Retail Tech Startups

Smarte Carte manufactures and operates self-service luggage cart kiosks and related solutions in travel and leisure venues such as airports, rail stations, bus terminals, theme parks, and retail centers globally. The company serves travelers and venue operators seeking to enhance convenience and streamline luggage handling experiences.

2 investors

Smeetz builds AI-powered software for the attractions industry, offering tools such as dynamic pricing to optimise operations, capacity, and guest experiences. It serves attractions and entertainment venues looking to manage ticketing, pricing, and sales across channels from a single platform.

2 investors

Smile provides a loyalty platform for Shopify merchants, enabling customizable rewards programs and customer retention features for e-commerce brands of all sizes.

2 investors

Snappy is a technology platform for restaurants that combines order management, sales tracking across locations, and a CRM with customer profiles. It helps restaurants manage operations and run marketing campaigns to retain customers.

2 investors

SOMM'IT provides inventory management and stock tracking software for wine and beverage establishments, helping restaurants, bars, and wine caves reduce manual data entry errors and streamline inventory operations through a dedicated mobile app integrated with point-of-sale systems.

2 investors

Souq.com redirects to Amazon.ae, an online retail marketplace serving the United Arab Emirates that sells products across categories including electronics, baby, beauty, grocery, fashion, and home goods. The site offers general consumer shopping with delivery, deals, and third-party seller listings.

2 investors

SourceReady uses AI to help product teams find and manage suppliers. The platform searches millions of manufacturers globally, analyzes emerging market trends, and automates sourcing communication to accelerate product development and validation.

2 investors

SpeedSize operates a patented AI-based media optimization and content delivery network that compresses images and videos while preserving visual quality for faster load times. It targets high-volume eCommerce and fashion brands, integrating with platforms such as Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce.

2 investors

SPOTVISION is a computer vision platform that connects to existing IP CCTV cameras and uses an on-premise EdgeBox device to process video in real time, turning surveillance feeds into operational KPIs, alerts, and certified evidence. It serves retail, logistics, and security operations, integrating with existing WMS, ERP, or alarm systems via API.

2 investors

Springs Window Fashions manufactures and sells window coverings and treatments across residential consumer, dealer, commercial, and European business units. The company operates in the building products industry with manufacturing across the United States, Mexico, and Europe.

2 investors

A retailer of patterned fabric and textiles for purchase by the yard.

2 investors

Starbucks is a coffeehouse chain that sells espresso-based beverages, seasonal specialty drinks, and food items to consumers. The company operates cafes globally and offers products for on-site consumption and to-go ordering.

2 investors

Starcart provides an agentic commerce infrastructure that lets websites, content publishers, marketplaces, and AI assistants enable in-site purchasing through AI agents that handle cart building, checkout, payment, and delivery tracking across merchants. Integrated via a one-line JavaScript snippet, it offers white-labeled checkout and access to millions of products from online stores, aimed at helping sites monetize their traffic.

2 investors

Sthrive provides an AI-driven platform for training and performance optimization of frontline retail staff, including learning systems, real-time performance analytics, and customer service tools. The platform serves retail businesses of all sizes looking to improve employee performance, sales, and customer experience.

2 investors

Stitch Fix is an online personal styling service that pairs customers with human stylists who select clothing and accessories based on a style quiz, fit, and budget, shipping curated boxes ("Fixes") where shoppers keep what they want and return the rest. It serves women, men, and kids across the U.S. with over 2,000 brands, offering no-subscription on-demand or scheduled deliveries.

2 investors

Stok.ly is an order-management-led, inventory-centric cloud ERP platform for retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers running complex multi-channel operations, covering orders, inventory, warehouse execution, purchasing and manufacturing. It serves scaling businesses across the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe and the United States.

2 investors

STORES provides a unified platform combining booking, cashless payments, POS register, and online shop functionality for fitness businesses such as personal gyms, rental gyms, yoga studios, and sports classes in Japan.

2 investors

Storesight provides brands with real-time visual monitoring of in-store product placement and shelf conditions across thousands of retail locations, enabling faster identification and response to execution issues during product launches. The platform uses AI-powered tools to verify planogram compliance, track inventory, and benchmark competitive positioning.

2 investors

STORES 株式会社 provides tools for small and mid-sized retailers to digitize their operations, including online store creation, POS registers, cashless payments, online booking systems, and app building. The company serves Japanese shop operators, offering combinable services to run and grow their businesses more efficiently.

2 investors

Apollo is an advanced predictive analytics platform that uses image and textual analysis with machine learning to forecast true consumer demand for fashion and retail brands. The tool helps retailers and fashion companies optimize inventory planning, reduce forecast errors, and improve merchandising decisions across omnichannel distribution channels.

2 investors

Subscribfy is a Shopify Plus-native retention platform that combines memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, and analytics to help DTC brands increase customer lifetime value and recurring revenue. It targets ecommerce merchants in apparel, beauty, and lifestyle and pairs its software with white-glove onboarding and ongoing retention support.

2 investors

Connectwave (Summerce) operates a group of e-commerce services in Korea, including price-comparison platforms Danawa and Enuri, seller tools such as Makeshop, PlayAuto, LinkPrice and Smart Delivery, and cross-border fulfillment across 13 centers in 9 countries. It serves consumers and online sellers with generative-AI-based commerce solutions spanning consumer, seller, and cross-border commerce.

2 investors

Superb offers a point-of-sale system and payment processing solutions for restaurants, bars, and small shops, combining a simple POS interface, card payments with daily payouts, and mobile ordering capabilities.

2 investors

SupplyHog provides ecommerce solutions for hardware and building supply stores, operating as an online marketplace for construction materials. Originally launched in 2010 as a reverse auction platform, it pivoted to ecommerce and was acquired by a construction industry company in 2016.

2 investors