Six stand out retail technology funding rounds
RTIH rounds up the retail technology ventures who have been making waves with major investments.
1. Locus Robotics
Warehouse robotics startup Locus Robotics has raised $40 million in Series D funding led by Zebra Ventures.
2. Alkemics
Alkemics, a Paris-based venture whose platform enables brands to launch products with retailers, has bagged €21 million in a Series C funding round.
3. Ontruck
Logistics technology company Ontruck has raised €17 million in a round led by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative.
4. Buymie
Irish grocery delivery startup Buymie has announced a €5.8 million funding round, taking its total capital raised this year to over €8 million.
5. Checkout.com
UK-based PayTech venture Checkout.com has tripled its valuation to $5.5 billion following a $150 million Series B funding round.
Led by Coatue Management, this comes one year after the payments processor raised a record early funding round for a European FinTech company, pegging its valuation at about $2 billion.
6. Uncrowd
Retail analytics startup Uncrowd has completed a £500,000 seed funding round with the announcement of Phil Barden as an angel investor in its Friction/Reward Indexing platform.
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