Retail Tech Startups

Foodics provides a cloud-based point-of-sale and restaurant management system that lets food and beverage businesses handle orders, payments, inventory, customer loyalty programs, and integrations through an app marketplace. It serves local and international restaurant brands managing daily operations from a single platform.

8 investors

GoSpotCheck provides mobile workforce management and field operations software for mobile workers and teams. The platform helps organizations streamline operations and manage teams in the field.

8 investors

Jumbotail runs a B2B marketplace platform connecting India's mom & pop grocery retailers (kirana stores) and supermarkets with brands and staples producers, offering products across staples, packaged foods, personal care, and home care. It provides tech-driven supply chain and logistics, sourcing and quality control, fintech-based payments and working-capital credit, and a cloud-based Retail Operating System (Golden Eye) plus a J24 Retail-as-a-Service platform for running modern convenience stores.

8 investors

Max Retail is a retail technology platform that enables independent retailers to convert excess inventory into cash by connecting them directly with shoppers. The platform automates listing, distribution, and logistics to help small retail businesses manage unsold merchandise efficiently.

8 investors

Metreecs provides data science and AI-driven insights to businesses, leveraging client data, external factors, and business trends to help companies operate more efficiently and profitably.

8 investors

Ordergroove provides subscription infrastructure for enterprise commerce, letting brands integrate once and manage subscriptions across storefronts, retail, voice, and AI agent channels. Its platform offers agent-native APIs (MCP layer, GraphQL, webhooks), pre-built agents, and A/B testing tools to grow subscription revenue and retention.

8 investors

Photoroom provides visual creation tools for e-commerce businesses to generate product images and marketing content. The platform serves over 1 million brands globally and processes billions of images annually.

8 investors

Positive manufactures and distributes fresh packaged salads and wholesome food products to grocery stores, hospitals, universities, and workplaces across California.

8 investors

Provenance operates a claims-validation framework that independently verifies product sustainability and quality claims for consumer brands, mapping them to certification bodies and regulatory standards. Its validated "Proof Points" appear across retail partners' product pages, search and recommendations and are structured to be cited by AI shopping assistants, serving brands and retailers in beauty, personal care and food.

8 investors

Recess operates an experiential media network that connects consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands with turnkey product sampling activations across venues like fitness studios, university housing, and coworking spaces. Its platform offers geo- and audience-targeting, booking workflow tools, and attribution reporting to tie sampling campaigns to revenue impact.

8 investors

RetailAware provides sensor-based analytics and sense technology that lets retail brands and their partners measure how shoppers interact with physical in-store product displays, tracking foot traffic, dwell time, and out-of-stock events. The data helps brands benchmark and optimize display performance to increase product sales.

8 investors

RetailNext offers a retail analytics platform combining foot traffic analytics, asset protection, and in-store shopper journey insights, with a conversational AI layer (Pulse AI) for querying store data in plain language. It serves retailers' operations, loss prevention, merchandising, store design, and marketing teams.

8 investors

Returnly was a returns management platform for Shopify brands that has officially shut down as of October 1, 2023. The company was owned by Affirm.

8 investors

Rockbot offers a platform for businesses to manage in-location audio and visual experiences, including licensed background music, digital signage, in-store TV content, guest song requests, and audio/visual advertising. It serves single locations through national chains and franchises, providing centralized control over branded content across multiple sites.

8 investors

Salsify offers a product experience management (PXM) platform with tools for centralizing product content, syndicating it across channels, enriching product pages, and analyzing digital shelf performance. It serves brands and retailers looking to manage and optimize product data for ecommerce and omnichannel commerce.

8 investors

Santé builds a point-of-sale system designed specifically for liquor retail stores. The software helps liquor business operators modernize their store management and operations.

8 investors

Seated is a customer acquisition platform for restaurants that fills empty seats and drives foot traffic without requiring new technology or staff training, generating revenue through introducing diners to restaurants for dining, takeout, and private events.

8 investors

Smartrr is a Shopify-native subscription platform that lets e-commerce brands sell subscriptions, run loyalty and referral rewards, and manage a branded customer account portal to drive repeat purchases and recurring revenue. It targets direct-to-consumer brands looking to build predictable, recurring revenue and reduce churn.

8 investors

Allstate Protection Plans (formerly SquareTrade) provides extended warranty and protection plans for consumer electronics, appliances, and furniture. The company focuses on delivering innovative protection products paired with customer-centric service.

8 investors

Swiftly operates a retail media platform that integrates digital-out-of-home advertising and point-of-sale data to enable retailers and brands to target shoppers across physical and digital channels and measure real-world sales impact.

8 investors

Syte provides visual AI-powered product discovery solutions for e-commerce retailers, including visual search, product tagging, and personalized recommendations to increase shopper conversion and lifetime value.

8 investors

Tajir operates a software-powered B2B marketplace for retail stores to order inventory such as rice, beverages, and household products with next-day delivery. The platform enables direct purchasing from suppliers without requiring a dedicated sales team, with real-time price updates.

8 investors

Vend, now part of Lightspeed and marketed as Lightspeed Retail (X-Series), is a cloud-based point-of-sale and retail management platform for retailers to manage inventory, sales, customers, payments, and reporting across in-store and online channels. It offers unified POS and payments, multi-location management, eCommerce, loyalty and marketing tools, an open retail API, and merchant cash advances.

8 investors

Vetcove provides a purchasing platform that helps veterinary clinics compare prices across vendors and manage inventory. The platform serves small animal clinics, equine practices, zoos, shelters, nonprofits, and other animal care organizations seeking transparent pricing and cost savings on veterinary supplies.

8 investors