Retail Tech Startups

Lasso is a product information management (PIM) platform that uses AI to import, structure, enrich, translate, and publish product data for ecommerce teams. It automates data entry, competitor and pricing monitoring, and offers an API, SDK, and MCP integrations to connect with ecommerce platforms and other PIM systems.

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LE NEW BLACK is a B2B wholesale management platform for fashion brands, offering tools for lead and sales management, order processing, digital B2B showrooms, inventory management, and 24/7 retailer access. It supports immersive product presentation with hi-res images, videos, 360s, and VR/3D integration for virtual showroom tours.

1 investor

LeafLogix is no longer available as a standalone product. Its functionality has been integrated into Dutchie POS, a point-of-sale and back-office system for cannabis retailers that handles checkout, inventory management, compliance tracking, and integrates with e-commerce and loyalty tools.

1 investor

Lease Protect France provides retail loss-prevention and security systems—anti-theft gates, intelligent video surveillance, alarms and access control, and digital signage—to reduce shrinkage and secure premises. It serves retailers, hospitality, healthcare, industry, local authorities, and residential co-ops across France via regional agencies.

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Lengow is an e-commerce SaaS platform that helps brands and retailers manage and optimise product feeds, distribute listings across marketplaces and advertising channels, and monitor competitor and reseller pricing. Its tools cover ads feed management, marketplace management, competitive price intelligence, and reseller network monitoring for online sellers across international markets.

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LEVAR provides an AR and 3D product visualization platform for eCommerce businesses to add augmented reality experiences to their online stores, helping increase conversions and reduce return rates. The platform integrates with major eCommerce and marketing tools including Shopify, Klaviyo, and Google Analytics.

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Lexius converts existing security cameras into AI-powered systems that detect shoplifting in real time and send alerts to retail staff. The platform serves physical retail stores seeking loss prevention and revenue protection.

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Libera Global AI digitizes small retail stores in emerging markets, using retail-specific large vision models, a decentralized knowledge graph, and blockchain to turn everyday in-store transactions into data insights via tools like Display AI, Receipt AI, and Digital Voucher Distribution. It serves brands, retailers, and shop owners across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, offering shelf management, market analytics, and financial opportunities for small merchants.

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Liberty Cannabis operates cannabis dispensaries offering flower, vape cartridges, concentrates, edibles, and topicals, along with a rewards wallet app and guidance for obtaining a medical card. It serves retail and medical cannabis customers across several U.S. states including California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, and New Jersey.

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Lids is a retailer of officially licensed sports headwear and apparel, selling hats, jerseys, merchandise, and gear from college and professional teams across leagues like MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, soccer, and NASCAR. It operates an online store and hundreds of physical stores across the United States serving sports fans.

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Lifestores runs a chain of pharmacies and a chronic disease management program, sourcing medications directly from manufacturers and importers to offer lower prices. It serves retail pharmacy customers in Nigeria.

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LiftForward provides a platform that powers subscription, upgrade, digital attach, and financing programs for brands, merchants, and financial institutions. It enables these businesses to launch and manage recurring-revenue and customer financing offerings.

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Lightyear is a low-fee investment platform for retail investors in Europe that provides transparent access to stock markets with a simplified user experience. The company targets European consumers who want to invest without hidden fees and complexity.

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1Concier (formerly Harbor Linen, formed from the merger of Riegel Linen, T-Y Group, and Harbor Linen) is a wholesale supplier of commercial linens and terry products serving hotels, resorts, casinos, healthcare facilities, commercial laundries, and cruise lines. It sells through an eCommerce ordering platform and operates warehouses across North America (CA, SC, HI, MX, and DR).

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Lingble provides a global eCommerce solution and managed services, offering brands a unified cross-border online store with localized entry points based on geography while coordinating with local retailers and distributors. It handles pricing, media spend, and inventory optimization to help brands scale international eCommerce operations.

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LingXing provides SaaS for cross-border e-commerce sellers, covering inventory and purchasing (with 1688 ordering and restocking suggestions), logistics tracking, financial and profit management, multi-dimensional BI reporting, and advertising campaign management across platforms like Amazon FBA. It also includes AI-driven tools and risk management for online marketplace operations.

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Linkers offers an AI-powered people counting system (Linkers Cx) that counts foot traffic and analyzes visitor behavior across stores, branches, and shopping malls with up to 99% accuracy. It provides retail analytics such as visit durations, demographics, retention rates, and POS integration to help retailers optimize operations and marketing.

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Linnda offers an AI-based trade promotion optimization platform that turns sales and promotion data into predictive analytics and actionable recommendations for CPG companies. It focuses on improving trade marketing ROI and sales in the traditional retail channel (small stores).

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Linnworks provides inventory and order management software that connects inventory, orders, warehouses, listings, and shipping carriers across 100+ marketplaces with real-time syncing and automation. It serves multichannel ecommerce retailers looking to manage fulfillment, listings, and analytics from a single platform.

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Lipari Foods is a food distributor and private-label manufacturer that plans assortments, manages cold-chain warehousing and transportation, and provides in-store category and merchandising support for grocery, college and university, convenience, and healthcare retailers. It offers a digital portal for ordering, pricing, availability, and claim tracking across ten product categories.

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Liquid Barcodes provides a loyalty and subscription software platform for convenience stores, fuel retailers, and multi-site car wash operators, using automation, gamification, and mobile app experiences to increase visit frequency and member retention. Its tools support member segmentation, rewards, offers, games, and recurring car wash subscriptions.

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Lisek is a rapid grocery and convenience goods delivery app operating in major Polish cities, offering delivery within 15 minutes of order placement. The platform provides groceries, household items, cosmetics, and seasonal products for urban consumers seeking time-efficient shopping.

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Lisuto develops an AI tagging tool ("AIタッガー") that reads CSV files containing product text such as item descriptions and automatically generates the search-filter tags needed for products to appear in refined searches. It serves e-commerce sellers on Japanese marketplaces including Rakuten Ichiba, Yahoo Shopping, and PayPay Mall.

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LIVEBUY provides shoppable video and live-shopping software that online retailers integrate into their web stores and mobile apps to add interactive video content to product pages. It also connects merchants with content creators to build and manage a creator pool for social commerce.

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