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UK Retail Tech
Look Book 2021

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The UK’s DIT is proud to present 23 innovative UK retail tech companies looking to expand & grow in the US market. They are divided into three categories: In-store, E-commerce, and Omnichannel. To meet with representatives from any of the companies, fill out our connection request form here.

In-Store

HQ: Edinburgh 

appointedd.com 

 

Appointedd is a global scheduling solution, with tools that enable customers to book virtual or in-person shopping experiences, one-to-one and group masterclasses, online 24/7. Our scalable technology helps brands engage with a global audience, drive footfall (in-store & virtual), increase revenue and deliver a seamless and personalised shopping experience.

Top clients: Charlotte Tilbury, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Hot Topic


HQ: London 

hypervsn.com 

HYPERVSN is responsible for developing the innovative and disruptive 3D holographic system that provides an immersive experience for viewers. The proprietary HYPERVSN hardware works in conjunction with customers’ content ecosystems to provide an integrated business solution. Since its official release in 2017, HYPERVSN has been named among 10 best technologies by Yahoo!, USA Today & Inc Magazine. Backed by Mark Cuban and Richard Branson, it has been used by over 25% of Fortune 500 companies in 90+ countries.

Top clients: Walmart, Porsche, Nike

HQ: London 

mercaux.com 
 

 

Mercaux powers the Connected Store. We bring the benefits of digital into retail stores to enhance the customer experience, improve store efficiency and increase sales. We do this by equipping Sales Associates and stores with the digital tools they need to serve and sell smarter, across the entire customer journey. Our core solutions Sales Assist, Omnichannel and Clienteling, equip staff with instant access to product information, company-wide inventory, digital content, customers’ profiles, through to mPOS.

Top clients: Nike (IRG), Stadium Goods, Tendam
VC funding: $7.4
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HQ: London
US office: Dallas

mishipay.com 

 

MishiPay is a mobile self-checkout solution that enables shoppers to use their own phone to scan and pay for their shopping in brick and mortar stores. Our technology drives increases in both sales and store profitability whilst providing retailers with priceless data insights. What's more, following the COVID-19 pandemic, MishiPay can help keep shoppers and staff safe by enabling customers to use their own device for the entire purchase process - eliminating the need to interact with store hardware or to wait in a line. By using MishiPay, shoppers can skip the checkout queues and follow social distancing advice.

Top clients: MUJI, Eroski, SPAR

VC funding: $7.5M

HQ: London
US office: NYC

olvin.com 

 

Olvin's revolutionary platform, Almanac, is the world's first predictive consumer platform, crunching billions of data points a day to see into the future. Our AI processes multiple data sets (such as geospatial, weather, news and demographic) creating a powerful view into how the world behaves. Be proactive with access to predictive consumer behavior and insights into historical trends, movement and demographics. Our platform helps retailers save money, keep existing customers happy and attract new ones.

VC funding: $5M

HQ: London
US office: Boston

pointr.tech 

 

Pointr is the indoor location leader, leveraging BLE to unlock best-in-class location-based services, engagement and analytics. Our Deep Location® platform enables indoor location, geofencing, wayfinding, asset tracking, mapping, analytics and augmented reality. The solution has been deployed in 1k+ venues across 20+ countries in verticals including workplace, hospitality, healthcare, retail, and more.

Top clients: Harrods, Dubai Airports, Sainsbury’s

HQ: London
US office: NYC, Atlanta 

quorso.com 

 

Quorso simplifies your data into 3 top-priority daily actions (we call them ‘Missions’) for every store, guaranteed to engage teams, increase Sales and drive KPIs. Then helps teams to launch and complete their Missions, measures the impact and scales the ones that work. Agile. Simple. Human. A new era for store management.
 

Top clients: Marks & Spencer, Taco Bell, Party City

VC funding: $12M

HQ: London 

storiq.net 

 

StorIQ is the leading communication and task management platform for retailers with 100 – 2,000 stores, simplifying processes to save time, increase visibility of store performance and provide greater clarity for both store and head office teams. Ultimately, StorIQ helps customers drive sales by improving in-store execution.

Top clients: Hugo Boss, Petco, M&S International

HQ: London 
US office: San Francisco

gotenzo.com 
 

 

Tenzo delivers actionable insights to in-store employees in real time on their mobile device to improve bottom-line performance. Using advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, Tenzo improves performance across multiple levers, specifically focused on optimizing labor, customer experience and forecasting demand.

Top clients: TGI Friday’s, Nando’s, KFC

VC funding: $2.8M

HQ: London
US office: Atlanta 

trurating.com

 

TruRating is a Customer Experience Management Platform connecting how customers feel about their shopping experiences to their shopping behaviors. TruRating integrates seamlessly into the buyer journey to deliver actionable insights based genuine, validated feedback. The ease and simplicity for a customer to rate leads to industry-leading response rates, giving businesses unprecedented access to the perceptions and experiences of their customers.

Top clients: JD Sports, Five Below, Bealls Florida

HQ: London 

storetrials.com 

Virtual Store Trials make the future of retail technology available today. We’ve built a suite of retail solutions using technology, research methodologies, data science and machine learning that help brands and retailers win with shoppers. We offer shelf-testing, macro-space optimization, planogram visualization, prediction and monetization as a data asset to our retail and brand clients.

Top clients: Reckitt Benckiser, Mars, Nomad Food
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E-Commerce

HQ: London 

goinstore.com 

 

 

 

Go Instore connects website customers with data driven product-matched instore experts using immersive HD live video. Go Instore transforms cultural chaos and uncertainty into happy and safe working environments for staff, whilst providing the in-store experience for customers.

Top clients: Dixons Retail, Samsung, Signet Jewelers

HQ: London

increasingly.com

 

Increasingly helps retailers drive basket revenue and happier customers. The AI platform intelligently sells bundles and collections on-site, in-store, and in Google Shopping and Facebook ads. Typically growing AOV by +30%. Inspired by Amazons famous 'frequently bought together' feature, Increasingly creates frictionless shopping experiences. Bringing Amazon-like precision to the rest of eCommerce. We believe in giving customers a super-convenient, hyper-relevant, online experience!

Top clients: Samsung, Party City, Boots/Walgreens

HQ: London

personifyxp.com

 

Personify XP automates digital experiences for anonymous digital shoppers, driving on average a 10% increase in revenue and is a Gartner Cool Vendor in Personalisation. 

Top clients: Boohoo, Farfetch, Burberry, 7 for All Mankind

VC funding: $700k

HQ: London
US office: NYC 

poqcommerce.com 

 

Poq is a Software-as-a-Service app platform that empowers retailers to create highly effective and fully-customised mobile apps that provide a superior shopping experience. These apps allow global brands & retailers to build stronger brands, sell more products, deepen customer loyalty and deliver highly relevant content, communications and rewards. 

Top clients: Missguided, Cotton On, Kurt Geiger, Belk

VC funding: $18.3M

HQ: London
US office: Atlanta 

revlifter.com 

 

RevLifter enables brands to hyper personalize deals across the whole e-commerce customer journey to deliver the most valuable outcome for both brands and their customers. We are on a mission to eradicate the wastage associated with blanket promotions and instead we believe offers should be real-time hyper-personalized to deliver retailer goals that drive up cart value and encourage higher spend per customer.

Top clients: Lowes, Sam's Club, AT&T

VC funding: $8.6M

HQ: London 

smartzer.com 

Smartzer's video tagging platform is used by brands and retailers to make their videos interactive and shoppable across e-commerce, social channels and ads. Brands can also access detailed video interaction data. 

Top clients: Valentino, Adidas, Dior

VC funding: $2.15M

HQ: London
US office: NYC 

wirewax.com 

WIREWAX is the leading interactive video and media services technology platform.
Top clients: Google, Salesforce, NBCUniversal

VC funding: Undisclosed

 

HQ: London

zigzag.global 

 

ZigZag helps retailers manage returns globally. The ZigZag platform connects major retailers to a global network of over 220 warehouses to over 200+ carrier services in over 130 countries. 
ZigZag delivers best in class technology and service to transform the returns experience globally. ZigZag’s mission is to reduce the cost, waste and friction associated with returns, boost customer loyalty and make retailers more profitable and sustainable.

Top clients: Boohoo, Selfridges, DHL, GAP, Inditex

VC funding: $10M

 

Omnichannel

 


HQ: London 

duel.tech 

 

 

 

Duel is a Brand Advocacy Platform that drives organic growth and retention for brands. The platform scales management of the brand’s relationship with thousands of their advocates through Advocacy & Loyalty Programs that engage, retain and drive word-of-mouth sales. Duel combines different advocacy tools (including brand challenges, UGC, referrals, loyalty, affiliates and surveys), under one platform so brands can build customer membership clubs, ambassador and VIP programs with airline-style ‘status’ tiers, groups and segmentation.

Top clients: Rab, Tough Mudder, Monica Vinader

VC funding: $2.5M

HQ: Manchester

peak.ai

 

Peak enables the world’s smartest enterprise companies to put the power of AI at the centre of all commercial decision making, helping global brands & retailers unlock the value of their data. Peak was named in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2020.

Top clients: AO, ASOS and PepsiCo

VC funding: $18.5M

HQ: London
US office: NYC

proximityinsight.com 

Proximity Insight’s innovative, connected retail solutions enable associates to serve customers through any channel.  We surface all the necessary information into a single app – customer data, product data, inventory data allowing customer facing teams to upsell, cross sell and consistently exceed customer expectations. Our brands say our app has been an absolute life saver during the pandemic allowing them to connect remotely and safely with their customers whilst stores have been closed connecting stores to their online customers.

Top clients: MCM Worldwide, Matchesfashion, John Lewis Partnership

HQ: London
US office: Los Angeles 

spoon.guru 

Spoon Guru creatively and intelligently harnesses data complexity and consumer preferences whilst building partnerships to inform and inspire retailers & consumers of food around the world so that food search becomes individually ideal, 100% accurate, seamless and intuitive.

Top clients: Tesco, Woolworths, Albert Heijn

VC funding: $7
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