🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 101 Top English Retail Technology Startups & Firms

August 14, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best English Retail Technology companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail Technology industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top English Retail Technology Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Dija

Dija

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Dija is a startup offering groceries delivered to customers’ doors in under 10 minutes.

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YOOBIC is an all-in-one platform for the deskless workforce to optimize communication, training, and process management.

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EDITED

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EDITED is an information technology company that features a software platform that is designed for real-time product and pricing analytics.

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Provenance

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Provenance is a leading platform for supply chain and impact transparency

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JRNI

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JRNI is an experiential relationship management (XRM) platform for scheduling and managing personalized experiences at scale.

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Arcadia Group

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Arcadia Group Ltd. is a British multinational retailing company

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Oddbox

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Oddbox is a provider of fruit and veg box delivery service intended to reduce food waste.

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Swapi

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Swapi is the only digital wallet globally that allows users to swap their loyalty rewards, cashback & gift cards between brands.

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Poplar Studio

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Poplar is a creative platform that enables brands and retailers to produce 3D and AR experiences on-demand, powered by a talent cloud.

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RevLifter

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RevLifter is an AI powered technology provider helping brands increase revenue through real-time personalised offers.

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YOPA

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YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.

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Mercaux

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Mercaux brings the benefits of digital into retail stores to drive sales uplift.

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AEVI

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AEVI provides a platform for merchant-facing businesses that enables them to upgrade to more agile, more data-driven propositions.

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Butter.co.uk

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Butter lets you spread the cost of shopping from any online store with a simple monthly instalment plan. Download the app now!

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NearSt

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NearSt is a retail technology company building the world’s source of real-time local inventory.

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Storm5

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Storm5 are global RetailTech recruitment experts, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.

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Olvin

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Olvin helps real-world businesses get proactive through its AI powered predictive analytics platform.

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Popsa

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Popsa is a machine learning startup that automatically designs, makes, and delivers personalized physical products.

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pepperhq

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The Pepper platform supports white label apps for mobile payment, discovery, digital loyalty, social media marketing, and actionable data.

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Coniq

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Coniq is the Total Customer Engagement Company.

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BlackCurve

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B2B SaaS pricing automation solution. We help retailers make profitable pricing decisions.

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ThirdEye

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Building real-time CCTV powered AI assistants to put in the hands of public space workers.

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Quorso

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A new era for store management: Agile. Simple. Human.

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Kindred

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Kindred is an impact driven tech company that has developed the world’s first sustainable app monetization network.

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BotsAndUs

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BotsAndUs is a data-driven robotics and AI company that provides full-stack robot systems for public spaces.

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Greendeck

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Greendeck uses AI to help brands and retailers with pricing optimisation and competitor intelligence.

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Duel

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Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy

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Threedium

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We create memorable brand experiences, drive product considerations and deliver conversions through 3D/AR Technology.

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cloud.IQ

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cloud.IQ is an AI and machine learning based automated conversion rate optimisation platform for e-commerce businesses.

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Cheerfy

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The new way restaurants sell post-COVID

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Sook

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Sook is a retail asset management solution that transforms vacant retail units into customizable digital spaces that are rented by the hour

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Harper

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Personal Commerce

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The Flavor Factory

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The Flavor Factory is a dark kitchen enabler tech company offering a restaurant-as-a-service platform.

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Stuffstr

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Stuffstr makes recommerce a part of every retail transaction

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Shopi

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The mobile platform of new generation retailing

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Taggstar

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Real-time social proof message expert for enterprise eCommerce | Conversion uplift by up to 12% | Shop Direct, N Brown, TUI, Missguided use.

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Limio

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Subscription Commerce Platform to better acquire & retain subscribers

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CASHOFF

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Provides profit-generating open banking API solutions for banks and unique digital experience for their consumers

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MYSALE Group

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MYSALE Group is an aggregate of 11 online shopping destinations, across 8 countries.

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SOZIE

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Sozie is the leading on-demand community and employee generated content platform for brands and retailers globally.

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Ksubaka

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We provide powerful immersive brand experience & data platform which allows brands & retailers to link offline customers to online profiles

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Bijou Commerce

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Bijou Commerce provides brands & publishers with the lowest effort way to get high performing retail apps.

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Darabase

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Darabase is the AR Outdoor Media Company, a turnkey platform and solution for brands and retailers wanting to run AR content in the world.

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PayPoint

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PayPoint is a leading specialist payments collection network used, primarily, for the cash payment of bills and services and prepayments

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The Chapar

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The Chapar is a men’s stylist service that finds out your tastes and sends you clothes that fit those tastes.

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elm

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Data platform for FMCG brands

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Shopwave

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Kitchen & Ops Automation, POS, App Integration & Payments. Shopwave helps the worlds leading restaurant and retail brands to scale globally.

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Constant Commerce

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We are the only platform to offer marketers every tool to support an end to end shopper journey from inspiration to (any) checkout

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Nibble Technology

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AI Negotiation Chatbot

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Slidr

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SLIDR is a dynamic pricing technology allowing customers to buy products/services at prices always lower than retail

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Horizone

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Spreading innovation, building and working on Growence, Innovable, Elle Innovation, WomenX Impact, Vision Awardz and Crypto Coinference.

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WoraPay

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WoraPay helps retailers to significantly increase sales whilst saving time for their clients: they order and self-checkout on mobile.

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Sellalong

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CIrcular platform for retailers to provide universal sell-back of every item.

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Presence Orb

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Learn more about Presence Aware Tech and our product Presence Orb.

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PocketHighStreet

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The digital high street at everyone’s fingertips

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Real Life Analytics

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Real Life Analytics enables targeted advertising on any digital screen.

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BOLDMIND

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BOLDMIND is an IoT consultancy specialized in building connected devices.

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By Rotation

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The World’s First Social Fashion Rental App.

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Aura Vision

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Aura Vision enables brick-and-mortar retailers to positively influence shopper journeys with cutting-edge computer vision.

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Frog Design

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Frog Design operates as a global design, innovation, and strategy firm.

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Attraqt

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Providing Onsite Search, Online Merchandising and ecommerce Personalization for global retailers & brands

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Prowexx

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Prowexx is a digital marketplace connecting International small producers to the British market buyers and helping bridge gaps between them.

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zappit

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Helping FMCG brands and leading retailers win new customers and insight via secure and sustainable digital store coupons

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Techwisely Ltd

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Available on mobile and smartwatch platform, we offer world’s first hands-free counterless checkout solution eliminating the need of queuing

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Solely Original

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Solely Original is a shoe brand allowing clients to design their own shoes, have custom made to fit the specifications of the feet.

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Spoon Guru

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A leading retail solution provider, we deliver seamless product discovery based on shopper dietary & lifestyle needs.

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ActiveViam

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ActiveViam provides operational analytics solutions to business users in need of timely decision-making.

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Save Your Wardrobe

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FashionTech startup using AI to make Fashion more digital and sustainable

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Increasingly

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Increasingly uses machine learning to automate product bundling on retail websites.

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Clarity PR

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Clarity delivers tech PR campaigns for the world’s most exciting technology startups.

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Dressipi

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The leading independently verified Revenue Optimisation Platform for fashion retailers.

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Mountain Warehouse

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Mountain Warehouse is a british outdoor retailer selling equipment for hiking, camping, skiing, cycling, running and fitness.

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Fabacus

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Fabacus is a technology business that transforms brand licensing through the power of data.

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Boost Technology

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Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa’s emerging digital economy

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Secret Sales

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E-commerce Marketplace

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Leanpay

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Leanpay is an omni-channel POS financing company that aims to disrupt consumer loans segment, and help consumers buy products they need.

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Wineapp

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Mobile App – On-demand Fine Wine Delivery

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Brisqq

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Brisqq provides local logistics-as-a-service, enabling retailers to offer same day (or future date) deliveries in 1-hour timeslots.

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SwiftGift

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SwiftGift is the world’s first Instant Gift Messenger App which allows you to send real gifts to anyone in your phone’s contact book.

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Compare Ethics

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The sustainable platform that makes it easy for conscious consumers to find verified sustainable products.

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Red Ant

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Red Ant is a technology partner that empowers retailers to connect online with offline, delivering fully connected retail experiences.

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De Beers

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De Beers offers diamond exploration, diamond mining, and diamond retail.

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Confer With

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Immersive retail livestreaming

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Paws

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We’re challenging the status quo to make caring for your pet brilliantly easy and affordable.

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Snap It Limited

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Snap It is building materials procurement, sourcing & instant delivery app for trades people on the go.

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clicksit

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Ecommerce returns management business

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Beauty Matching Engine

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AI Award-winning Beauty Prediction & Personalisation Platform, helping beauty companies predict, personalise & enhance the customer journey

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Radius Tech

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Location Intelligence SaaS provider that creates commercial growth strategies for retailers and shopping centres.

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Wanstor

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Wanstor are a trusted IT Services company that supports organisations of all sizes in all industries.

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Meshh

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Meshh’s SaaS platform provides metrics and insights for real-world sponsorship activity using quantitative and qualitative research tech.

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Mother

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Digitalised vending machines helping the busy eat better, and bringing top quality food and drinks to the working world and beyond.

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MODESTWIST

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Modestwist is an online modest fashion e-tailer for Muslim millennials across the globe, founded by former model Annabel John

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Carryr

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We’re on a mission to supercharge the end-to-end delivery experience for fashion retailers and their customers.

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Ebuiteq Limited

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Specialised in AI, Cloud, Data, APIs, UI, Digital technology resourcing pool and transformation.

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Modular Customer Engagement Technologies

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Modular Customer Engagement Technologies is a 3D Customer Experience Platform, Create your 3D Online Shop & 3D Product Configurator

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Omnifi

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A retail and leisure innovation agency

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Autocanteen

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Vision AI powered self-checkout for catering

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CheQout Retail technologies

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We’re making high street retail smarter through data-driven member insights.

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Simply POS

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All-in-one, cloud retail store management Platform for 1 to 101 store locations.

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AtHashtags

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Combined Online and real world Marketplace that allows vendors to sell and connect with consumers online and in multiple physical locations

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myCircle

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myCircle is a U.K.-based SaaS and data company that provides merchants with analytics and mobile financial app services.

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