Kareen Mallet

I am a founder, CEO and global business executive with 25+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, consumer, commerce and luxury. I bring both an operator’s and entrepreneur’s perspective: I spent 17 years in senior fashion and consumer strategy roles at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman before founding Replika Software, a venture-backed commerce technology company that I built from concept to profitability and international scale.

As an advisor or board member, I can help founders navigate the critical transition from a great product to a scalable business — sharpening strategy and positioning, developing enterprise go-to-market models, building strategic partnerships, raising capital, and selling into complex global organizations. At Replika, I raised approximately $8M from investors including LVMH and L’Oréal and built relationships with companies including L’Oréal, LVMH, Dior, Sephora, Chanel, Coty and Dyson.

I am particularly interested in ambitious Seed-to-Series B companies in AI, fashion tech, retail tech, ecommerce, consumer technology and enterprise SaaS, especially where technology is changing how consumers discover, choose and buy products. I am most valuable to founders who have strong technology or product capabilities but need experienced guidance around commercialization, enterprise adoption, consumer strategy, partnerships, international expansion and building the company for its next stage of growth.