Project Runway: Fashion Startup

*Project Runway: Fashion Startup*
Project Runway: Fashion Startup
Genre	Reality television
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Bob Weinstein ; Harvey Weinstein ; Patrick Reardon ; Barbara Schneeweiss ; Jay Peterson ; Todd Lubin ; James Bruce ; Mary Donahue ; David Hillman
Production companies	Matador Content; The Weinstein Company Television
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	October 20 –; December 15, 2016

Project Runway: Fashion Startup is an eight-episode American reality television series that premiered on October 20, 2016 on Lifetime. This was the ninth direct spin-off series of another series, Project Runway, which airs on the same network.

On Fashion Startup, aspiring fashion and beauty entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors. The panel included Katia Beauchamp,^[2] CEO and cofounder of Birchbox; Christine Hunsicker,^[3] CEO and founder of Gwynnie Bee; Rebecca Minkoff,^[4] successful fashion designer with a global lifestyle brand; and Gary Wassner,^[5] CEO of Hilldun Corp. and chairman and cofounder of Interluxe Holdings, companies that have provided financing for some of America’s and the world’s designer labels.,^[1]