlemen, they handle everything in-house with no third parties driving up the prices.

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100M

annual revenue up from
£20m in just over 3 years

1/3

of all sales now
international

3

overseas leases signed,
stores open in USA in 2024

ME+EM deliver luxury clothing at an affordable price to their customers. We are equally compelled by founder and CEO Clare Hornby; her passion and obsession with quality is a driving force behind the company.

The brand, loved by Sienna Miller, Nicole Kidman, and the Duchess of Cambridge, is continuing its remarkable UK growth to America and last year secured £55m to accelerate this international expansion, from growth investor Highland Europe.

Freston Ventures from the start have been incredibly supportive on many levels, helping facilitate faster more profitable growth for ME+EM. In the early days they helped to fill the gaps in expertise with their own incredibly impressive in house team, who added real value whilst we worked through the difficult early business years. Crucially, they are able to take a long term view and remain a key investment partner to date. I couldn't have got ME+EM to the scale it is today without them.

Clare Hornby  |  Founder and CEO

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