Retail Tech Startups

RSVP offers private 30-minute video appointments with a sales associate from its Paris store, presenting bags and small leather goods including materials, textures, and interior fit. Customers can complete purchases during the appointment, with availability mirroring the online store.

1 investor

rue21 is a specialty apparel retailer offering fashion clothing and accessories, with a store locator and lookbook for shoppers. It sells trend-focused apparel aimed at young consumers.

1 investor

RUFU builds Shopify-based e-commerce stores and provides an AI agent ("RUFU AI") that performs day-to-day EC operations such as product registration, image editing, data formatting, and reporting, plus operational outsourcing for Amazon and Rakuten marketplaces. It serves e-commerce and retail businesses in Japan.

1 investor

Rushable provides website hosting, building, maintenance, and updates for restaurants, with mobile-first design and built-in SEO features. The platform handles technical management so restaurant owners can focus on their business.

1 investor

S-cubism (株式会社エスキュービズム) provides end-to-end digital transformation support for companies, building its own software products and assembling project teams to deliver digital initiatives. The Japan-based firm develops multiple services and products that it combines to address client business challenges.

1 investor

SafeArbor develops IoT-connected smart lockers for cannabis dispensaries to automate pre-order pickup and package distribution in a secure, contactless process. The company is women-owned and operates from Las Vegas with domestically manufactured hardware.

1 investor

SalesGossip is a consumer price-intelligence service that tracks real-time price drops, stock glitches, and sales across 500+ designer and luxury brands, sending alerts and predicted sale dates to shoppers. It also provides retailer "dossiers" covering return policies, stock levels, and discount codes, with a planned launch in July 2026.

1 investor

SalesVu is an AI-native platform combining POS, eCommerce, inventory management, and marketing, using autonomous AI agents to automate reordering, pricing, fraud detection, customer engagement, and marketplace syncing. It is built for retail and restaurant operations.

1 investor

SalesWarp provides order management, inventory, warehouse management, fulfillment, workflow automation, and shipping software for retailers, brands, 3PLs, and B2B clients. Serving medium to large enterprises, its platform supports multichannel and omnichannel e-commerce operations.

1 investor

Salon software platform providing appointment scheduling, client management, retail and payment processing, team coordination, and business analytics for salons and similar service-based businesses. The platform integrates multiple operational functions through shared client data and automated communications.

1 investor

SalonUltimate is a salon management software that provides online booking portals, appointment scheduling, employee management, and customer engagement tools for beauty and salon businesses. The platform serves salon owners and franchises seeking to streamline operations across single or multiple locations.

1 investor

SALT + GROVE is a wellness and retail business offering curated wellness products and elevated essentials through a physical retail shop, along with classes and spa services.

1 investor

Samba.ai is a customer data platform for retail and ecommerce brands that unifies customer data and automates personalized marketing interactions across channels using AI and machine learning. The platform helps retailers retain high-value customers and increase lifetime value through predictive insights and omnichannel personalization.

1 investor

SambaPOS is restaurant point-of-sale and management software that handles orders, customizable menus and reporting while collecting operational data for business decisions. It serves restaurants and offers customization and integrations with other applications.

1 investor

Sapore di Mare is an Italian retail chain offering frozen seafood, with over 100 varieties of fish sold across more than 100 stores in Italy. It also provides online ordering via Everli for home delivery and a "call & collect" service.

1 investor

Satsuma builds and operates MCP servers and branded MCP apps that connect merchants' existing eCommerce platforms to AI shopping agents such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google's Universal Commerce Protocol. It targets enterprise and mid-market retailers wanting to sell through agentic commerce channels without replatforming, while retaining ownership of customer data and transactions.

1 investor

Satudora Holdings operates a chain of drugstores and pharmaceutical retail locations in Japan. The company serves consumers seeking over-the-counter medications, health products, and wellness items through its network of stores.

1 investor

Sauce provides an online ordering and delivery engagement platform for local restaurants and chains to connect directly with customers and build profitable relationships.

1 investor

Save repairs devices such as smartphones with broken screens or worn batteries and sells refurbished phones from brands including Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi. It operates a retail chain in France focused on repairing and reselling smartphones, computers, and other tech products.

1 investor

SaveNaturally connects natural grocery retailers, brands, and shoppers through a digital platform that replaces traditional coupons with register-level discounts and purchase-level data. The platform provides retailers with customer engagement tools, brands with transaction-level intelligence on purchases, and shoppers with frictionless savings.

1 investor

Savioni is a men's clothing boutique offering stylish, European-inspired apparel. It operates as a local designer clothier serving customers in the New Hope area.

1 investor

Sayduck offers a no-code platform for uploading and managing 3D product models, building product configurators, publishing browser-based AR experiences, and generating virtual product photography. It serves eCommerce brands in furniture, fashion, consumer electronics, and industrial equipment, with integrations for Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, WordPress, and Wix.

1 investor

SaySo operates a descending-price auction platform for retailers to clear unsellable inventory such as refurbished items, returns, and aged stock. The platform handles auction setup, pricing, and management for furniture and retail businesses seeking to recover margin on clearance merchandise.

1 investor

Scalia built software for standardizing, enriching, and automating the transfer of product data between brands and online retailers. Merchants used its AI-driven workflows to keep listings accurate and update catalogs more quickly. The company was acquired by Veepee in 2019.

1 investor