Retail Tech Startups

Heritage Grocers Group operates a family of grocery supermarket chains focused on Hispanic culinary traditions, offering fresh specialty items such as tortillería, carnicería, panadería, and pastelería products. It serves shoppers seeking authentic ingredients and flavors from Mexico and Central and South America.

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Herm.io lets shoppers build a private, anonymised loyalty profile from their purchase history across multiple retailers, so brands can recognise and reward cross-channel customer loyalty with personalised discounts, store credit, and early access. The consumer-facing loyalty and rewards platform is free for shoppers, with brands paying to identify and reward loyal customers across Europe.

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Hero is a listing tool for online resellers that turns product photos into marketplace listings using AI, with features for pricing, image editing, and bulk posting to channels like eBay and Facebook. It offers inventory import from Shopify, WooCommerce, and spreadsheets, plus web and mobile apps for managing and cross-listing inventory.

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Highby Outdoors is an online and retail store selling hunting and shooting gear to outdoorsmen, and also operates a coffee shop at its Sidney, Nebraska location. Established in 2019, it serves customers nationwide across the United States.

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Higher builds neighborhood commerce hubs that combine local bookshop café spaces with membership-based, omnichannel retail technology, expansive product categories, and same-day delivery. It aims to modernize hyperlocal retail as an alternative to large e-commerce platforms for consumers who want to support local retailers.

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Hishab is a business management platform for growing businesses in Bangladesh, combining inventory, sales, accounting, HR/payroll, CRM, and point-of-sale in one system. It offers real-time dashboards, invoicing, stock alerts, bookkeeping, task management, and email/SMS marketing for shops, restaurants, and retail counters.

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Holotch offers an end-to-end volumetric video streaming system that lets users capture 3D holographic content with an iPhone's LiDAR sensor, process it in the cloud, and play it back through a viewer app or Unity plugin. It provides tools for building XR applications with real-time hologram streaming across iOS, Android, and Windows.

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HomeRun is an online retailer selling construction and home hardware materials such as plywood, electrical wires, cables, storage racks, power tools, water heaters, kitchen sinks, and CCTV cameras, with bulk pricing and local delivery. It serves customers in India, offering products from brands like Action Tesa, Polycab, Finolex, Bosch, and Luminous.

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Honei provides payment processing and analytics software for restaurant groups, integrating with existing POS systems and banks to automate cash reconciliation and provide real-time visibility into sales, staff performance, and customer behavior across locations.

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Hoplix is an on-demand print production and fulfillment platform that enables sellers to transform their product ideas into businesses without managing production or logistics. The company serves print-on-demand entrepreneurs and creators in Italy.

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HOTCAKE (夯客) is a booking and member-management platform for beauty and technical-service businesses — including hair salons, nail/lash studios, tattoo/permanent makeup, spa/massage, fitness/yoga, pet grooming, and car detailing — offering online appointments, LINE integration, POS, reporting, and remarketing tools. It supports operators from solo studios to multi-branch chains and is a LINE-certified technical partner.

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Hownd provides marketing solutions for local businesses—particularly family entertainment centers, health and beauty businesses, and restaurants—to attract nearby consumers, grow their customer base, and convert visitors into repeat customers. It operates a consumer community that connects shoppers with local merchants and offers marketing tools to small business owners.

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Hozah provides automated, ticketless parking solutions for shopping centres and retail parks, using number-plate recognition to handle parking payments. It serves retail property operators in the UK.

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HubBox provides a checkout integration that enables e-commerce retailers to offer pickup at physical locations and lockers as an alternative to home delivery. The platform reduces cart abandonment, shipping costs, and operational support burden while improving customer satisfaction.

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Hubii offers a platform for trade and retail execution that connects existing networks of distributors, retailers, and brands into a coordinated system. It detects stockouts and triggers replenishment alerts in real time, maps distribution gaps by store and category, and flags pricing misalignment across channels.

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Wangdiantong develops ERP and warehouse management software for e-commerce businesses, offering order management, inventory, warehousing (OMS+WMS), distribution, procurement, and financial management modules aimed at improving operational efficiency. It targets mid-to-large enterprises and cross-border e-commerce sellers, providing tools for multi-platform store management, smart replenishment, and supply chain control.

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Huq operates a location intelligence platform that collects and processes human movement, demographic, and spending data to deliver consumer footfall and location performance insights. It serves retailers, real estate firms, consultancies, banks, and government organisations for uses such as store expansion, portfolio optimisation, benchmarking, and market analysis, with data coverage across the EU and Middle East.

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Image One Industries is a privately owned national services company for brick-and-mortar retail and corporate brands, operating through three divisions: general and specialty construction, brand design and manufacturing, and facilities maintenance. It serves clients ranging from locally owned businesses to national chains across the United States.

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iCHEF provides a restaurant point-of-sale system for chain restaurant brands, with ERP/accounting integrations, cross-brand sales reporting, HR and payroll system connections, and integrations with payment and delivery platforms. It targets multi-location and multi-brand restaurant operators in Taiwan, offering POS software plus installation, training, and support services.

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An optical store staffed by nationally certified opticians that provides eye and vision testing tailored to a customer's age and environment. It offers comprehensive vision care, including eyeglass frame recommendations and the sale of contact lenses suited to individual eye conditions.

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IdolStore is a K-pop merchandise retailer with a physical store in Seoul that sells idol-related products online with international shipping and multi-language support.

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iKhokha provides card machines, payment solutions, business funding, and digital tools for small businesses and entrepreneurs in South Africa. Its offerings include point-of-sale card readers, online payment links, invoicing, prepaid product sales, and cash advances, alongside analytics dashboards and business education resources.

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Imbox Protection makes in-store machines and an all-inclusive service that treat footwear against water, stains, and colour-fading for shoe and apparel retailers. Its PFAS-free treatment system is engineered and manufactured in Denmark, with over 10,500 units delivering more than 40 million treatments a year.

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Impact Analytics builds Agentic AI and analytics software for retail, grocery, manufacturing, wholesale, and quick-service restaurant businesses, covering merchandising functions such as demand forecasting, planning, assortment, inventory, and pricing. It also provides data engineering and retail analytics consulting services to support data-driven decision-making.

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