Retail Tech Startups

Unicommerce provides e-commerce automation software including warehouse, order, and inventory management, omnichannel retail, shipping automation, and courier aggregation for online sellers and retailers. It serves B2C and B2B e-commerce businesses with marketplace, cart, and ERP integrations, with a focus on the Indian market.

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Uniware provides an integrated electronic point-of-sale (EPoS) and payment software system aimed at multi-site, multi-till operations, with reporting and analytics tools for operational management. Its UK-developed software serves catering and hospitality clients such as universities and councils, and integrates with accounting, CRM, and e-commerce systems.

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Upshop offers a SaaS platform for grocery retailers that digitizes fresh operations, manages inventory and omnichannel orders, and provides AI-driven forecasting for replenishment, production planning, and waste reduction. It connects inventory, fresh, waste, commerce, and compliance data across store departments and guides store associates with real-time tasks and alerts.

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Upside operates a cash-back marketplace for brick-and-mortar commerce, connecting consumers with retailers such as gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants, and hardware stores. Retailers gain additional profit while consumers earn increased purchasing power on everyday purchases.

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Uvesco is a Spanish supermarket retail group that operates the BM Supermercados chain of grocery stores. It focuses on food retail and highlights initiatives around animal welfare and sustainability practices.

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Vaayu provides AI and machine learning-powered climate impact accounting software for retail and fashion brands. The platform automates calculation of carbon emissions, water use, waste, and other environmental metrics across supply chains and supports regulatory compliance including Scope 3 accounting and Digital Product Passports.

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Vagabond builds ERP software and consumer engagement mobile and web applications (including its vīv product) for the unattended retail sector, such as vending machine operators. Its tools aim to improve consumer purchase experiences and support business owners in this market.

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Valutec provides gift card processing and customer loyalty programs, offering tiered packages that cover in-store and online digital gifting along with a customer data management platform. It serves businesses of all sizes as well as partners who resell these programs to their own merchants.

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Vardera Labs offers AI models and an API that identify, authenticate, grade, and value collectible and high-value items such as coins, trading cards, toys, and luxury goods from photos. It serves marketplaces, auction houses, and authentication and grading bodies looking to automate intake processing and launch new categories without hiring category specialists.

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ZOZO NEXT is a Japanese company within the ZOZO Group focused on creating new fashion-related businesses and conducting R&D, centered on the ZOZO Research Institute, to solve user problems in fashion through technology.

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Provides two-factor, AI-based age verification for age-restricted products such as alcohol, tobacco, and vapes in unattended retail and vending. Offers hardware, software, and integration options (MDB for vending, REST API for other systems) to help businesses comply with age-check regulations across the US and EU.

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Veeton generates studio-quality, photorealistic AI fashion models and product imagery, letting brands produce visuals without physical photoshoots, photographers, or studios. It targets fashion brands and retailers looking to scale visual production for products, ads, and retail touchpoints.

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Veloq provides a modular end-to-end technology platform for online same-day grocery, covering fulfillment centres, micro-fulfilment automation, AI-powered last-mile routing, and eCommerce storefronts. Spun out of Rohlik Group's grocery operations, it serves grocery retailers in Europe with software, automation hardware, and operational support.

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Vendekin builds a hardware-enabled SaaS platform for vending machines, micro markets and self-service kiosks, including the Retrobox hardware and vNetra AI/ML software for remote sales tracking, inventory management and cashless payments. It serves vending machine and unattended retail operators, with product lines for frozen food, hot food and snack/beverage vending.

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Vendoo provides software that enables resellers to manage inventory and sales across multiple online marketplaces from a single platform. The company serves individual and business resellers looking to streamline their multichannel selling operations.

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Venu is a loyalty and marketing platform built into EFTPOS payment terminals, letting customers earn and redeem rewards when they pay without apps or forms. It targets retail and hospitality merchants, offering automated offers to drive repeat visits and higher spend.

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JasperX is a product information management (PIM) platform that centralizes SKUs, attributes, pricing, images, and digital assets in one system and syncs them across sales channels. It serves ecommerce merchants and brands, offering native integrations with Shopify, BigCommerce, and marketplaces such as Amazon, plus a RESTful API for ERP and custom storefront connections.

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Verkkokauppa.com is an online retailer selling consumer electronics and home appliances, including TVs and refrigeration equipment, offering free delivery on selected products. It serves consumers in Finland.

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Verneek builds an AI-native operating platform for the consumer and retail industry, unifying customer-facing experiences and back-end operations under a single intelligence layer. Its products cover merchandise planning, product information management, e-commerce search and recommendations, digital engagement, store operations, customer care, and executive intelligence for Fortune 500 enterprises.

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Vestico provides an eCommerce video and product discovery platform with an AI-powered size recommender and facial matching technology that combines user-generated content, videos, and images to help online shoppers find the right fit and products. It serves online retailers in fashion and beauty, aiming to reduce returns and increase conversion.

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VibeIQ is an AI-powered product decision platform for retail, footwear, and apparel brands that consolidates merchandising, design, and sales workflows into a shared visual workspace for assortment planning and launch.

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Vibers builds AI-powered products for clients using technologies such as LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and generative AI, delivering complete products including UX rather than only the AI layer. It also runs an internal B2B SaaS team developing AI products for enterprise customers.

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Vibrant is a fintech company working on payment solutions, including in-store payment technology. It aims to bring convenience, trust, and choice to interactions within the payment ecosystem.

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Viewa provides 3D, AR, and AI-powered product visualization technology that lets shoppers see how configurable products such as blinds, shutters, and home furnishings will look in their own space via smartphone or web. It targets retailers of large, configurable home and garden products, offering tools for online buyers and in-store sales teams.

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