Retail Tech Startups

BigCommerce is an open, API-first ecommerce platform for building and scaling online stores, serving both B2C and B2B brands with drag-and-drop storefront building, customizable checkout, multi-currency/multi-language selling, and 600+ integrations. It also offers multichannel selling across marketplaces, social, and AI search channels, plus AI assistant tooling and end-to-end migration and growth services.

4 investors

Black.ai provides AI-powered retail intelligence by analyzing CCTV footage to track customer journeys across multiple cameras. The platform enables retailers to increase conversions, optimize store layouts, reduce theft, and measure marketing impact while maintaining privacy through default face blurring.

4 investors

Bold provides payment and financial products for small and medium businesses, including card readers (datáfonos), payment links, online payment gateways, a digital business account, debit and credit cards, business credit, electronic invoicing, and a POS system. It serves merchants in Colombia.

4 investors

bops provides software that helps consumer packaged goods manufacturers' sales, supply chain, and retail-operations teams reduce on-shelf availability issues and out-of-stocks across their retailer partners. Its customers include CPG brands and food and beverage manufacturers, with activity noted in Latin American markets such as Mexico and Chile.

4 investors

Bossa Nova developed autonomous robots and cloud AI to automate on-shelf inventory management, deploying robots in Walmart Supercenters to scan aisles and report issues such as out-of-stocks to store associates. The company serves large retailers and now uses its website to share lessons with startups and entrepreneurs.

4 investors

Bridg provides in-store identity resolution that links anonymous point-of-sale transactions to known customer profiles or creates new ones, enriching them with extended attributes to expand a retailer's first-party data. It serves retailers, convenience stores, and quick-service restaurants looking to grow reachable audiences and power retail media and paid campaigns.

4 investors

Brightpearl is a retail operating system that automates multi-channel order fulfillment, inventory management, and accounting for merchants and wholesalers. It serves retail businesses seeking to reduce operational complexity and improve efficiency through automation and data-driven inventory planning.

4 investors

Bringg offers a modular last-mile delivery platform with an integrated carrier network and services, providing planning, routing, dispatch, and driver management for enterprise retailers and logistics providers. It connects to 250+ third-party, crowdsourced, and autonomous carriers across 70+ countries to manage deliveries across owned, 3PL, and hybrid fleets.

4 investors

CB4 offers Spotlight, a patented AI software that runs machine learning on brick-and-mortar retailers' POS data to detect in-store physical issues holding back sales. It sends store managers prioritized recommendations to fix critical issues and reports on program success, compliance, and margin lifts.

4 investors

C2RO offers ENTERA, a video analytics platform providing behavioral analytics and theft deterrence across sectors including retail, shopping malls, events, smart cities, industrial, healthcare, banking, and hospitality. The platform is designed to comply with European (GDPR) and Canadian (PIPEDA) data privacy regulations.

4 investors

Caper builds AI-powered smart shopping carts equipped with GPS and computer vision for grocery stores. The carts enable self-checkout and in-store analytics for retailers.

4 investors

Carsome is a used car marketplace that conducts rapid vehicle inspections (30-45 minutes) with transparent pricing and provides a one-year warranty on engine, transmission, and AC. The company serves consumers in Indonesia seeking to buy certified pre-owned vehicles with guaranteed quality and cash payment within 24 hours.

4 investors

ChannelSight offers a commerce intelligence platform that connects brands' product pages and marketing campaigns to the retailers carrying their products, with Where To Buy, Add to Cart, digital shelf monitoring and shoppable media tools. It also provides AI-focused features that measure and optimize brand product visibility across AI shopping agents, marketplaces and retailer sites for consumer goods brands globally.

4 investors

Clyde provides an ownership enrichment platform that helps merchants manage product warranties, registrations, and customer issue resolutions to build long-lasting customer relationships. The company serves retail and e-commerce businesses seeking to improve post-purchase customer experiences through better warranty management.

4 investors

Cognitiwe offers a Predictive Vision AI platform that uses computer vision, IoT, edge, and cloud computing to give retailers and manufacturers real-time insights and predictions, flagging issues such as faults, risks, and out-of-stock shelves before they occur. Its products support use cases like fresh food monitoring in retail and in-line quality control in manufacturing, with GDPR-compliant, hardware-flexible deployment across cloud, on-prem, or hybrid environments.

4 investors

CoolrAI is an AI-powered SaaS platform that analyzes cooler and freezer images to provide commercial intelligence for Food & Beverage brands and distributors. The platform combines image-based visibility with analytics and field execution tools to improve product availability, reduce inefficient visits, and increase sales across global retail networks.

4 investors

Customily is a product customizer app for e-commerce platforms that enables merchants to sell personalized products with real-time design previews. It integrates with multiple e-commerce channels and print-on-demand providers to automate order fulfillment and file generation.

4 investors

Custora provides segmentation and predictive analytics software that helps e-commerce retailers identify and market to individual customers through integrations with email, display advertising, and audience platforms like Facebook and Google.

4 investors

Digiphy offers a connected packaging and contextual storytelling platform that uses QR codes and page building to enable brands to communicate product origin, traceability, and sustainability information directly to consumers. The platform serves consumer brands seeking to build deeper customer relationships and help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.

4 investors

Drapr provides virtual try-on technology for clothing that enables shoppers to preview apparel online and helps brands increase their digital sales.

4 investors

DTEK.ai builds AI systems for retailers, including automated checkout, computer-vision store monitoring, customizable AI agents for loss prevention and reporting, and decision intelligence tools. Its products aim to reduce checkout queues, prevent loss, and provide shopper and store-performance insights using non-biometric vision data.

4 investors

Dukaan is an e-commerce platform that lets businesses create online stores with responsive websites and mobile apps, offering themes, plugins, payment gateway integration, shipping/delivery, multi-warehouse management, and analytics. It serves sellers ranging from beginners to enterprise brands, with shipping across India, and is operated by Growthpond Technology Pvt Ltd.

4 investors

Dupe is a shopping tool that lets consumers find cheaper lookalike alternatives to products they want by searching the internet for the same or similar items at lower prices. It focuses on categories such as furniture, housewares, and clothing.

4 investors

Ecwid is an ecommerce platform that allows merchants to add online stores to existing websites or build new ones with customizable themes, inventory management, and order processing. The platform provides automated marketing tools, payment and shipping integration, and multi-channel selling capabilities for online retailers.

4 investors