RACHELE DIDERO

Founder / Designer / CEO

Cap_able's creator, fashion, and textile designer.

While studying in Milan, New York, and Tel Aviv, she developed and patented a textile to shield facial recognition, for which she won the ADI Compasso d'Oro Award, the oldest and most influential international design award.

Her research grows thanks to Cap_able and her Ph.D. between Politecnico di Milano and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

FEDERICA BUSANI

Founder / Business Development / Strategy lead

Strategy e business development lead at Cap_able.

She began hwe professional journey in the Netherlands, where she first encountered the start-up world. From that moment she began an exciting journey in the fields of technological innovation and entrepreneurship in Carlo Ratti Associati and Hive, eventually launching Cap_able.

GIOVANNI MARIA CONTI

Founder / Mentor & Advisor

Knitwear expert, he is currently the Coordinator of the Knitwear design Lab – Knitlab of the Fashion Design Degree at the Politecnico di Milano. His fields of interest focus on contemporary design, specializing in Knitwear, Fashion Design, and Sustainable Textiles.

Director of the Master in Fashion Direction: Product Sustainability Management at MFI (Milano Fashion Institute Consortium) and member of LeNS - International Learning Network on Sustainability.

REBECCA DIDERO

Marketing Strategist

Creativity, Communication, and Hard Work.

She is an active and devoted spokeswoman for made-in-Italy and quality culture.

To cap_able, she brings her international experience and passion for creating a community with strong values.