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Retavo
Techstars '22Winter Park, US · Founded 2020 · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Retavo provides a white-label marketplace platform delivered as software-as-a-service. Its customers use the product to launch peer-to-peer, multi-vendor marketplaces under their own branding.
Also known as Assistt
Investors · 1
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Retavo, also known as Assistt, began as a mobile app connecting people to odd jobs, positioned around saving users time and money in the home improvement experience. It operated as a two-sided marketplace linking service providers with customers.
The company subsequently evolved that single-tenant application into a multi-tenant, white-label marketplace platform that other businesses can use to launch their own branded marketplaces. The platform supports customizable branding, configurable workflows and integrated payment processing, and accommodates several marketplace models including service marketplaces, product marketplaces and hybrid platforms.
Business model
Retavo supplies marketplace software to business clients, which deploy it under their own branding; the platform's multi-tenant architecture and rapid client onboarding position the company as a platform-as-a-service provider in the marketplace space.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
A Techstars-backed early-stage company operating as a platform-as-a-service provider in the marketplace software category.
Technology
The platform uses Angular for the frontend, NestJS for the API layer, .NET for core services and Flutter for mobile applications, with PostgreSQL as the backing database. Its architecture was rebuilt from a single-tenant application into a scalable multi-tenant system supporting configurable branding, workflows and integrated payments.
Go-to-market
Businesses seeking to launch their own branded peer-to-peer or multi-vendor marketplaces, including service, product and hybrid marketplace operators; the original consumer-facing app served people seeking and performing odd jobs and home improvement tasks.
Geography
Headquartered in the Orlando, Florida area of the United States.
History
The company started as a consumer mobile app, Assistt, connecting users to odd jobs and home improvement services through a two-sided marketplace. A founding team member led the technical transformation of the product from a single-tenant application into a scalable multi-tenant white-label platform, repositioning the business to sell marketplace infrastructure to other companies.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- Retavoassistt.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Retavo do?
- Retavo (AKA Assistt) is a Techstars-backed startup offering a white-label, multi-tenant marketplace platform.
- Who are Retavo's investors?
- Retavo's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Retavo headquartered?
- Retavo is headquartered in Winter Park, US.