Top Retail Technology Startups in 2027

The NewStore Mobile Retail Platform empowers brands to deliver an extraordinary end-to-end shopping experience for consumers. Built entirely from a mobile perspective, it integrates with existing ecommerce platforms such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, SAP Hybris, Oracle ATG, and Magento. NewStore raises the omnichannel bar with one-touch purchase, scalable clienteling, and on-demand delivery — all optimized for the small screen. Founded by Stephan Schambach, creator of Demandware (now Salesforce Commerce Cloud), NewStore boosts conversion, promotes engagement, unifies online and offline, and modernizes fulfillment. NewStore is headquartered in Boston. For more information, visit newstore.com.

One platform. One API. All Channels - from Pure-Play Webstore to Omnichannel infrastructure.

Madison Reed (madison-reed.com) is an e-commerce start-up with a team of 180+ rock stars in San Francisco. We’re revolutionizing the $50B hair care market using technology (web, mobile, tablet, social) to radically innovate the user experience and business model. Madison Reed is headquartered in SF and backed by top-tier venture capital firms Norwest VP, True Ventures, Maveron and Shea Ventures.

Incode Technologies is an omnichannel biometric identity company that builds secure, top-rated solutions for frictionless banking, hospitality, and retail experiences. Incode sets a new standard in convenience and security in order to enhance customer experiences and build a global database of identities using the world’s fastest edge-facial recognition technology as recognized by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Incode’s anti-spoofing technology, LiveBeam, doesn’t require any user interaction and is the first passive facial liveness system in the world to achieve Level-1 certification for NIST iBeta Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) testing. The company’s web and mobile solutions are adopted globally for a variety of applications, including onboarding, identity & ID verification, and transactions by some of the world’s largest financial institutions, governments, and retailers. Founded in 2015 by a passionate serial-entrepreneur and a group of hard-working individuals, we seek out people from diverse backgrounds and encourage them to take risks and approach new challenges unconventionally. We believe brilliant minds have the power to do great things! We’re a fun-loving, goal-crushing team who are immensely proud to be part of a common goal: to map the identity of humankind. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company operates globally with additional offices in Latin America and Europe.

Thanx is a leading provider of digital guest engagement for offline businesses. Brick-and-mortar retailers, restaurants and malls are facing an unprecedented crisis in the aftermath of COVID-19; Thanx helps these businesses embrace digital purchasing, capture greater customer data, and take action on that information to personalize every interaction with their guests. Our proprietary integrations with credit card networks (e.g. Visa) provide the volume and accuracy of purchase data which sits at the core of every product we build.

RADAR is an RFID & computer vision platform that automates inventory management, analytics & check out in physical stores. The company offers to manage inventory efficiently, through automated inventory counts, improved in-store replenishment and instantaneous customer stock checks, measure all customer-product interactions, giving physical stores the same insight into consumer behavior and product performance as online stores, and eliminate checkout lines altogether through our autonomous checkout tool. RADAR was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

SwiftSku’s mobile app connects to point of sales at convenience stores enabling owners to remotely manage and monitor their c-stores. We take the guesswork out of running a convenience store with predictive analytics dashboards and reports.

About Clear Demand: Clear Demand is the leader in AI-driven price and promotion optimization for retailers. Our platform transforms pricing from a challenge to a competitive advantage, helping retailers make smarter, data-backed decisions across the entire pricing lifecycle. By integrating competitive intelligence, pricing rules, and demand modelling, we enable retailers to maximize profit, drive growth, and enhance customer loyalty — all while maintaining pricing compliance and brand integrity. With Clear Demand, retailers stay ahead of the market, automate complex pricing decisions, and unlock new opportunities for growth.

YOOBIC is an all-in-one platform enabling multi-location businesses such as retailers, restaurants and hotels to deliver the perfect customer experience across every location. With YOOBIC’s Physical Experience Platform, all aspects of the physical experience are optimized, from operations to team training and employee engagement, enabling businesses to consistently satisfy customers and keep them coming back over and over again. Based in New York, London, Paris, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo and Milan with more than 200 employees, YOOBIC is used by 150+ brands & retailers across the world including Kate Spade, Puma, Clarins, Yankee Candle, Adore Me, Pixi Beauty, Lacoste, Peugeot, and Kenzo. We have 17 different nationalities and more than 10 languages are spoken in our offices. We offer an inclusive, multi-cultural environment, where everyone is encouraged and empowered to make their impact as our company continues to expand its global footprint. We produce excellence, we take pride in the work we do, we are committed to make our team and our clients as successful as possible. To learn more about working at YOOBIC, watch our video.

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting and valuable fintechs in the world, with our Series D taking our valuation to $40 billion. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how. We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re number 9 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and on Glassdoor’s list of Top 10 fintechs to work for. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. So, join us to build tomorrow, today. We believe in equal opportunities. Checkout.com is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience, skills and personality. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is the right thing to do and is central to our success.