Chailease Group makes ‘strategic investment’ in Ordre’s parent group

Taiwan's Chailease Group has made a strategic equity investment in B2B e-commerce platform Ordre.com, owned by Aeon International Holdings.

Chailease Group chairman Andre Koo told ‘WWD’ the group's three year-old venture private equity arm CL Capital Management has made its first “multimillion dollar” fashion tech investment in Aeon International Holdings, the Hong Kong-based parent company of Ordre.

Launched by Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia’s founder Simon Lock in November 2014, Ordre holds a portfolio of more than 100 designers and a retail network of 2,427 organisations in 93 countries.