What they do:
Automated phone ordering system for restaurants
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Retail Startups
This list has 148 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 34 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (63), New York (21), and Bengaluru (6). Largest teams: Meesho, Podium, and Faire. Latest round: Modal raised $750M (Oct 14, 2026).
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What they do:
The operating system for the car wash industry.
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HQ: Temecula, CA, United States
What they do:
Analytics stack for omnichannel retailers and brands
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W14Early stage
What they do:
Visual AI shopping
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
YC S21Early stage
Fivestars
Acquired
What they do:
Customer loyalty and payments platform for small businesses.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Caper
Acquired
What they do:
Plug-and-play cashier-less retail powered by computer vision and AI
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Teespring
Acquired
What they do:
IMPORTANT: The original YC founders are no longer involved with this…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Burrow
Acquired
What they do:
A design brand creating innovative, award winning furniture.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
500Friends
Acquired
What they do:
the best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cuboh
Acquired
What they do:
We help restaurants manage their online orders.
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Shelf Engine
Acquired
What they do:
Transforms how grocery stores buy highly perishable foods.
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Moltin
Acquired
What they do:
eCommerce building blocks through simple APIs for websites & apps.…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Semantics3
Acquired
What they do:
Data and AI platform for Ecommerce & Cross-Border Logistics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
flexEngage
Acquired
What they do:
Dynamic transactional communications for physical stores to help…
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HQ: Orlando, FL, United States
Allure Systems
Acquired
What they do:
A.I. to create stunning fashion images for eCommerce.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Bulletin
Acquired
What they do:
Helping retailers discover and shop the best brands on the planet
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Shopular
Acquired
What they do:
Deals, Coupons & Cash Back for your favorite stores.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Two Tap
Acquired
What they do:
Two Tap connects retailers to companies that want to sell their…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mobydish
Acquired
What they do:
MobyDish, a tech-enabled service, allowing anyone to place a catering…
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Tablevibe
Acquired
What they do:
Direct Ordering Software for Restaurants
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HQ: Singapore
Fountain9
Acquired
What they do:
Helping food brands and retailers reduce food wastage
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pay Swifter
Acquired
What they do:
Stripe for Cannabis
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NeoWize
Acquired
What they do:
NeoWize created a new type of machine learning algorithm and uses it…
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Booth AI
Acquired
What they do:
Generative AI Photographer for E-Commerce
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Eventjoy
Acquired
What they do:
Fee-free ticketing, optimized for mobile.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bizzy
Acquired
What they do:
Bizzy is omni-channel marketing for ecommerce businesses.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AutoHub
Acquired
What they do:
We help dealerships appraise vehicle trade-ins more efficiently…
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Kirana AI
Acquired
What they do:
AI manager for physical stores
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Mertado
Acquired
What they do:
Mertado Mertado is an online social shopping platform that allows consumers to discover and buy products from communities they frequently visit.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
TalkBin
Acquired
What they do:
Consumer to business messaging.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W11Early stage
Modal
Shut down
What they do:
digital commerce for the world’s largest auto retailers and brands.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$750M · Series D · Oct 2026
Thread
Shut down
What they do:
Thread makes it incredibly easy to dress well, using stylists and AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
boitas.com
Shut down
What they do:
Largest B2B eCommerce platform for SMBs in Latin America.
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Peeba
Shut down
What they do:
Risk-free wholesale for retailers across Southeast Asia
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Valienta
Shut down
What they do:
Helping Dropshippers in Colombia run the business and increase sales
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Namaste Business
Shut down
What they do:
Shopify for a mobile first world
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