Dropify
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Dropify is a developer of a dropshipping platform that is designed to streamline wholesale product management and sales.
Intreguei
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Intreguei is a technology company that specializes in connecting retailers and online marketplaces with logistics providers for efficient first and last-mile delivery. Its platform includes a mobile app for drivers to manage routes and scan orders, and a web app for seamless integration with e-commerce and marketplace systems, streamlining logistics management for small businesses and marketplaces.
Remedial Health
Series A in 2023
Remedial Health is a company focused on enhancing the procurement and distribution of pharmaceuticals across Africa. It provides a platform that facilitates business-to-business access to medicines, enabling pharmacies and hospitals to order and access retail medications directly from manufacturers or distributors. This approach addresses the inefficiencies and risks associated with relying on open-air medicine markets, where healthcare providers often encounter counterfeit products. By improving the pharmacy operations and workflow management processes, Remedial Health aims to ensure that healthcare providers can more effectively stock their facilities, thereby contributing to a safer and more reliable healthcare environment.
Mix Solutions
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Mix Solutions specializes in developing and implementing mobile point-of-sale systems for businesses. Their primary product is a mobile POS system designed to streamline sales, reduce wait times, and enhance customer experience. This system utilizes near-field communication (NFC) technology for transactions, offers digital menus, ticket printing, and remote printing capabilities, along with administrative functions to prevent fraud and ensure data backup. The company's goal is to provide businesses with efficient tools to manage operations intelligently and interactively.
Pay2B
Venture Round in 2023
Pay2B is a payment-as-a-service ecosystem based in São Paulo, Brazil, that streamlines the entire payment process for businesses. The company has developed a digital platform that integrates various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, PIX Open Finance, cashback options, and reward program points, facilitating quick and easy payment management for online stores and e-commerce platforms. Pay2B's services encompass payment recurrence, multi-currency transactions, and a comprehensive payment management system, which includes a digital wallet. By providing these solutions, Pay2B enables businesses to simplify both online and offline payment processing.
Vimbo Tecnologia
Venture Round in 2023
Vimbo Tecnologia offers a cloud-based automation platform tailored for the retail and industrial sectors, focusing on the management and issuance of electronic fiscal documents. The platform streamlines fiscal processes by providing features such as document storage, automatic capture of issued documents, and integration with accounting software. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Vimbo Tecnologia aims to simplify daily business operations, enhance efficiency, and automate various processes, ultimately making it easier for companies to manage their activities effectively.
B2 List
Venture Round in 2023
B2 List is a software company that offers a new solution for e-commerce B2B using WhatsApp as a sales channel. B2 List allows companies to create and send personalized lists of products to their clients through WhatsApp, where they can easily add products to their cart and finalize their purchases.The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Uberlandia, Brazil.
Viddy
Venture Round in 2023
Viddy develops a physical retail delivery platform to digitize the store. Its platform helps to accept digital payments, create sales, and manage delivery, along with detailed sales reports, helping businesses improve their sales teams' revenue and productivity. With its solution, sellers can create a community of loyal customers, activate their business with a corporate number, send a personalized branded payment link, and request couriers in a delivery application network.
PickNGo
Seed Round in 2023
PickNGo is a platform simplifying last-mile delivery with logistics solutions for express delivery. Their SaaS fleet management system caters to small establishments and third-party logistics companies. Focused on the food market, they boast 250K+ monthly deliveries and 15K+ registered drivers nationwide.
Zid is a cloud-based multi-channel commerce platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses in Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riyadh, Zid enables merchants to create their own branded eStores while integrating with various supply chain players. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that allow users to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, ship products, and build customer relationships. It also provides analytics and reporting features, facilitating data-driven decision-making, and offers access to financing options. Zid's mission is to simplify the entry of retailers into electronic commerce, making it accessible and professional for businesses in the region.
Genius Returns
Venture Round in 2022
Genius Returns is a developer of an automated e-commerce returns platform that helps businesses manage returns efficiently. The platform integrates via application programming interfaces with client systems, combining functions such as performance monitoring, activity and volume data, and automatic delivery traffic tracking to enable analysis and visibility. By providing these insights, the solution aims to reduce costs, improve customer retention, and minimize the environmental impact of returns.
The Lip Bar
Venture Round in 2022
The Lip Bar LLC is a cosmetics company based in Detroit, Michigan, that specializes in producing and selling lipsticks. Founded in 2011, The Lip Bar emphasizes that beauty should not compromise health by offering products made from natural, vegan ingredients. Its lipsticks are uniquely formulated with moisturizing elements such as shea butter, avocado oil, coconut oil, and vitamin E, which help to soften and enhance lips while providing bold color options. The company sells its products through various retail locations across the United States as well as online, catering to diverse beauty needs and preferences.
Twiggy
Venture Round in 2022
Twiggy.ai is an intelligent personalization engine that focuses on enhancing the eCommerce experience by delivering real-time, hyper-relevant shopping interactions. The company’s application utilizes advanced AI technology to analyze customer behavior, preferences, and purchase intent, allowing it to tailor every aspect of the shopping journey, from product discovery to checkout. In addition, Twiggy provides a style lens application that identifies shoppable items from user photos and creates a personalized digital closet. By leveraging insights from users' social networks, Twiggy enables brands to offer efficient product searches, thereby increasing conversion rates, average order value, and reducing cart abandonment. Overall, Twiggy.ai aims to drive measurable revenue growth for eCommerce brands through dynamic personalization.
Zensors
Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2018, Zensors develops AI-powered visual sensors for real-time analytics. It offers custom dashboards and smart tracking solutions to various sectors such as cafés, cities, factories, offices, and retailers.
Tamara is a prominent shopping and payments platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and serves the GCC region. Founded in September 2020 by Abdulmajeed Alsukhan and his partners, the company aims to revolutionize shopping, payment, and banking experiences. With a workforce of over 350 employees, Tamara operates additional offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam. The platform empowers merchants by providing flexible payment solutions, including installment options, through its application programming interfaces and plugins. This functionality enhances customer experiences and boosts sales for merchants. Tamara has established a robust customer base of 6 million and collaborates with over 15,000 partner merchants, which include both leading global brands and local small and medium enterprises. The company has successfully raised significant funding, highlighting its strong market presence and growth potential.
Me Veste
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Me Veste is an apparel platform dedicated to promoting circular fashion and sustainability by facilitating the buying, selling, and sharing of pre-loved clothing and accessories among women. The company provides a comprehensive consumer-sharing network that allows users to rent or sell items, thereby reducing waste and encouraging eco-friendly practices. Me Veste also offers businesses personalized advice and support, including training and expertise in areas such as operation, curation, and pricing. Additionally, the platform features advertising and marketing strategies, along with monthly content for social media engagement. Through its innovative approach, Me Veste aims to foster a community centered around sustainable fashion.
MeVeste
Venture Round in 2022
MeVeste is an online store that offers a wide range of fashion and apparel products.
Toters operates a marketplace that connects customers with retailers, utilizing a network of couriers to deliver products from any store within a city. The company's application allows users to order food, groceries, and other items from local restaurants and stores, providing a convenient way to shop from preferred locations while tracking deliveries in real-time. Additionally, Toters operates dark grocery stores under the brand Toters Fresh, maintaining a leadership position across all verticals and markets it serves.
FideliZi!
Venture Round in 2022
FideliZii provides loyalty and relationship marketing solution for small retail businesses such as restaurants, bars, beauty salons, pet shops, fast lava, pharmacies, gas stations, and general stores. It replaces the traditional paper loyalty card and stamp generating benefits for customers and shopkeepers. The customer no longer has to walk with cards but with FideliZii. The owner of the establishment now has full control of its loyalty program and improve its operational flow.
Becon - Be connected
Venture Round in 2022
Becon has developed a new generation of modems, aimed at commercial establishments - such as retail chains, bars, restaurants, malls, among others.
The product behaves like a personalized modem, and apart from sharing the internet intelligently, guaranteeing quality and safety to users and the customer, our modem captures a huge collection of data, such as customer frequency, when they came, how long they've stayed, how long they didn't comeback and more, as well as hot spots in the establishment, profile and behavior of the customers and, through a friendly registration, starts to identify this information that was previously anonymous to the owner.
Another innovation is the automation of activities such as promotional marketing by SMS, email or Whatsapp, as well as an automated loyalty program, customized by the owner for the client. For this, Becon sells it's smartmodens, and only charges a small fee for SMS, emails or Whatsapps sent throught the system, as the loyalty program, custom campaings or more.
All this to help these establishments to attract, know and retain its customers.
TeamMove App
Venture Round in 2022
TeamMove App is a Brazilian company headquartered in Criciúma that specializes in providing retail solutions through a communication platform. Established on May 21, 2018, the platform is designed to manage team activities in alignment with key performance indicators. It delivers information in a straightforward manner tailored to individual roles and profiles, offering a centralized view of operations. By streamlining access to essential management and operational software, such as ERP, POS, and CRM systems, TeamMove App enhances employee engagement and supports talent retention within organizations.
PedBot is a startup focused on transforming the pharmaceutical retail sector through innovative technology and service management solutions. The company develops a platform that allows local pharmacies to engage with customers via WhatsApp, eliminating the need for a dedicated application. This platform enhances customer interaction by enabling multiple attendants to manage inquiries on a single line and implementing a first-come, first-served prioritization system. Additionally, PedBot incorporates robotic technology to streamline pre-service processes, thereby improving efficiency and customer satisfaction. By combining creativity and technology, PedBot aims to provide tailored services that encourage online purchases and foster personalized customer experiences across various states.
Fidel is a digital loyalty card app to track visits, analyze customer behavior, and manage rewards.
Zippedi Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, that specializes in developing AI-powered robots designed for the retail sector. The company focuses on addressing longstanding challenges in inventory management and retail execution by automating these processes. Zippedi's robots utilize advanced capabilities in image recognition, machine learning, and deep learning to monitor in-store operations, ensuring accurate on-shelf availability, product pricing, and compliance with planograms. By providing retailers and consumer packaged goods manufacturers with precise and actionable data, Zippedi aims to enhance sales, improve labor efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Luuna
Venture Round in 2022
Luuna is a Mexico City-based company that specializes in providing innovative sleep products, including mattresses and bedding essentials, through a direct-to-consumer model. The company has developed a unique mattress, produced entirely in Mexico, utilizing a highly vertical integration in its manufacturing process to ensure quality while maintaining reasonable pricing. Luuna's product offerings include mattresses made from three layers of latex, memory foam, and ergonomic designs, as well as pillows, bedsheets, and night tables. This approach not only makes it easier for consumers to purchase high-quality sleep products online but also positions Luuna as one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies in Mexico. The company is actively seeking talented individuals in industrial design, programming, and business intelligence to support its mission of transforming the sleep industry.
Badaboom
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Badaboom operates an online platform that streamlines the supply chain process for brands aiming to launch private labels. The platform assists in product selection, sourcing, and logistics, enabling businesses to create branded products quickly and cost-effectively.
Inspectorio
Series B in 2022
Founded in Hong Kong in 2010, Inspectorio operates a mobile platform that guides inspectors throughout the inspection process. Its primary focus is on quality inspections for textile and clothing factories in Asia.
GrowSari is a technology-driven B2B platform designed to empower sari-sari stores by transforming them from basic fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) outlets into comprehensive service hubs. The company provides shop owners with the necessary tools and infrastructure to digitally procure goods, thereby eliminating the need for middlemen. Through its e-commerce marketplace, GrowSari connects stores directly to suppliers, enabling owners to expand their product offerings to include mobile top-ups, remittances, and banking services. This approach not only helps store owners reduce costs but also enhances their understanding of market trends, ultimately benefiting grassroots communities across the nation.
Founded in 2020, Tul is a Colombian-based marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of hardware and construction materials. It connects manufacturers with small businesses through its e-commerce platform, streamlining inventory management and enabling customers to acquire necessary parts for their projects.
Digipix
Debt Financing in 2022
Digipix is a São Paulo-based company founded in 2004 that specializes in providing customization services for the photography sector. It offers a comprehensive range of products, including photobooks, photo gifts, graphic materials, and decorative items, catering primarily to photographers, image professionals, and retailers. The company's modern photo printing laboratory is one of the leading facilities in Latin America, emphasizing quality, convenience, and ease of service. Digipix aims to deliver creative and innovative solutions that help customers preserve memories and share unique moments, with a commitment to consistency, predictability, and transparency in its operations.
Sary is a digital business-to-business marketplace based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that connects small and medium-sized enterprises with merchant wholesalers of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). Founded in 2018 by Mohammed Aldossary and Khaled AlSiari, Sary aims to streamline the supply chain in the wholesale industry, allowing businesses to efficiently procure inventory. Its mobile and web application offers a range of FMCG products, including beverages, oils, and snacks, facilitating orders from small quantities to truckloads with rapid delivery options, often within 24 hours. Sary serves a diverse clientele, including mini-market chains, hotels, restaurants, and convenience shops, and has expanded its operations to 12 major cities, catering to over 40,000 customers and partnering with more than 1,700 brands and wholesalers. The platform provides users with immediate price quotations and product comparisons, enabling them to manage their expenses effectively as their businesses grow.
THE LIST
Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2016, THE LIST is a global e-commerce platform headquartered in Dubai with offices in Berlin and Lisbon. It offers a curated selection of boutique fashion products, enabling consumers worldwide to shop directly from boutiques and brands, with real-time inventory management for partners via machine learning algorithms.
Range is a full-service marketing communications company that specializes in providing a wide array of services, including strategy, technology, creative services, digital and print solutions, as well as promotional and fulfillment services. The firm focuses on delivering tailored, custom solutions to meet the unique needs of its clients across various industries, including financial services and dealer networks. Range is known for its ability to integrate cross-media campaigns and leverage creative services to effectively solve problems and enhance client engagement.
TradeDepot
Series B in 2021
Founded in 2016, TradeDepot is a SaaS platform that connects FMCG distributors, wholesalers, and retailers across Africa. It leverages real-time stock level tracking, predictive trade intelligence, and automated sales promotions to boost sales and improve distribution efficiency.
Zero Grocery
Seed Round in 2021
Zero Grocery Inc., established in 2019 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, operates as an online retailer specializing in grocery products. The company offers a subscription-based delivery service with a focus on sustainability. All goods are delivered in reusable packaging to eliminate single-use plastics from the food system, aligning with their mission to promote zero-waste practices.
ALPHS is a fast-growing privately held organization with a business valuation of $7 million as of 2023, Forbes estimated. The inspirational success story of the empire redirects to Ashini Gogoi, an ex-Meta employee, who haphazardly started it as a lifestyle community on Instagram in January 2021 as per an investigation by CNN—Forbes declared that he is a young yet enigmatic self-made CEO.
Following his vision in August 2020, Ashini managed to take a loan capital of US$40,000 from his friends and family, his company started making headlines in major publications for the first time in November 2022, when the company signed a contract with the American rapper, Wiz Khalifa. The company is listed as a high-profile organization on Crunchbase and is actively offering its services in Tier 1 countries as of 2023—a statistical analysis showed that 87% of its customer base is women from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy. The company's website gets active during major festivals only and consumers can purchase for a limited duration of seven days, hence selling out very quickly—their most affordable models that hold their value start between $850 and $1,200.
"ALPHS Inc. is one of the most secretive young companies in corporate history next to the giant Rolex," says the American business newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. Reports suggest that Ashini took down several notable articles including Forbes, CNN, WSJ—while his organization was under suspicion by April 2023—the company claimed that their products were meticulously made and they had consistently maintained their values. The company has drawn criticism from multiple sources, with questions raised about its secretive nature, and faced numerous allegations on whether their business was legal—including a handful of law firms in the financial investigation—a rigorous background check was done which publicized that they operate as an online retailer—with the approval of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee—the materials used by the company were declared legitimate in October 2022. The company also produces high-quality films titled, "Inspired by best-selling novels" for customer retention and is investing enormous funds in the development of artificial intelligence.
ALPHS headquarters were officially shifted from Hyderabad, India to Milan, Italy in March 2023 under the guidance of Y Combinator, the lead investor of the company. As of 2023, the company has reportedly signed agreements with eleven prominent stars and models for endorsing its products.
Chiper is a leading B2B e-commerce platform that connects corner stores across Latin America. Operating in Colombia, Mexico, and soon Brazil, Chiper aggregates demand from thousands of stores to optimize supply chains, offering faster delivery, wider product selection, and competitive pricing.
Facily is a Latin American social commerce platform focusing on affordable items for lower-income neighborhoods. It enables group buying, offers interactive shopping experiences, and promotes community engagement through local leaders.
Twiga Foods
Series C in 2021
Twiga Foods Ltd. is a mobile-based supply platform that caters to retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls across Africa. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company facilitates a cashless, business-to-business supply chain that connects small and medium-sized vendors with essential agricultural products. Twiga Foods enables vendors to order a variety of supplies, including bananas, pineapples, and tomatoes, through its innovative platform, streamlining the distribution process in urban markets. This approach not only enhances efficiency but also supports local businesses by improving access to quality produce.
Leap Club
Seed Round in 2021
Leap Club is Good Eggs for India. People can order fresh, organic & healthy groceries from local farms over Whatsapp & have their food delivered within 12 hours of harvesting.
CodeCoast
Pre Seed Round in 2021
CodeCoast develops augmented reality and 3D e-commerce solutions that aim to improve sales, user experience, and logistics efficiency. Its platform enables omnichannel integration across e-commerce, social networks, chatbots, events, and physical stores, transforming physical products into digital assets for visualization, reducing returns, and enabling virtual stores and immersive customer interactions. The company focuses on helping businesses enhance conversion and streamline operations through immersive technologies that connect online and offline touchpoints.
Trii is a fintech company focused on democratizing access to the stock market for retail investors in Latin America. It offers a mobile application that allows individual users to buy and sell shares easily and efficiently. By reducing the costs associated with retail transactions, Trii enables investors to automate investing processes that were previously labor-intensive and costly. The company's platform aims to simplify investment for a broader audience, promoting financial inclusion and enhancing the investment experience for users in the region.
Dianthus
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dianthus is an AI-first e-commerce company focused on supporting small to medium-sized e-commerce brands. Its integrated artificial intelligence platform is designed to foster business growth through hyper-personalized marketing strategies. By acquiring direct-to-consumer brands, Dianthus aims to accelerate the growth of these businesses on a unified AI platform, enabling them to build stronger relationships with their customers and enhance their market presence.
MRSOOL is an on-demand delivery network based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that enables consumers to order products from any store within the cities it serves. Founded in 2015, the company has developed a unique platform that facilitates a customer-to-customer network, allowing users to interact through a chat-based interface to describe their delivery needs creatively. This innovative approach empowers couriers to bid on deliveries, ensuring a scalable and self-regulating service model. By early 2019, MRSOOL had processed over 1 billion Riyals in transactions and served more than 10 million users across Saudi Arabia, establishing itself as a pioneer in the region's on-demand service fulfillment market.
flok
Pre Seed Round in 2021
flok LTD is a customer engagement and loyalty platform that enables consumers to access loyalty plans and rewards from various vendors through a mobile application available on iOS and Android. Originally launched in 2011 as a digital punch card app, flok has since expanded its offerings to include a comprehensive suite of customer communication tools, such as chatbots, AI-assisted chat, automated messaging, and CRM services. The platform serves a diverse range of industries, including food and drink, beauty, retail, health and fitness, entertainment, and services. Headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, flok collaborates with partners that range from major retailers to small businesses across multiple countries. The company, formerly known as LoyalBlocks Ltd, was incorporated in 2008 and has operated as a subsidiary of Wix.com Ltd since 2017.
Short Story
Seed Round in 2021
Short Story, Inc. is a personal styling service based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in providing online clothing solutions for petite women. Founded in 2019, the company curates a selection of stylish and high-quality clothing items, including tops, jeans, dresses, and pants, specifically designed to fit petite sizes. Short Story aims to enhance the shopping experience for petite women by offering personalized styling services that prioritize fit, style, and quality. By listening to clients' preferences, the company delivers curated boxes of on-trend styles directly to customers' doors, helping them discover new trends and evolve their personal wardrobes. Ultimately, Short Story seeks to empower petite women to feel confident and fabulous in their clothing choices.
Gobillion
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Gobillion is a social e-commerce platform founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in New Delhi and Bangalore, India. The company focuses on transforming the online shopping experience by facilitating group purchases through its "Team Buy" model. This innovative approach allows users to create shopping rooms with friends and family, enabling them to collectively buy groceries and household essentials. By leveraging the power of group buying, Gobillion helps customers save money on their purchases, making everyday shopping more economical and social.
Outloud.ai
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Outloud.ai is a developer of voice automation software that specializes in enhancing customer interactions in the hospitality sector, particularly in drive-thru restaurants. The company's technology leverages artificial intelligence to replicate human voices, manage informal language, and comprehend various conversational contexts. Outloud.ai's solutions are designed to operate effectively in noisy environments, allowing businesses to automate voice conversations with their customers. This innovation aims to streamline communication processes and improve operational efficiency within the industry.
Akinon
Venture Round in 2021
Founded in 2016, Akinon specializes in cloud-based omnichannel applications for the retail industry. Its suite of products includes an order management system (Akinon OMS), inventory management tool (Akinon Instore App), advanced catalog management solution (Omnitron), eCommerce platform (Akinon Commerce), and a mobile app builder (Akinon Native AppBuilder). Headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, with offices in London, Dubai, and Athens, Akinon enables businesses to create unique shopping experiences across various channels.
MakerSights
Series B in 2021
MakerSights Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in product intelligence software solutions for the retail industry. The company's platform empowers retail brands to integrate actionable consumer data into their product development processes, facilitating informed decisions from seasonal direction to purchasing strategies for individual SKUs. MakerSights leverages predictive analysis to forecast product sales, track shifts in consumer behavior, and identify both popular and underrated products, thereby reducing waste associated with over-assortment and overproduction. With a client roster that includes notable brands such as New Balance, Madewell, Ralph Lauren, and Rothy’s, MakerSights aims to help companies create products that resonate with consumers while optimizing their product offerings.
Snackin'
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Snackin' operates autonomous micro-market platforms and standalone micro markets inside condominiums or businesses, delivering practical and convenient shopping experiences through technology. The company designs and installs micro markets with exclusive aesthetics at no cost to the location, enabling customers to browse a range of products, select items, scan barcodes, and complete payments on-site.
Weekday
Venture Round in 2021
Weekday is a progressive retail store concept offering jeans and creative fashion at an affordable price.
MaxAB is a B2B e-commerce platform based in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 2018, that connects food and grocery retailers with suppliers in underserved areas. The company focuses on re-engineering the informal grocery and food market by utilizing innovative technologies and supply chain solutions tailored to the specific needs of retailers. MaxAB's mobile platform facilitates an e-marketplace and provides logistics services for efficient distribution of goods. By streamlining procurement and grocery delivery processes, MaxAB aims to empower retailers with access to a diverse range of products, premium service, and operational support, ultimately enhancing their ability to manage their businesses effectively.
Perch Interactive Inc specializes in providing interactive technology solutions that enhance retail environments by linking physical products with digital content. The company employs advanced computer vision and IoT technologies to create an engaging shopping experience, allowing retailers to offer dynamic digital marketing linked to the products customers are interacting with in-store. Perch's platform delivers real-time analytics on shopper behavior and enables features such as A/B testing of marketing campaigns, ensuring that retailers can optimize their strategies effectively. The firm serves a diverse range of sectors, including fashion, health and beauty, and food and beverage, and has established partnerships with notable brands. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Perch has experienced significant growth and received various accolades for its innovative approach to retail marketing.
Ridepanda
Seed Round in 2021
Ridepanda is an online marketplace specializing in the sale of light and eco-friendly electric vehicles, including e-bikes, e-mopeds, and e-scooters. The platform is designed to accommodate user preferences based on individual height, weight, and various other choices. Additionally, Ridepanda provides a comprehensive range of support services to enhance the customer experience, including flexible financing options, extended warranties, theft insurance, vehicle assembly, and maintenance plans. By offering a curated selection of expert-vetted sustainable rides, Ridepanda aims to simplify the process of purchasing and maintaining electric vehicles while promoting environmentally friendly transportation solutions.
ShopShops
Series B in 2021
ShopShops is a livestream shopping platform that connects consumers with brick-and-mortar retailers across the globe, allowing users to shop from diverse stores directly through their mobile devices. Founded in 2016 by Liyia Wu, the company operates from its headquarters in New York City and Beijing. The platform offers an interactive experience, enabling customers to browse efficiently by location and access authenticated products from various brands and stores. By breaking down geographical barriers, ShopShops provides a unique shopping experience that combines curation and interaction, allowing fashion-savvy consumers to explore global retail offerings conveniently and affordably.
Grabango develops checkout-free technology for existing brick-and-mortar stores, combining cameras, shelf sensors, and computer vision to identify items as they are picked up, count them, and add purchases to a virtual basket. Shoppers pay with a registered method on their smartphone and leave the store without waiting in line, with a receipt sent to their phone after exit. The system retrofits stores from convenience to large grocers, does not use facial recognition, and keeps data anonymized to protect privacy. Grabango was founded in 2016 and is based in Berkeley, California.
99 Minutos
Series B in 2021
99 minutos is a last-mile logistics disruptor for LatAm's burgeoning e-commerce space. The company enables enterprise e-commerce clients to reliably same-day deliver products at low cost - a first for the region. Currently operating in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.
The company was founded in 2014 by Alexis Patjane and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
Facily is a Latin American social commerce platform focusing on affordable items for lower-income neighborhoods. It enables group buying, offers interactive shopping experiences, and promotes community engagement through local leaders.
Addi is a technology company that provides consumer credit and point-of-sale financing solutions. Its application enables customers to apply for credit at the moment of purchase at partner retailers and to pay for purchases in interest-free installments, supporting affordable financing for shopping needs and expanding digital commerce.
MilkRun, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates direct grocery purchases from farmers and producers, allowing consumers to buy a variety of products including bakery items, meat, seafood, and beverages. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Canby, Oregon, the company serves as a retail channel for small and mid-sized producers, enabling them to connect directly with their customers. Through its end-to-end solution, MilkRun enhances the distribution and fulfillment of locally sourced goods, significantly improving efficiency for producers by utilizing a pre-industrial distribution model tailored for local food systems.
Spark Grills
Seed Round in 2021
Spark Grills Inc. is a company that develops, manufactures, and sells innovative backyard charcoal grills. Established in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Spark Grills offers a unique grilling experience through its proprietary wood and charcoal Briq system, which enables quick ignition and easy clean-up. The grills are designed for both grilling enthusiasts and home chefs, providing oven-like temperature control that allows for precise culinary creativity. Additionally, Spark Grills incorporates a social impact initiative aimed at reducing open air pollution, enhancing its commitment to sustainability. The company's products are available for purchase online, making them accessible to a wide range of consumers.
Drop
Venture Round in 2021
Drop is a consumer rewards platform that uses machine learning to match shoppers with over 400 partner brands, enabling them to earn points, discounts, and cashback on purchases. The service encourages repeat shopping by offering instant rewards and personalized offers. Headquartered in Toronto, Drop serves more than 4 million members across North America and the UK, aiming to improve everyday consumer experiences through its personalized commerce platform.
Casca
Venture Round in 2021
Casca Designs Inc. is a footwear company based in Vancouver, Canada, that specializes in manufacturing and selling custom-made shoes and socks. Founded in 2017, Casca utilizes advanced 3D printing technology and proprietary techniques to create shoes tailored to individual foot measurements, ensuring a precise fit and enhanced comfort. One of its flagship products, the Avro sneaker, features a custom 3D-printed insole that can be personalized through the company's mobile app. Casca's offerings include various models such as avro, avro knit, Footb3d, kepler, and pascal, all designed with durable materials that are waterproof and machine-washable. The company emphasizes user-centric design, aiming to deliver high-performance footwear that is versatile and reliable for everyday use, with products typically shipped to customers within 14 days of order.
Power
Venture Round in 2021
Power is an established e-commerce retailer specializing in electrical products, operating 200 stores across the nation. The company offers a diverse range of product categories, including smart home devices, gaming and entertainment systems, sound and speakers, lighting, health and exercise equipment, and outdoor products. In addition to its retail operations, Power provides product insurance designed to cover unexpected damage and malfunctions, offering protection for up to five years. This dual focus on retail and insurance positions Power as a comprehensive solution for consumers seeking both electronic products and peace of mind regarding their investments.
Everli is an online grocery shopping marketplace offering access to over 300,000 products across Italy, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic. It provides same-day delivery services, allowing customers to shop from various retailers without waiting in lines or carrying heavy items.
Keepz
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Keepz is a Brazilian platform established in 2015 that enhances the shopping experience for consumers while supporting local businesses. The platform allows customers to select an establishment and products, make requests, and complete transactions using a credit card. Once the establishment receives the order, staff prepare the items for efficient pickup, minimizing wait times for consumers. By connecting a diverse array of businesses across Brazil, Keepz not only facilitates sales optimization but also promotes the local economy, helping to preserve jobs and generate income for families. Its innovative approach aims to streamline the purchasing process, benefiting both consumers and retailers alike.
Eyewa is an online optical store that aims to simplify the eyewear shopping experience for consumers. The company offers a diverse range of products, including sunglasses, prescription glasses, blue-light reading glasses, and contact lenses. By focusing on convenience and affordability, Eyewa strives to provide customers with a fashion-forward selection of eyewear that meets their individual needs.
Hype and Vice
Seed Round in 2021
Hype and Vice, LLC is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling women's sports apparel, particularly targeting college students. Founded in 2015, the company operates an online platform that features a range of customized products, including crop tops, tank tops, and tube tops. Hype and Vice positions itself not only as a trendy apparel provider but also as a brand that embodies the emotional connection associated with the college experience. By offering fashionable items at reasonable prices, Hype and Vice aims to resonate with students, creating a memorable brand identity that becomes an essential part of their college years.
Lexset
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lexset develops AI-powered tools for business applications, including a B2B API that enables furniture and home goods retailers to grow sales through augmented reality and artificial intelligence, and a data generation platform that creates real-time synthetic datasets with pixel annotations and labeled 3D models, material tagging and semantic labeling to support data scientists in rapid model iteration, bias controls and improved accuracy.
E-Moving
Seed Round in 2021
E-Moving designs, manufactures and rents electric bikes and motorcycles to individuals and corporate customers, including hotels and delivery services. The company offers rental options from one month to one year, enabling easy and cost-effective travel around cities and office campuses. By expanding access to electric mobility in urban areas, E-Moving aims to reduce traffic congestion and provide a practical alternative to traditional transportation.
NetFoods
Pre Seed Round in 2021
NetFoods is a Brazilian platform established in 2017 that streamlines wholesale food purchases between restaurants and suppliers. It helps restaurants find the best regional prices by simplifying supplier search, quotes, and visits to wholesalers. For suppliers, NetFoods centralizes customer management and orders, offering secure billing, receipts, and credit card sales.
Mercato
Venture Round in 2021
Mercato is an online grocery marketplace that connects local specialty food shops with consumers, allowing customers to order fresh groceries online for delivery. The company's platform enables users to purchase items from a single store or combine products from multiple merchants in one order. Mercato operates primarily in Brooklyn and Manhattan, providing a convenient way for customers to access their preferred local groceries. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California.
S2 Pets
Pre Seed Round in 2021
S2 Pets operates a chain of independent pet stores, leveraging technology to enhance pet care services. Its platform offers a mobile app for pet monitoring and management systems for clinics and pet shops, aiming to create a welcoming environment for pets.
Because Market
Venture Round in 2021
Because Market is a direct-to-consumer personal care company focused on older adults, offering health and wellness products designed to support independence and dignity. Founded in 2017, the company provides essential products for seniors managing incontinence, including underwear and pads, skincare, supplements, and walkers, delivered discreetly at affordable prices. The business aims to be a trusted brand for older adults and to help families easily obtain products needed for senior members, promoting confidence and comfort. Through its direct-to-consumer model, Because Market prioritizes comfort, privacy, and accessibility, helping customers maintain independence and quality of life.
Hype and Vice
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hype and Vice, LLC is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling women's sports apparel, particularly targeting college students. Founded in 2015, the company operates an online platform that features a range of customized products, including crop tops, tank tops, and tube tops. Hype and Vice positions itself not only as a trendy apparel provider but also as a brand that embodies the emotional connection associated with the college experience. By offering fashionable items at reasonable prices, Hype and Vice aims to resonate with students, creating a memorable brand identity that becomes an essential part of their college years.
Raydiant Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in designing, developing, and providing an experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands across various industries such as banking, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. The company's solution comprises kiosks, virtual agents, and multimedia devices for screen management, enabling businesses to create engaging in-store experiences through digital signage. Raydiant works with over 5,000 brands worldwide, including notable clients like Johnson & Johnson and Chick-Fil-A, helping them streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sales growth.
Forward Space
Seed Round in 2021
Forward Space specializes in workplace solutions, offering design, installation services, and a Fast Forward Program tailored for small-to-medium-sized businesses. They help organizations optimize their physical spaces to support employees' needs, enhance interactions, and facilitate access to modern workplace tools and technologies.
Buffalo Market
Seed Round in 2021
Buffalo Market is a tech-enabled food distributor specializing in fast-moving consumer goods from brands committed to sustainability. Through innovative supply chain solutions, they reduce the time it takes for products to reach customers by up to threefold.
TAGS
Venture Round in 2021
TAGS is an innovative e-commerce platform that facilitates shopping through text at sports events and concerts. The platform allows users to shop by utilizing shoppable hashtags, enabling them to quickly purchase products by sending a text message. TAGS streamlines the shopping experience by providing essential product information, including name, price, image, and inventory, all within a branded interface that enhances customer engagement. This approach empowers businesses to manage their e-commerce capabilities and customer relationships effectively without the complexities of maintaining a traditional website or incurring associated costs for updates and advertising.
ZeBrands
Venture Round in 2021
ZeBrands is a platform dedicated to helping businesses enhance their brand identity. It operates a portfolio of direct-to-consumer retail brands, offering products in categories such as sleep, travel, and wellness, both online and through select wholesalers. The company aims to transform the retail industry by providing high-quality products that improve customers' daily lives.
Manufactured
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2019, Manufactured specializes in manufacturing and inventory financing. It offers purchase order financing, factoring, and comprehensive sourcing services to optimize cash flow, prevent stockouts, and streamline supply chain management for businesses across various industries.
Ladorian is a technology company that specializes in enhancing digital communication within retail environments. The organization focuses on delivering intelligent messaging solutions tailored to individual customer profiles, ensuring that the right message reaches the right person at the optimal time. Ladorian's platform adapts content displayed on various physical media to suit different types of businesses and customers, identifying key moments to promote products or services effectively. Additionally, the company provides installation, maintenance of equipment at points of sale, and produces content to help businesses achieve significant offline advertising impact.
Because Market
Venture Round in 2020
Because Market is a direct-to-consumer personal care company focused on older adults, offering health and wellness products designed to support independence and dignity. Founded in 2017, the company provides essential products for seniors managing incontinence, including underwear and pads, skincare, supplements, and walkers, delivered discreetly at affordable prices. The business aims to be a trusted brand for older adults and to help families easily obtain products needed for senior members, promoting confidence and comfort. Through its direct-to-consumer model, Because Market prioritizes comfort, privacy, and accessibility, helping customers maintain independence and quality of life.
Tiliter
Funding Round in 2020
Tiliter Pty Ltd., established in 2017, specializes in developing computer vision solutions for the retail industry. Based in Parramatta, Australia, with additional offices in Kensington, Australia, and Munich, Germany, the company designs and manufactures Point of Sale (POS) and Self-Checkout (SCO) systems. Tiliter's flagship product, Tiliter Vision Smart Checkout System, employs AI-driven computer vision to identify products without barcodes at the time of checkout. The system uses cameras and lighting to scan fresh produce in real-time, delivering accurate results directly to the checkout. Tiliter offers its technology in API form for seamless integration, aiming to make computer vision accessible and affordable for retailers.
Anycart
Seed Round in 2020
Anycart is a meal discovery and grocery shopping platform that simplifies the cooking process for users by integrating meal planning with grocery shopping. The application allows users to search for meals they wish to prepare, provides relevant recipes, and adds the necessary ingredients to their preferred grocery delivery service. It further enhances the cooking experience by offering step-by-step video instructions for each recipe. Founded in 2019 during the Amazon Alexa Accelerator and now based in Palo Alto, California, Anycart aims to make meal planning accessible and affordable, helping users efficiently utilize their grocery purchases by suggesting additional recipes that can use leftover ingredients.
Skydrop
Venture Round in 2020
Flirtey Technology Pty Ltd specializes in drone delivery services, focusing on urgent medical supplies, retail items, and food delivery across the United States. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Reno, Nevada, the company aims to enhance lifestyles by providing instant delivery solutions. Flirtey has achieved significant milestones in the drone delivery industry, being the first to conduct an FAA-approved drone delivery, the first to perform a fully autonomous delivery to a home, and the first to launch a commercial drone delivery service.
Ghost Kitchens
Venture Round in 2020
Ghost Kitchens is a neighborhood restaurant that applies economies of scale to ultimately lower cost. Furthermore, increasing a single company’s visibility within its market by leveraging multiple brand identities. Differentiated target marketing of multiple brands to generate sales for a single brick and mortar location becomes Ghost Kitchens competitive advantage. Third party food delivery apps serve as a means for dual distribution, each acts as its own marketing channel.
Ghost Kitchens LLC is a restaurant business model which allows for easy creation and transitioning of brand concepts that cater to specific target demographics and lifestyles. The Ghost Kitchens restaurant model also enhances the cost cutting techniques that are misused in a traditional restaurant business model by utilization of recipes across several menu items as well as menus. A single kitchen of a brick and mortar establishment serves several brand identities and concepts. The portal of which this will be done is through online food delivery services. The Ghost Kitchens model will allow one establishment to reach multiple target markets while allowing concepts to both be created and retired with minimum cost. The competitive advantage in this model is the ability to cross utilize menu items ultimately reducing waste while simultaneously diversifying revenue generating avenues.
Skylight Frame
Venture Round in 2020
Skylight creates a picture frame that enables users to wirelessly send digital pictures to a picture frame. They sell items in the following categories frame, calendar, calendar plus, digital, and plus. They market a range of goods.
Founded in 2016, Kavak is a Mexican online platform specializing in the e-commerce of used cars. It aims to formalize the pre-owned car industry by offering real-time market data and a wide catalog of certified vehicles at fair prices. The platform provides services such as home delivery, financing options, and guarantees, enabling users to buy and sell vehicles hassle-free.
Scriptco
Seed Round in 2020
Scriptco is a pioneering membership-based wholesale pharmacy offering generic medications at their actual cost, with no markup. Its primary revenue source is membership fees, ensuring transparency and affordability for users.
Gobillion
Seed Round in 2020
Gobillion is a social e-commerce platform founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in New Delhi and Bangalore, India. The company focuses on transforming the online shopping experience by facilitating group purchases through its "Team Buy" model. This innovative approach allows users to create shopping rooms with friends and family, enabling them to collectively buy groceries and household essentials. By leveraging the power of group buying, Gobillion helps customers save money on their purchases, making everyday shopping more economical and social.
Sizebay
Seed Round in 2020
Sizebay operates a virtual fitting platform for online clothing and footwear retailers that uses customers’ body measurements to determine fit, detecting measurements and comparing them with the measurements of selected pieces to suggest suitable sizes and enhance the online shopping experience; it aggregates sizing data and consumer interactions to support product decisions and business insights.
Moonshot Brands
Seed Round in 2020
Moonshot Brands is a company that specializes in acquiring, operating, and growing profitable e-commerce businesses. Based in Toronto, it focuses on the online and mail order retail industry, leveraging its expertise to enhance the performance and scale of its portfolio companies. By implementing strategic growth initiatives, Moonshot Brands aims to maximize the potential of the businesses it acquires, positioning itself as a key player in the e-commerce landscape.
Superplastic
Series A in 2020
Founded in 2017, Superplastic is a Vermont-based company that creates character-based products and entertainment. It designs limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation, collaborating with renowned artists to bring unique characters to life.
Zero Grocery
Seed Round in 2020
Zero Grocery Inc., established in 2019 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, operates as an online retailer specializing in grocery products. The company offers a subscription-based delivery service with a focus on sustainability. All goods are delivered in reusable packaging to eliminate single-use plastics from the food system, aligning with their mission to promote zero-waste practices.
Ozllo
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Ozllo is a digital brand focused on transforming the relationship between consumers and fashion through technology and innovation. The company offers a curated selection of luxury products, providing customers with a conscious choice of fashionable goods. Its product range includes clothing, footwear, kidswear, fitness apparel, beachwear, bags, and various accessories, designed by both national and international brands. By prioritizing sustainability, Ozllo aims to enhance the shopping experience, making it easier for customers to access stylish and responsible fashion choices.
Casca Designs Inc. is a footwear company based in Vancouver, Canada, that specializes in manufacturing and selling custom-made shoes and socks. Founded in 2017, Casca utilizes advanced 3D printing technology and proprietary techniques to create shoes tailored to individual foot measurements, ensuring a precise fit and enhanced comfort. One of its flagship products, the Avro sneaker, features a custom 3D-printed insole that can be personalized through the company's mobile app. Casca's offerings include various models such as avro, avro knit, Footb3d, kepler, and pascal, all designed with durable materials that are waterproof and machine-washable. The company emphasizes user-centric design, aiming to deliver high-performance footwear that is versatile and reliable for everyday use, with products typically shipped to customers within 14 days of order.
Vitrine
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Vitrine is a Brazilian software company that provides a visual merchandising and brand management platform for retailers and franchised networks. The platform helps standardize store presentation and retail branding across all locations, shortening rollout times and improving organization and quality. It enables real-time KPIs, team interaction, and operational visibility to monitor progress, measure turnaround times, and optimize network sales. By coordinating visual standards and communications, Vitrine supports consistent customer experiences and scalable growth for franchises and multi-store retailers.
Fabelio is a design-focused e-commerce platform based in Indonesia, specializing in high-quality furniture and home decor. The company collaborates with local designers to create original pieces and partners with reputable factories to ensure good craftsmanship at competitive prices. Fabelio's platform allows customers to browse a diverse selection of furniture for various spaces, including living rooms, dining areas, bedrooms, and workspaces. The company emphasizes customer satisfaction by offering attractive services such as free same-day delivery and a two-year warranty on all products. With plans to expand throughout Southeast Asia, Fabelio aims to enhance the home furnishing experience by connecting buyers with unique, well-designed products.