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Kunal Amalean

Mentor, Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship

Kunal AmaleanKunal Amalean ’12 is the co-founder of Runway Kit, an all-in-one platform that provides aspiring fashion designers with everything they need to start their own swimwear or activewear collection.

Runway Kit is powered by MAS Holdings, one of the world's most recognized apparel design and manufacturing companies upholding a rich 30-year-old legacy in commitment to humanity, transparency and sustainability.

Runway Kit empowers fashion designers and apparel entrepreneurs by enabling them to streamline processes and manufacture ethical, sustainable collections in ways that are easy and accommodating for small to medium-sized businesses. Through this platform, Kunal encourages other professionals to find a space/project they are passionate about within the business.

Areas in which Kunal can share his experience with students:

  • Growing the business.
  • NxG Integration & Experience & starting from the ground, values, humility, etc.
  • Global Expansion of overseas businesses.
  • Expansion of a start-up manufacturing facility.
  • Intra-preneurship with my Runway Kit project & encouraging other professionals to find a space / project they are passionate about within the business.

About Runway Kit

Runway Kit is an e-commerce unit of MAS Holdings, the largest apparel and textile manufacturer in South Asia. (MAS is internationally recognized for its ethical standards and sustainable processes, and women’s empowerment.) 

Runway Kit has made starting a fashion brand easier since 2017. From swimwear, lingerie to active-wear, the project has leveraged MAS’s 30 years of production and research experience to develop a platform with a user-friendly, end-to-end solution. The goal has been to help fashion entrepreneurs using simple tools and step-by-step guides, through advanced design, precise prototyping and ethical manufacturing in flexible batches, making their back-end process effortless.

Runway Kit and its factories suppliers fall under the MAS holdings umbrella. MAS is headquartered in Sri Lanka with 53 manufacturing facilities placed across 16 countries, with over 99,000 people involved in its operation, and is globally recognized for its ethical standards and sustainable working environment. By extension, Runway Kit offers its partners garments produced in water and carbon neutral factories, with a vision for far more sustainable processes by 2025. Runway Kit is committed to manage its footprint, champion climate action, and support a thriving planet, while staying true to its people centric values to help communities thrive.

More about Kunal Amalean

You can also find Kunal Amalean's profile on LinkedIn.