Five more retail tech startups to watch in 2020
RTIH recently flagged up five startups that should be on your radars in 2020. Here are five more that are set to make waves this year.
1. AiFi
AiFi is providing the technology for the first ever autonomous gas station convenience store, situated in Silicon Valley. It is also powering a retrofitted, larger convenience store on a residential street in Shanghai.
2. Breez
Breez allows users to send and receive Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network. “Our ultimate goal is to make the Lightning economy and Bitcoin mainstream,” CEO Roy Shenfield recently told RTIH.
3. Bulldog Kiosks
Bulldog Kiosks provides self-service desktop and freestanding kiosks “to suit the ever increasing diversity of the marketplaces we serve”.
4. Ladingo
Ladingo’s cloud-based solution enables online retailers to sell and ship large and bulky items such as furniture, home appliances or fitness equipment with “low-cost shipping and hassle-free delivery”.
5. Starship Technologies
Autonomous robot delivery company Starship Technologies recently emerged triumphant in the Startup of the Year category at the first ever RTIH Innovation Awards.
2019 highlights included securing $40 million in Series A funding. The venture also announced plans to expand to 100 university campuses in the next 24 months.