69 Best Retail Startups to Watch in 2024

Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.

Total Raised: $471.50M

Last Funding: $250.00M (Unknown)

Klarna is a financial technology company providing e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers.

Total Raised: $233.50M

Last Funding: $4.20M (Series D)

C3 AI is an enterprise artificial intelligence software company providing a family of integrated products for accelerating digital transformation.

Total Raised: $224.50M

Last Funding: $11.80M (Series E)

Simbe Robotics builds automation solutions for shelf auditing and analytics.

Total Raised: $76.00M

Last Funding: $50.00M (Series C)

Intelligent maintenance management platform.

Total Raised: $31.12M

Last Funding: $19.50M (Series B)

Bigbasket is an online grocery store founded in 2011.

Total Raised: $430.00M

Last Funding: $280.00M (Series E)

Founded in London in 2008 by Portuguese entrepreneur José Neves, Farfetch is an online platform for fashion ecommerce.

Total Raised: $600.00M

Last Funding: $600.00M (Unknown)

Provider of historical financial market data and analytics.

Total Raised: $21.00M

Last Funding: $21.00M (Series B)

Salesforce is a San Francisco-based company offering a customer relationship management platform.

Total Raised: $65.42M

Last Funding: $1.00M (Unknown)

Eventbrite is an event ticketing and technology platform

Total Raised: $78.05M

Last Funding: $50.00M (Series E)

Pyramid Analytics is a business analytics software company founded in 2008 by Omri Kohl, Herbert Ochtman and Avi Perez.

Total Raised: $194.00M

Last Funding: $13.00M (Series C)

Platform for recording, transcribing, and analyzing calls and meetings in real-time to capture important data points.

Total Raised: $16.50M

Last Funding: $16.50M (Series A)

Shares is a social investment platform that allows anyone to invest without minimums.

Total Raised: $50.00M

Last Funding: $40.00M (Series A)

Finkargo is a fintech dedicated to financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America, specifically to facilitate their imports. It focuses on providing fast and accessible commercial credit, enabling companies to raise the capital needed to acquire products from abroad.

Total Raised: $102.50M

Last Funding: $7.50M (Seed)

Vending automatic delivery operations for delivery apps.

Total Raised: $0.88M

Last Funding: $0.88M (Seed)

Scoutbee is artificial intelligence for procurement & supply chain experts.

Total Raised: $72.00M

Last Funding: $60.00M (Series B)

Provider of historical financial market data and analytics.

Total Raised: $28.50M

Last Funding: $26.00M (Series B)

Arundo provides software to enable advanced analytics in industrial companies. Arundo's customers transform their businesses through predictive analytics, deeper understanding of physical operations, and data-driven SaaS applications.

Total Raised: $15.56M

Last Funding: $15.56M (Unknown)

Platform encouraging sustainable fashion through innovative clothing solutions.

Total Raised: $5.00M

Last Funding: $5.00M (Unknown)

Mention Me is a London-based company founded in 2013 by Andy Cockburn.

Total Raised: $25.00M

Last Funding: $25.00M (Series B)

Instant payments platform created by the Central Bank of Brazil.

Total Raised: $15.00M

Last Funding: $15.00M (Series A)

PitchBook Data is a Seattle-based company founded in 2009 by John Gabbert.

Total Raised: $3.80M

Last Funding: $3.80M (Series A)

Caresyntax is an AI surgery platform founded in 2013 by Bjoern Von Siemens.

Total Raised: $30.00M

Last Funding: $30.00M (Series C)

Chartbeat tools measure and monetize website visitors' attention and engagement on page content and advertising.

Total Raised: $12.50M

Last Funding: $9.50M (Series B)

Relative Insight is a company founded in 2012 by Phil Greenwood.

Total Raised: $6.58M

Last Funding: $6.58M (Unknown)

Qio Technologies Limited is a company providing digital twin solutions for industries, including their QiO Foresight Platform which unites energy, maintenance, production, and performance applications.

Total Raised: $10.00M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Series B)

Conversational sales and marketing platform designed for B2C enterprises.

Total Raised: $5.53M

Last Funding: $5.53M (Unknown)

Segmentify is a London-based, e-commerce personalization platform co-founded in 2015 by Ergin Eroglu and Murat Soysal.

Total Raised: $1.00M

Last Funding: $1.00M (Unknown)

Heap Analytics builds analytics infrastructure for online business. It was founded in 2012.

Total Raised: $0.04M

Last Funding: $0.04M (Pre Seed)

Stella & Dot is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2006 by Bradlee Roffers.

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Uppercase is a New York-based company founded in 2018.

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Anaplan is a San Francisco-based company founded by Michael Gould.

Pinduoduo is a Chinese social e-commerce platform.

Also known as Jolly Information Technology, Jollychic provides an e-commerce platform that sells clothing and accessories.

BroadLeaf is a company founded in 2008.

goPuff is a company offering at-home delivery of over-the-counter medication, food, household supplies, beverages, and more.

Marley Spoon is a cooking platform that offers recipes, helps its customers order seasonal ingredients.

Thredup is a San Francisco-based company.

Warby Parker is an eyeglasses retailing company.

Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.

Zayo Group is a Boulder, Colorado-based company founded in 2007 by Dan Caruso.

DigitalGenius is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2014 by Dmitry Aksenov.

The Inside offers custom upholstered furniture.

Medallia is a company providing software-as-a-service based customer experience management software.

Weipinhui is a Guangzhou-based company founded in 2010 by Eric Ya Shen.

Instacart is an internet-based grocery delivery service company.

Gong is a conversation analytics and salesforce training platform company.

Gusto is a company providing a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resources management platform.

Thumbtack is a company operating an online platform for finding and hiring workers for particular tasks.

Zoom is a computer software company providing remote conferencing services to businesses and organizations. Zoom is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2011 by Eric S. Yuan.

Meesho is an online reseller network in India founded in 2008 by Vidit Aatrey.

Mu Sigma is a company providing analytics services for businesses.

Zappos is an online shoe and clothing shop founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn.

Nakheel Properties is a Dubai-based company founded in 2001.

Al Tayer Group is a Dubai-based retail company founded in 1979 by Obaid Al Tayer.

Perpay is a Philadelphia-based financial technology company developing e-commerce financing solutions for payments for businesses and consumers.

Atidot develops software for life insurers using big data and predictive machine learning technology.

RainCheck is a Sydney-based company founded in 2014 by Cameron Wall.

Citrix delivers people-centric solutions that power a better way to work by offering secure apps and data on any device, network or digital workspace

Float is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2020.

MarketShare is a company founded in 1999.

Gocious is an Irvine, California-based company founded in 2018 by Maziar Adl.

maroon.ai is a Philadelphia-based company founded by Ankit Sharma, Mehul Dhikonia and Ranjith Sivaraman.

Avalara is a company founded in 2004.

Nomanini is a Cape Town-based company founded in 2011.

Boozt Fashion is a Malmö-based company founded in 2007 by Hermann Haraldsson.

ePlane is an eCommerce platform designed to bring together buyers and sellers in the aerospace industry.