Retail Tech Startups

ESB provides an integrated business operating system for food and beverage businesses, including POS/cashier apps, ERP, and AI tools covering table, menu, promotion, and transaction management. It serves restaurants and cafes and integrates with online ordering platforms like GoFood, GrabFood, and ShopeeFood, operating in Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

3 investors

Ethosphere is a privacy-first platform that records and analyzes in-person, customer-facing conversations on the retail sales floor to generate coaching feedback for associates, action steps for managers, and fleet-wide performance insights for brands. It serves retail organizations seeking to develop frontline sales teams and understand in-store customer experience.

3 investors

Ever operates an AI-native electric vehicle retail platform, buying and selling EVs both online and in-person across the United States. The company runs the leading EV store in the U.S., selling over 30 EV brands and 200+ models.

3 investors

FABRIC TOKYO offers made-to-order business wear, allowing customers to order custom-fit clothing via smartphone or at physical stores. It focuses on personalized business apparel tailored to individual lifestyles in Japan.

3 investors

Fermat provides a suite of AI tools with simple, form-based interfaces aimed at designers and creative teams, letting them generate work and adjust parameters to iterate. It offers organization-wide controls including admin access management, role permissions, model opt-outs, GDPR compliance, and the ability to train AI agents on a company's brand archive.

3 investors

Firmly provides a platform that connects merchants and their commerce stacks to AI agents through a single integration, supporting agentic protocols such as UCP, ACP, MCP, AP2, and TAP without engineering work. Its product, firmly Connect, makes merchant products shoppable across multiple AI agent channels, embedding checkout at the point of product discovery.

3 investors

Five Stars is a customer acquisition and loyalty platform that helps local businesses attract nearby customers with targeted offers, collect performance insights on customer behavior and sentiment, and encourage reviews. The platform serves retail and hospitality businesses.

3 investors

Flagship provides data and growth infrastructure for physical, brick-and-mortar retail, giving store networks the analytics visibility that eCommerce brands already have. It is built for retailers to manage and optimize their store operations.

3 investors

Fleek operates a global online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of wholesale vintage clothing, providing transparency and protection in an otherwise fragmented supply chain.

3 investors

Focal Systems develops AI-powered solutions for retail store operations, including shelf-monitoring cameras and an automated task management operating system that provides real-time visibility into product availability and inventory status. The platform targets retailers seeking to optimize store efficiency, reduce stockouts, and improve employee productivity through data-driven insights.

3 investors

Freeing Returns offers an AI system that scans transactions to identify and recover revenue lost to vendor errors, missed credits, return fraud, damaged goods, pricing errors, and overstocking. It targets loss prevention and procurement leaders at large enterprises, positioning itself beyond traditional theft-focused loss prevention.

3 investors

Fudo is a cloud-based platform for restaurants and food businesses in Latin America that integrates point-of-sale, inventory management, payments, and online delivery into a single system. The platform serves cafes, bars, pizzerias, food trucks, chains, and other food service establishments.

3 investors

Fuse is a demand planning and inventory control platform that centralizes sales, warehouse/3PL, and supplier data to generate AI-powered SKU-level demand forecasts, automated supply plans, and inventory-aware cash flow projections. It serves scaling multi-channel brands managing DTC, Amazon, wholesale, and retail operations with 100 to 10,000+ SKUs.

3 investors

Gemist provides embeddable software tools for fine jewelry brands, including a custom jewelry design builder, ring-stacking visualizer, live diamond/gemstone marketplace, and on-model photorealistic renders. The tools integrate into a brand's existing website so customers can design, visualize, and order custom jewelry, generating complete structured orders without manual quoting or product photoshoots.

3 investors

GimmeVending builds cloud-based management, delivery, and invoicing software for full-line markets, vending, and office coffee operators, as well as Direct Store Delivery (DSD) teams. Its tools include warehouse pre-kitting, route driver scheduling with picture-based planograms, online operations management, and a Bluetooth DEX device for DSD and full-service vending drivers.

3 investors

Greentoe is an online marketplace where consumers name their price and negotiate deals on brand-new, warranty-backed electronics and appliances from authorized retailers. The platform emphasizes consumer savings through a negotiation-based shopping model.

3 investors

HappyOrNot builds the Smiley feedback terminal and related analytics tools that let businesses collect high-volume customer and employee feedback at the point of experience and turn it into AI-powered operational insights. It serves retail, service, and other brands worldwide across 135 countries.

3 investors

Happy Returns provides a returns and reverse logistics platform for retailers, offering box-free, label-free drop-offs through a network of 10,000 Return Bar locations along with AI-powered fraud detection, item verification, and consolidated returns to warehouses. It serves ecommerce and retail businesses managing reverse logistics.

3 investors

Helcim is a payment processing platform for small businesses, offering in-person, online, and phone card payments plus ACH, invoicing, payment links, and 40+ integrations. It uses Interchange Plus pricing with no monthly fees and provides APIs and embeddable payment forms for merchants.

3 investors

Hilbert builds AI-native infrastructure for growth teams to consolidate fragmented data, analyze growth drivers with mathematical rigor, and make rapid, precision-driven decisions. The platform serves B2C companies seeking to replace manual dashboards and siloed insights with automated intelligence across user dynamics and business metrics.

3 investors

Hoxton Analytics provides AI sensors, software, and analytics that count visitors, measure in-store conversion, monitor real-time occupancy, and collect spoken customer feedback. It serves retail, attractions and leisure, museums and galleries, and hospitality venues.

3 investors

Hoxton.ai provides AI sensors, software, and analytics that count visitors, measure in-store conversion, monitor real-time occupancy, and capture spoken customer feedback. It serves retail stores, attractions and leisure venues, museums and galleries, and hospitality venues.

3 investors

Gentle Monster designs and sells eyewear including sunglasses and prescription glasses through direct-to-consumer channels. The company offers multiple collections and collaborations, including intelligent eyewear products.

3 investors

INDOCHINO produces custom made-to-measure suits, shirts, blazers, and outerwear for men and women. The company operates through a direct-to-consumer model with physical showrooms and online ordering.

3 investors