Retail Tech Startups

Kings is a garden retailer selling plants, vegetables, potting mix, compost, planters, and home fragrance products. It offers gardening supplies and accessories to consumers in New Zealand.

1 investor

KinsaActive is an e-commerce retailer specializing in plus-size clothing and gear for women's outdoor activities, particularly skiing. The company sources functional and stylish apparel in extended sizes for plus-size women who participate in winter sports and outdoor recreation.

1 investor

Kintow provides an orchestration platform that automates back-office operations and decision-making for restaurants, connecting fragmented systems and reducing manual work. The platform serves restaurant operators seeking to improve margins and operational efficiency without adding management overhead.

1 investor

KioskBuddy is a self-service kiosk app that turns an iPad with Square hardware into a self-order checkout station for restaurants and retail stores. It imports menus from Square and integrates with Square payment hardware so businesses can take self-service orders, reduce wait times, and cut cashier staffing.

1 investor

KiotViet provides point-of-sale and business management software for small merchants and household businesses in Vietnam, covering retail, wholesale, F&B, spa/beauty, and hospitality. Its tools handle multichannel online/offline sales, integrations with e-commerce and food delivery platforms, staff management, payments and lending, and tax/accounting compliance.

1 investor

Kit and Ace is a women's apparel company offering minimalist wardrobe essentials including pants, sweaters, tees, and dresses designed for versatility and comfort. The brand focuses on smart, elevated basics with premium fabrics like merino wool and four-way stretch materials for everyday and professional wear.

1 investor

KitchenHub provides a platform that simplifies online food delivery and order management for restaurants, virtual kitchens, and ghost kitchens by consolidating multiple delivery platforms into a single automated system.

1 investor

Klangfarbe is a music equipment retailer selling synthesizers, digital pianos, PA/audio systems, and stage lighting from brands such as Arturia, Yamaha, Casio, Nord, and LD Systems. The site is presented in German and targets musicians and audio professionals.

1 investor

ounda GmbH is a German group that unites independent traditional opticians and hearing-aid acousticians under one umbrella while preserving each location's own identity, with over 100 affiliated specialist stores. It offers services and support to partner opticians and acousticians and acquires existing businesses from owners looking to sell, operating across Germany.

1 investor

Koalafi provides point-of-sale financing for merchants, offering Lease-to-Own and lending solutions (with loans issued by The Bank of Missouri) so retailers can extend pay-over-time options to non-prime consumers. It handles consumer credit risk, pays merchants after delivery, and offers approval amounts up to $7,500 in the U.S.

1 investor

Kobas provides a Kitchen Display System for hospitality venues such as restaurants, pubs, and coffee shops to digitally manage and track incoming customer orders across kitchen stations. The system integrates with Kobas EPoS and accepts online orders from third-party platforms, reducing reliance on paper tickets and improving kitchen operation efficiency.

1 investor

Kody provides a unified payments platform for hospitality, retail, and food & beverage businesses, combining in-person and online card acquiring, payment links, booking recovery, multi-currency acceptance, and automated processing of OTA virtual credit cards. It consolidates multiple payment vendors into one connected layer and integrates with existing property management and reservation systems.

1 investor

Kooick builds AI-powered smart fridges for unattended retail in locations such as workplaces, campuses, and health clubs, using its FusionAI technology to enable automated checkout. The company is rolling out refrigerated units with freezer and ambient versions planned.

1 investor

PDI provides enterprise software and analytics solutions for retailers, wholesalers, and brands in the convenience and foodservice industries, helping them manage operations and gain market insights.

1 investor

Kovzy provides an all-in-one platform for restaurants covering online ordering websites, QR-code digital menus, and a POS system. Its tools handle direct online sales, card and mobile payments, delivery cost calculation, menu and recipe management with ingredient cost analysis, and reporting across in-house sales and delivery aggregators like Glovo and Wolt.

1 investor

Kreko provides small neighborhood shops (tiendas de barrio) in Latin America with an AI assistant for operations, inventory, pricing and cash-flow management, and uses point-of-sale data to build a proprietary credit score ("Kreko Score") that unlocks working-capital and equipment financing. It targets underserved corner-store owners — many of them women — across LATAM, with examples in Bogotá, Colombia.

1 investor

Krispy Krunchy Chicken operates a fried chicken concept available through convenience store locations across the United States, offering freshly prepared chicken with Cajun seasoning alongside signature sides and biscuits.

1 investor

Krispy Kreme is a global doughnut brand that produces and sells doughnuts through retail shops, online ordering, and select retailers. Founded in 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the company operates both in-shop experiences and catering services for consumers.

1 investor

Kristin Company is a footwear tech company that connects planning, design, sampling, and production through AI-driven shoe design and manufacturing platforms. It serves shoe brands and manufacturers, offering AI design tools, factory matching, production, inspection, and logistics, and also operates its own in-house shoe brands.

1 investor

KSI Vision is an AI video analytics software platform that turns existing CCTV security cameras into behavioral data—people counting, heatmaps, dwell times, and real-time alerts—without new hardware. It serves retailers, shopping malls, and airports in Europe, LATAM, and the US.

1 investor

Kudobuzz aggregates customer reviews from social platforms and review sites like Facebook, Google Maps, Yelp, Amazon, and Etsy, allowing businesses to display verified reviews on their websites. The platform helps companies manage their online reputation and improve search visibility across multiple review channels.

1 investor

Kustom is a checkout solution for merchants that integrates with a network of partners to enable flexible payment options and shopper experiences across online and in-person channels. The platform operates globally, serving more than 24,000 businesses worldwide.

1 investor

L'Exception is an online retailer selling fashion and lifestyle products, including apparel such as a chunky knit raglan sweater, with a stated focus connecting Paris and Tokyo and reinterpreting vintage sportswear. It offers free shipping in metropolitan France over €150, returns, installment payments, and gift cards.

1 investor

LAAM is an online marketplace for South Asian fashion, offering women's, men's, and kids' clothing, modest wear, jewelry, and accessories from a range of brands. It connects sellers with shoppers and provides international shipping with duties and customs included.

1 investor