Jackalo was founded by mother, maker, and long-time environmentalist Marianna Sachse.

Marianna was always happy to receive hand-me-downs for her kids but noticed that they petered out as her son grew bigger. Kids are notoriously rough on their clothes—their pants don’t last a month, let alone an entire school year, without rips in the knees. The waste from these trashed clothes adds up and costs parents unnecessary time and money. Plus, fashion is one of the largest polluting industries in the world.

After years of frustration with the lack of durable, ethical, and sustainable clothing options for her kids, Marianna founded Jackalo to bring back old-fashioned quality to kids' clothing.

In 2023, Marianna was named a Nasdaq Milestone Maker, a project of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center highlighting the work of founders that are making an impact on the Sustainable Development Goals. She was also selected to participate in the prestigious Techstars Accelerator (often called the Harvard of accelerators).

Marianna brings her craftsmanship, eye for timeless design, to fundamentally redesign how kids clothes are made: to be strong enough for active kids while being gentle on the environment.