Retail Tech Startups

Xola is a reservation and booking software platform for tour, activity, and attraction operators, offering online checkout, POS and ticketing, digital waivers, staff and equipment management, marketing tools, and reporting. It also provides distribution through OTAs, mobile apps, kiosks, and 24/7 customer support.

4 investors

Xtime provides Spectrum, a cloud-based service experience platform for automotive dealership service departments and OEMs, covering scheduling, check-in, and checkout. The software aims to improve customer retention and satisfaction while increasing dealer service revenue.

4 investors

YASO operates an AI-powered platform that helps international consumer brands sell and manage their presence across China's ecommerce and social commerce channels, handling storefronts, fulfilment and KOL partnerships. It focuses on cross-border commerce into the Chinese market, with operations run from Shanghai.

4 investors

Zanifu provides inventory-based financing for small and mid-sized businesses and retailers in Kenya, enabling them to access working capital by leveraging their stock.

4 investors

ZigZag offers a SaaS-based returns management platform that integrates with retailer websites to handle product returns. The platform is designed to reduce costs and friction in the returns process for ecommerce retailers globally.

4 investors

ZYOD is an apparel manufacturing platform that uses AI to make fashion production more efficient for clothing brands and businesses. Based in India, it offers end-to-end manufacturing services covering design through production.

4 investors

PassOrder is a smart-order platform that lets customers order, pay for, and collect loyalty points on cafe drinks before arriving at the store, reducing staffing and turnaround time for cafe owners. It connects cafes with coffee consumers in South Korea and serves as a marketing and additional-sales channel for store owners.

4 investors

Favy designs, builds, and operates shared food halls and food alley spaces while also developing SaaS tools for food businesses including mobile ordering, subscription management, and CRM systems. The company serves food service operators and retailers through venue design, leasing, technology solutions, and customer acquisition services.

4 investors

24SEVEN Apni Dukan operates a chain of digitized convenience stores in Pakistan, combining in-store and app-based shopping with an AI-powered POS, inventory management, loyalty programs, and embedded fintech services. The company runs on a franchise model, offering entrepreneurs and store owners branding, retail technology, supply chain, and centralized warehousing support.

3 investors

35up builds data-driven cross- and upselling technology for e-commerce, centered on an algorithm that optimizes product recommendations in real time to improve conversion rates, basket values, and customer lifetime value. Founded in 2021 and focused on the European online retail market, the company was acquired by Sovendus GmbH.

3 investors

91APP provides a SaaS commerce platform that combines branded e-commerce websites and native mobile apps with OMO (online-merge-offline) tools, helping retail brands build membership-based private traffic and integrate online and physical store operations. It serves D2C digital retailers, brands transitioning to omnichannel, and large enterprises with complex POS/CRM/ERP integration needs, primarily in Taiwan.

3 investors

A-Frame builds and scales consumer brands in collaboration with retailers and visionary talent, focusing on underserved communities. The company combines product development with brand creation to bring culturally-relevant offerings to market through a network of over 10,000 retail locations.

3 investors

AboutYou is an online fashion retailer offering clothing, footwear, and accessories from brands such as Asics and various designer collaborations, along with live shopping and curated seasonal styles. It sells directly to consumers across categories including running, outdoor, fitness, and apparel.

3 investors

aCommerce is an end-to-end e-commerce enablement and service provider for global consumer brands in Southeast Asia, offering localized solutions including fulfillment, online sales channels, and analytics tools such as its BrandIQ measurement suite. It serves brands like L'Oréal, Adidas, and Unilever across Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

3 investors

Adinte builds Customer Data Platform (CDP) and retail media infrastructure for Japanese retailers and brand manufacturers, enabling targeted advertising and marketing across in-store digital signage, mobile apps, and e-commerce channels.

3 investors

Advantage Solutions provides outsourced sales, marketing, merchandising, and retail services for consumer packaged goods brands and retailers, covering product conception, manufacturing, logistics, product demonstrations, and private brand strategy. It serves more than 4,000 CPG brands and grocery, mass, big box, drug, and convenience retailers across the U.S. and Canada, using proprietary technology, AI, and retail data.

3 investors

AIPERIA provides AI-based demand forecasting and production planning for highly perishable fresh goods, generating per-store, per-item order and baking recommendations that factor in around 150 external variables like weather and holidays. It serves bakeries and retailers managing bakery counters and food-to-go assortments across multi-location store networks, aiming to reduce waste and improve product availability.

3 investors

Algonomy builds AI systems for retailers and brands that interpret customer intent and autonomously manage engagement, commerce, and supply decisions across the retail lifecycle. The platform uses AI-powered decisioning to optimize personalization, demand forecasting, merchandising, and inventory management.

3 investors

Salsify offers an Intelligent Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that turns product data into product content and experiences across physical, digital, and AI-driven "agentic" retail channels. It serves brands and retailers managing product catalogs and digital shelf presence, with AI-powered automation for workflows.

3 investors

Alloy.ai provides a cloud data platform with pre-built connectors that integrate point-of-sale, inventory, and supply chain data to give consumer brands real-time visibility into demand and inventory across their retail network. The platform enables brands to reduce out-of-stocks and improve bottom-line impact through daily SKU store-level insights.

3 investors

Allra offers software for online shop and e-commerce sellers that automatically consolidates settlement/payout schedules and calculates real product margins by syncing store data, replacing manual spreadsheet tracking of cash flow. The tool provides a settlement calendar and automated margin reporting for merchants.

3 investors

Alma is a payment platform that enables merchants in Europe to offer installment payment options to customers, both online and in-store. The service guarantees upfront payouts for merchants with no chargeback risk.

3 investors

Ampd provides data-led marketing solutions for commerce marketers, helping brands measure and optimize paid traffic performance across retail platforms like Amazon, Walmart, Meta, TikTok, and Target. The platform connects brand media to retail commerce through agentic systems that enable trackable shopper journeys from ads to checkout for enterprise CPG companies.

3 investors

Angaza offers inventory management features as part of its platform for last-mile distributors of products such as clean cookstoves and off-grid energy devices. Its tools help distribution businesses track and manage stock to reach underserved consumers.

3 investors