Retail Technology
Our blog contains short snippets from our full research coverage. We release new content regularly, so check back often for the latest insights.
Retail Technology 2019 Exit Activity Bounced Back
As part of our research process, we track and analyze exit developments within the sector. The below chart shows retail technology exit activity over time. As you can see, retail technology exit activity hit a historic high in 2017, and then dipped in 2018 before rising in 2019 to 67 exits.
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Notable Retail Technology Startups and Ordermark Profile
To give you a view into our client-only research, here is an excerpt focused on notable startups. Below are the retail technology startups highlighted and profiled in our recent Quarterly Review.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Retail Technology Funding Achieved Banner Year in 2019
The below chart shows retail technology funding over time and calls out the largest funding round in recent years. As you can see, retail technology funding showed consistent growth from 2015 to 2019, culminating in a peak at $22B.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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Retail Technology Report Highlights – Q3 2019
Here is our Q3 2019 summary report on the retail technology startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.
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Last Mile Logistics Leads Retail Technology Funding
The retail technology industry has seen $98B in all-time funding through Q3 2019. Let's examine the graphic below and analyze which of the 21 retail technology categories are leading the sector in total funding amounts.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants act as a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes categories into four states of innovation by plotting the sector categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction. Knowing which quadrant each category sits will help in developing your scouting strategy.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and how many startups are within each category. We also present a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category.
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Retail Technology Sector Overview - Q3 2019 Update
In this post we examine the different components of the retail technology ecosystem. We will illustrate what the categories of innovation are and how they compare to one another.
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