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Retail Startups

Updated August 2026

Companies in the retail sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,972 recently funded retail companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,972
Total Funding
$104.9M
Avg Funding
$4.2M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Retail

Florianópolis
Mexico City
Santiago
Emeryville
London
Urbana

Recently Funded Companies

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Florianópolis, Brazil

Is the global leading company for payments with facial recognition.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mexico City, Mexico

Apprecio is an inventory management app that allows to manage all operations in one place and calculate the profit margin on products.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Santiago, Chile

Algramo aims to establish a wholesale relationship with manufacturers of consumer products such as detergents.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Emeryville, United States

Revery AI develops a virtual dressing room for fashion retailers.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

HERO is a Virtual Shopping Platform for eCommerce.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Urbana, United States

A platform for athletes to sell a to learn design and sell merch. Managing the brands of college athletes to monetize through merch.

$3.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Richmond, United States

1A Systems is a retail company.

$665K raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

World Building and Spatial Intelligence Platform for high-signal AI training data.

$5.0M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Delaware, United States

awfar is a B2B SaaS platform that aims to digitize retail e-commerce and on-demand orders through technology and integrated solutions.

Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Irvine, United States

Starco Brands is an innovative branded packaged goods company that focuses on behavior-changing products and disruptive consumer marketing.

$22.7M raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vienna, Austria

GymBeam is the #1 sports nutrition brand in the EU by 2025 revenue (EUR 232M), serving 2.7M customers across 16 European markets.

$34.6M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Toast is a retailer of cannabis and hemp products.

$3.8M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Rebag is an e-commerce platform and retail store that buys, sells, and trades second-hand luxury handbags.

Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Aevi’s mission is to build a more open world, where anyone, anywhere, can take or make any kind of payment.

$5.2M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hackensack, United States

Sabavi Home is an e-commerce website providing quality and unique products.

$1.0M raised
Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Rome, Italy

Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops.

$5.2M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Columbus, United States

Popcom provides touchless vending machines that track transactions to create live sales and product reports.

$305K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

GoTrendier is an e-commerce platform that offers a retail marketplace for refurbished clothes, apparels, accessories, and fashion products.

$13.4M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Oxford, United Kingdom

Uncrowd Experience Analytics for Market Share Growth: measures relative CX performance and thus relative attractiveness to shoppers

$4.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vantaa, Finland

OGOship offers an logistics platform solutions for growing online stores. Focusing on sustainable logistics and hassle-free e-com growth.

$4.5M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brussels, Belgium

Urbantz is a SaaS enterprise-grade platform for sustainable last mile delivery management.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Jose, United States

Drone-based & AI logistics solutions

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Muddy Trowel is revolutionizing the e-commerce gardening space by targeting amateur and aspiring urban gardeners.

$1.4M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vilnius, Lithuania

A new payments & loyalty marketplace

$284K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Fun, affordable, personalized outfits delivered to our members' doorstep. Members keep only what they love and send the rest back.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Retail Startup Ecosystem

The retail sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Retail

Retail companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The retail sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Retail Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,972 retail companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$4.2M
Total Funding Tracked
$104.9M
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Retail

1.London
3 companies$6.6M
2.New York
2 companies$5.0M
3.Florianópolis
1 companiesUndisclosed
4.Mexico City
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.Santiago
1 companiesUndisclosed

Related Industries

Companies in the retail sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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