Retail Tech Startups

StrataVision uses AI and computer vision to analyze footage from a business's existing on-site cameras, generating real-time analytics on customer journeys, employee workflows, and space utilization. The platform serves physical retail and other on-site businesses to improve customer experience, optimize operations, and enhance security and loss prevention.

2 investors

Dema provides a commerce intelligence platform that analyzes e-commerce data to help brands make better business decisions. The platform aims to democratize access to advanced analytics that were previously available only to large enterprises.

2 investors

Descifra provides location intelligence and territorial analysis, combining geospatial, demographic, and economic data with AI to help medium and large companies decide where to expand, optimize their store networks, and assess competition. It targets retail, QSR, banking, and healthcare businesses in Mexico, and offers free tools for territorial and urban market analysis.

2 investors

Dialog provides an AI sales agent embedded on ecommerce product pages that enables shoppers to ask questions and make purchases through conversational interactions rather than navigating traditional menus and filters.

2 investors

Dianxiaomi operates a cross-border e-commerce service portal that helps Chinese merchants register for and onboard onto international online marketplaces such as TEMU, TikTok Shop, Shopee, Amazon, Lazada, and Walmart. It provides settlement channels, service providers, and support for selling on more than a dozen global platforms.

2 investors

Digital Brands Group is a portfolio group that combines apparel brands with technology tools, offering eCommerce and retail platforms alongside AI-powered IP protection, automated marketing, and data security. It curates brand offerings based on consumer data to create personalized shopping experiences while safeguarding brand assets and consumers.

2 investors

Digitaleo offers a marketing platform for retail chains and multi-location networks, helping individual establishments manage local visibility, drive in-store traffic, and retain customers. Its tools cover local SEO and reputation, acquisition, and customer loyalty.

2 investors

DimOrder provides technology solutions for the food service industry, offering point-of-sale systems and dining platform services to restaurants. The company uses technology to improve operational efficiency and enhance the dining experience for both customers and restaurant operators.

2 investors

Dines is a hospitality management platform for food and beverage venues such as food halls, offering counter POS, self-order kiosks, mobile and QR ordering, handheld tableside devices, integrated payments, stock and staff management, vendor revenue splitting, and an AI assistant called Tilly. It serves multi-vendor venues and operators across the UK and Ireland.

2 investors

Dispension provides self-service kiosk and delivery platforms for age-restricted and regulated products, completing transactions in under 60 seconds while ensuring compliance and security. The company serves vendors and operators seeking to reduce friction, labor costs, and access barriers in regulated retail environments.

2 investors

Doji is a mobile app that lets users virtually try on designer fashion. It offers a consumer-facing tool for exploring and visualizing clothing on themselves.

2 investors

Doshii is a technology platform that integrates hospitality software applications, enabling venues to streamline operations across multiple tools without manual duplication. It serves restaurants, bars, and other hospitality venues in Australia by facilitating communication and synchronization between their various business applications.

2 investors

DotPe provides point-of-sale, e-commerce website building, inventory management, CRM, and marketing tools for merchants and restaurants to manage front- and back-of-house operations from a single dashboard. It serves businesses of all types and sizes, primarily in India.

2 investors

Dripos provides integrated hardware and software point-of-sale and business management system designed for independent coffee shops. The platform consolidates multiple subscriptions required to run a shop into a single, user-friendly solution.

2 investors

Driven Brands operates a portfolio of franchised automotive service brands providing oil changes, maintenance, collision repair, and auto glass services to retail and commercial customers across the United States. The company manages well-known brands including Meineke, Maaco, Take 5 Oil Change, and Auto Glass Now.

2 investors

Droppe operates an online store selling occupational safety and workwear products—such as safety shoes, high-visibility clothing, protective gloves, respirator masks, and work trousers—from brands like New Balance and Nitras. The site serves buyers of workplace safety equipment and lists prices in euros with a German-language market interface.

2 investors

DropShop acquires and partners with regional and local consumer brands in India that have strong product-market fit, then optimizes their production and distribution to scale them across untapped markets. It supplies affordable packaged goods (snacks, drinks, and other FMCG products) to kirana shops serving mass-market "Bharat" consumers.

2 investors

Drug Eleven operates a chain of drugstores and dispensing pharmacies that fill prescriptions issued by medical institutions nationwide, alongside retail products and services. It offers services such as prescription dispensing, delivery, a loyalty point card, and a mobile app, with store locations across Okinawa, Kumamoto, and other regions of Japan.

2 investors

PouchNATION provides a guest management platform and cashless sales system for hospitality venues and event organizers. The company serves hotels, restaurants, bars, and event businesses globally with solutions for ticket sales, access management, and guest engagement.

2 investors

EasyPicky provides a mobile application for collecting shelf audit and merchandising data in retail stores using smartphone video capture, eliminating the need for manual note-taking and enabling offline data collection.

2 investors

Easysize provides a machine learning-powered sizing and fit algorithm for online fashion retailers to reduce product returns and improve sustainability. The platform helps e-commerce businesses lower return costs while maintaining customer satisfaction, reducing waste in manufacturing, shipping, and inventory.

2 investors

ebbo is a company backed by private equity and venture capital firms. The investors page provides limited detail on its own products or services.

2 investors

ecoATM operates automated kiosks where consumers can sell used smartphones for instant cash. The company refurbishes, resells, or recycles devices to reduce electronic waste, with over 6,500 kiosk locations across the US in retail partner stores.

2 investors

Ecomtent develops AI-powered tools for ecommerce that merge CRM and ERP data to provide real-time visibility into business metrics. The platform serves online retailers and ecommerce businesses seeking enhanced search and analytics capabilities.

2 investors