Retail Tech Startups

YouWorld is a technology provider that enables retailers to accept Chinese mobile payments and e-gift cards, increasing foot traffic and sales from Chinese customers both locally and traveling. The platform integrates native mobile payment options and delivers loyalty points/cashback features for a seamless shopping experience.

1 investor

Youzan is a merchant services company that helps businesses privatize customer assets, expand online customer bases, and improve operational efficiency. The company serves merchants and small business owners across China who want to build direct customer relationships and scale their online presence.

1 investor

Yumbin operates mobile POS-powered self-checkout markets that provide curated snacks, beverages, and essentials in workplace breakrooms, replacing traditional vending machines with lightweight software for product selection and checkout. It targets corporate offices and manufacturing facilities where employees pay for their own snacks.

1 investor

Żabka Group is a convenience retail leader in Central Europe operating over 13,000 stores across Poland and Romania, combining physical store locations with digital channels including a mobile app and online ordering platforms. The company serves consumers seeking quick shopping trips and responsible product choices through an integrated omnichannel convenience ecosystem.

1 investor

Zammit is an e-commerce platform that lets merchants build and run online stores, offering a dashboard to manage orders, inventory, shipping, payments, and customer data along with sales reports. It provides bilingual (Arabic/English) storefronts with integrated mail, cash, and online payment options.

1 investor

Zapenda is a fashion brand and platform offering clothing that blends styles and fabrics from the Democratic Republic of Congo and America, connecting Congolese tailors with customers. It was created to rethink the relationship between clothing, the people who make it, and how it is worn.

1 investor

Zeal adds loyalty programs, customer insights, and merchant health monitoring to supported payment terminals, letting merchants reward repeat customers at checkout. It sells to acquirers, PSPs, ISOs, and other payment partners who bring the product to their merchant estates.

1 investor

ZéBrands is a Mexican company that builds and operates a family of consumer brands aimed at helping people improve their daily lives, running a portfolio of more than 200 retail stores. It positions itself as a platform focused on scaling and leading the market.

1 investor

Zeipt provides a digital "Smart Receipt" platform that connects banks, card issuers, accounting systems, loyalty programs, and expense management tools so that itemized receipts are linked automatically to card transactions. It targets banks, card issuers, and merchants, primarily in the Nordic market, through an API-based receipt integration.

1 investor

Zenivize provides a platform that uses mobile wallets (Apple Wallet, Google Wallet) and AI to deliver customer incentives such as coupons, offers, rebates, gift cards, and loyalty rewards. It serves retailers and CPG brands, supporting offer distribution, receipt-scan rebates with PayPal/Venmo payouts, loyalty programs, and data-driven customer engagement.

1 investor

Zenline provides AI-driven analytics for retailers, offering insights on pricing, assortment consolidation, product launches, sell-out trends, and product relationships such as variants and substitutes. It combines public data with a retailer's own data, cleaned and enriched by AI agents, to support assortment and margin decisions.

1 investor

ZenOwn builds AI computer vision and consumer engagement tools for consumer goods brands to monitor shelf and planogram compliance, plan in-store execution, and register and re-engage shoppers in retail. Its products include Shelf Compliance AI, Shelf Creation AI, Register & Engage, and Consumer Insights, used by brands across multiple countries.

1 investor

Zenus provides AI-powered facial analysis that measures impressions, demographics, and sentiment in real time without collecting personal data, accessible via a live dashboard or API. Its solutions serve retail brands, event organizers, and exhibitors for consumer insights, attendee tracking, and lead capture.

1 investor

ZeroLight provides CGAI (computer graphics plus AI) visualisation solutions that generate product-correct imagery from approved 3D models and media, aimed at brands and agencies. It offers ready-to-use products, white-label tools and APIs, and a team of AI artists to produce content, with enterprise features for managing and scaling AI production.

1 investor

Zest is a food safety management application that digitizes HACCP compliance and traceability (product origin, expiration dates, temperature logs) and helps manage a Sanitary Control Plan (PMS). It targets food retailers, cafés, hotels, and restaurants, and helps reduce paperwork and food waste.

1 investor

Zettle (a PayPal service) provides a point-of-sale system combining card readers and terminals with a free POS app for accepting in-person and contactless payments. It targets small businesses and enterprises with tools for inventory management, sales reporting, payment processing, and working capital loans.

1 investor

Zipline is a platform designed for retail organizations that combines communications, task management, and AI-driven store performance insights across multiple locations. The software helps coordinate headquarters, district managers, and store employees to execute operations, maintain brand consistency, and improve customer experience.

1 investor

Zíro is a payment method that lets distributors and manufacturers offer interest-free credit to small retailers (traditional channel stores) without assuming default risk, while receiving guaranteed payment on agreed terms. It handles identity verification, credit evaluation, and fraud prevention, and integrates with e-commerce, CRM, or sales tools.

1 investor

Zoined offers an analytics and reporting platform that connects to point-of-sale, e-commerce, ERP, visitor counter, and workforce management systems to consolidate business data into dashboards and reports. It provides industry-specific metrics, filtering, time-period comparisons, and automated reporting for retail and related businesses.

1 investor

Zubut provides fulfillment and last-mile delivery services for eCommerce businesses, handling order receiving, warehousing, inventory management, pick-and-pack, and shipping. It operates local deliveries in major Mexican eCommerce cities and ships nationwide across Mexico.

1 investor

Zunify runs a loyalty and promotions program where customers earn and redeem points on purchases, accessible by scanning a QR code or entering a phone number. It offers integration for e-commerce.

1 investor

Zwipe provides branded membership card and loyalty infrastructure for restaurants, enabling them to drive repeat visits and predictable recurring revenue through paid membership programs tied to physical and virtual cards.

1 investor

Guoquan is a Chinese fresh food supermarket specializing in hotpot and barbecue ingredients, with a focus on food safety and supply chain digitalization. The company sells pre-selected ingredients and meal kits sourced directly from producers.

1 investor

Double B ("Даблби") is a specialty coffee company that roasts beans, develops signature drinks, and operates a chain of over 50 coffee shops along with a barista academy, its own roastery, and specialty vending. It serves coffee customers primarily in Moscow, Irkutsk, and across Russia.

1 investor