London’s 101 Fastest Growing Retail Technology Startups

At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 101 Retail Technology companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

• Track record
• Executive leadership
• Market share
• Innovation
• ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top Retail Technology Companies & Startups (London)

Arcadia Group

Arcadia Group Ltd. is a British multinational retailing company

YOPA

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

Swapi

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

Storm5

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

KodyPay

Revolutionising in-person payments to grow your business with a trustworthy and innovative solution.

Butter.co.uk

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

Poplar Studio

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

AEVI

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

Threedium

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

RevLifter

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

NearSt

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

Olvin

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

Sona

Sona is the employee app for tomorrow’s workforce.

Quorso

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

Coniq

Coniq is the Total Customer Engagement Company.

Kindred

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

Qudini – Retail Choreography

Retail Choreography solutions to transforming customer experience, operations and data for retailers and banks.

cloud.IQ

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

BotsAndUs

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

Duel

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

Leanpay

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

Intelistyle

Intelistyle provides A.I. styling solutions to fashion retailers, helping them address the needs of customers looking for styling advice.

pepperhq

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

ThirdEye

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

Shopi

The mobile platform of new generation retailing

Greendeck

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

Secret Sales

E-commerce Marketplace

Oddbox

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

Sook

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

Taggstar

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

ORDR

Online in-restaurant food ordering, queueing and reservation, and takeaway ordering software.

YOOBIC

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

BlackCurve

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

Harper

Harper delivers the in-store experience to online customers.

Cheerfy

The new way restaurants sell post-COVID

Clickerance

Clickerance enables personalized online food discovery for people with dietary requirements, restrictions or preferences.

MYSALE Group

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

Ksubaka

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

Compare Ethics

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

SOZIE

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

CASHOFF

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

Popsa

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

Dija

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

Limio

Subscription Commerce Platform to better acquire & retain subscribers

The Chapar

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

Constant Commerce

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

Stuffstr

Stuffstr makes recommerce a part of every retail transaction

Darabase

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

Cloudshelf

In-store eCommerce SaaS

elm

Data platform for FMCG brands

Shopwave

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

Mercaux

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

EDITED

EDITED is a Retail Intelligence company with AI products designed to connect enterprise and market data to fuel retail automation.

WoraPay

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

Bijou Commerce

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

MyGravity

MyGravity enhances trust between businesses and consumers with a digital loyalty and marketing solution.

Slidr

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

The Flavor Factory

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

Sellalong

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

JRNI

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

Primis

A post-purchase customer experience platform.

Presence Orb

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

Horizone

Building innovation via Growence, Elle Innovation, Talentoo, & Dooers and media trademarks WomenX Impact, Crypto Coinference & Innovable.

Gift & Go

Gift & Go is a new gifting technology platform, enabling businesses to create powerful loyalty stores and promotions using Amazon Business.

Real Life Analytics

Real Life Analytics enables targeted advertising on any digital screen.

BOLDMIND

BOLDMIND is an IoT consultancy specialized in building connected devices.

By Rotation

The World’s First Social Fashion Rental App.

Aura Vision

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

Solely Original

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

Nibble Technology

AI Negotiation Chatbot

Frog Design

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

Attraqt

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

PocketHighStreet

The digital high street at everyone’s fingertips

MIO Mobile Kiosk

MIO Mobile Kiosk designs a multitasker robot that assists in accomplishing personal tasks.

PayPoint

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

Save Your Wardrobe

FashionTech startup using AI to make Fashion more digital and sustainable

ActiveViam

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

Spoon Guru

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

Dressipi

The leading independently verified Revenue Optimisation Platform for fashion retailers.

Mountain Warehouse

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

Prowexx

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

Boost Technology

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

SwiftGift

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.

Paws

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

Techwisely Ltd

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

Fabacus

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

Increasingly

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

Huckletree Alpha Programme London

Huckletree Alpha is a 12-week long intensive accelerator programme based in London & Dublin for startups at pre-seed stage.

MODESTWIST

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

Red Ant

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

Confer With

Immersive retail livestreaming

Clarity PR

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

De Beers

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

Snap It Limited

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

Beauty Matching Engine

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

Brisqq

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

Bigbox Videoshopping

Bigbox is a hyperlocal video shopping marketplace enabling retailer and sellers to sell easily through videocalls.

Fether

Mobile Travel App

Wineapp

Mobile App – On-demand Fine Wine Delivery

Situ Live

An immersive physical to digital retail platform that enables brands to economically bring products to market

Webloyalty

revenue maximizing for eCommerce