Getboxy

Boxy, previously named Storelift, is a French consumer retail company operating autonomous convenience stores. Its stores are built from recycled sea containers, a format designed to be replicated at low cost and placed in varied environments, requiring only a small plot of land and a power connection. Each store carries a selected assortment of roughly 250 everyday products, spanning groceries through take-out, positioned at what the company describes as fair prices.

Customers download the Boxy application, provide identity details and register a payment method, then enter the store at any hour of the day via QR code. Inside, proprietary technology combining hundreds of sensors with computer vision and deep learning algorithms detects the items a shopper selects and charges them automatically on exit, with no checkout process; a digital receipt follows minutes later. The company states it controls the full value chain, including data, logistics, goodwill and its network of outlets.

Founding story

The company was founded by Tom Hayat and David Gabai. Founding year is given as 2018 in the EU-Startups directory, as 2019 in the same entry's business description, and as 2020 in Serena's portfolio profile.

Business model

Operator of its own network of unstaffed convenience stores, selling everyday consumer goods directly to shoppers through app-authenticated, checkout-free retail units.

Retail sales of groceries and take-out items in company-operated autonomous stores, billed automatically to the customer's registered payment method.

Traction

Reported total funding above €25 million and a store assortment of about 250 everyday products.

Latest developments

Serena's portfolio profile continues to list Boxy (ex-Storelift) as a France-based consumer company, with partners Olivier Martret and Émilie Benayad involved.