Miroslava Vasilyevna Duma (‹See Tfd›Russian: Мирослава Васильевна Дума; born 10 March 1985) is a Russian digital entrepreneur and investor in international fashion. She is also the founder of Buro 24/7, a digital company, and the CEO and founder of Future Tech Lab, a venture capital fund.[2][3][4]
Early life
Duma was born on 10 March 1985 in Surgut, Russian SFSR, shortly after her family moved there from Ukraine.[5][6] Her father, Vasiliy Duma, was a senator in the Russian Federation until 2011.[7] From 1997 to 1998, he headed a department of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and he was later president of LUKOIL-Transnefteprodukt.[citation needed]
Duma founded Buro 24/7 in 2011, a website for art, architecture, cinema, fashion, music and style. In July 2017, Buro 24/7 acquired a majority stake in the fashion magazine System.[10]
In 2016, Duma co-founded The Tot, a children's fashion company, with Nasiba Adilova.[11]
In 2017, Duma founded Future Tech Lab (FTL), an investment and technology company.[3]
In 2018, Duma was removed from the board of The Tot and Buro 24/7,[12] after she shared a note on Instagram from fashion designer Ulyana Sergeenko containing a racial slur,[13] and after a video was released of her making transphobic comments.[14][15] Duma publicly apologized after the incidents.[12]
Duma has invested in Reformation[16] (a greenfashion brand), Dropel Fabrics,[17] RewardStyle,[18] and Finery.[19] Duma was a member of the advisory board of Diamond Foundry of San Francisco in 2016.
Duma joined New York Fashion Tech Labs as a mentor.[20] The NYFTL is a twelve-week program for fashion technology startups.
Duma is one of the founders of PANGAIA, the materials science lifestyle apparel company.[21]