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119 startup drills in E-commerce
PROVEN
Mother Ventures
$14M
Moms Control $2.4 Trillion in Spending. Build Just for Them.
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
SEEDLING
TravelMind
undisclosed
Restaurant Discovery Is Broken – Nobody Has Fixed It With AI Yet
AI/Generative · build competitor
PROVEN
Nas
$50M
Only 3% of Adults Sell Online. The Other 97% Think It's Too Hard.
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
PROVEN
Lucra Sports
$42M
Real Gamification Means Real Stakes – Why Loyalty Programs Fail
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
RISING
Replenit
$2M
Behavioral History Won't Tell You What Someone Will Buy. Intent Will.
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Minimist
$1M
The $367B Secondhand Market Has a Supply Problem, Not a Demand One
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Arcade
$47M
Stop Picking from What's Available – Order What You Actually Want
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Croissant
$52M
Don't Build Another Resale Marketplace – Build the Infrastructure
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
RISING
PinchAI
$5M
Returns Abuse Costs $100B – and Crackdowns Punish Honest Shoppers
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
RISING
Aliado
$3M
The Big Market with Almost No Competition: Offline Retail
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Looma
$30M
88% of Shoppers Buy Something Unplanned – Retail Media Captures That
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
Channel3
$7M
AI Agents Are About to Replace You at Checkout
AI/Search · build tooling
RISING
Juo
$4M
Subscriptions Work for Physical Products Too – the Numbers Are Wild
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling
RISING
Keeyu
$2M
Stop Handling Customer Complaints – Start Preventing Them
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
RISING
Questom
$500K
The $38B Custom Print Market's Core Problem: Quoting Too Slowly
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
Rexby
$3M
Trust Is the Product – Travel Bloggers Become Service Providers
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Swish
undisclosed
Retail Media Hits $130B – the Winning Niche Is the Product Itself
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
YASO
$14M
The Biggest Growth Market Right Now Isn't AI
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Airbuds
$10M
The Widget Showing What Your Friends Are Listening To Right Now
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Claim
$18M
Gen Z Is Openly Sharing Purchase Data – and That's a Social Network
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
Smobi
$500K
Turn Transactional SMS Into a Revenue Channel – Triple Buyers for Free
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
Understory
$19M
Experience Sellers Have No Shopify – Until Now
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
SEEDLING
PlayAbly
undisclosed
Your Store Is Boring – And That's Why They Leave
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
RISING
Yuvoice
$2M
What If Likes Were Worthless and Good Deeds Were the Currency?
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build competitor
RISING
Brandback
$7M
Adding a "Sell It Later" Toggle to Any Online Checkout
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Sesh
$7M
Super-Fans Will Pay – Most Artists Don't Know How to Ask
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Bought
$2M
Remove the Friction and the Market Grows Itself
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Retrofit
$500K
Vintage Shoppers Want Style Discovery, Not Discount Hunting
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
eBrands
$55M
Local Manufacturers Are Ready to Go Global – Nobody's Helping Them
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Copley
$5M
People Buy on Emotion – So Why Do Tools Only Target the Copy?
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Steve
$2M
An AI That Walks You From Zero to Amazon Seller
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Videobot
$6M
Short Videos on Your Website Could 3x Your Conversions
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Dorsia
$50M
The Costco Playbook – But for People Who Want to Spend More
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Stockly
$47M
Cut Out the Middlemen. All of Them.
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Superlogic
$22M
Want Loyal Customers? Stop Bribing Them With Points.
SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
StriveCloud
$2M
The Easiest Way to Keep Users Coming Back
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Unusual
$500K
Every Visitor Sees a Different Homepage – and Conversions Jump 300%
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
Archive
$54M
$54M Raised. 40 Employees. Already Profitable.
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Haz
$1M
The Wardrobe App That Builds Itself From Your Inbox
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Crown
$2M
B2B Procurement Is Still Stuck in Bilateral Negotiations
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Final Offer
$13M
What If Buyers Could See Every Offer on Your House
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Leap
$103M
E-Commerce Is 20% of Retail – the Other 80% Is Still Up for Grabs
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
Reshop
$20M
Enter a $890B Market Through the Back Door
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Refundid
$2M
Refunded in 60 Seconds – Before You've Even Shipped the Box Back
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Minimist
$385K
This Market Needs Its Own Shopify
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PROVEN
PrettyDamnQuick
$38M
80% of Shoppers Abandon at Checkout – Here's Why That's Fixable
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
ChatLabs
$3M
Online Stores Are Wasting Their Biggest Traffic Source
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Lasso
undisclosed
Affiliate Marketing Is a $54B Market – and Its Software Is Still Broken
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Zimi
$3M
Cross-Border Shipping Still Costs More Than the Product Itself
E-commerce/Logistics · enter market
PROVEN
Max Retail
$21M
Unfreeze $500 Billion in Stuck Inventory
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
InHouse
$3M
65% of Traveler Spending Is Walking Right Past Short-Term Rental Hosts
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Volta
$7M
E-Commerce's Next Billion-Dollar Opening: B2B Is Finally Going Online
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Kalder
$11M
Loyalty Programs That Make Money Instead of Losing It
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
PROVEN
Levanta
$21M
Amazon Sellers Have $300M in Untapped Affiliate Revenue
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Fleek
$21M
Secondhand Clothing Has a $20M Wholesale Infrastructure Gap
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Encore
$500K
75% of Secondhand Purchases Are Unplanned – Search Is Broken
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Flash
$12M
30 Million Orders In, This Indian Fintech Is Coming for the US
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
EmbedSocial
undisclosed
UGC Is Sitting on Instagram – One Widget Pulls It Into Your Store
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
Ghost
$95M
Excess Inventory Is a $95M Problem Companies Still Solve With Discounts
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Genuin
$4M
Communities Built for Revenue, Not Just Engagement
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Triyit
$1M
Want to Sell It? Let Them Try It First
E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Cohora
$3M
To Sell More, Sell Less
E-commerce/DTC · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Fairown
$8M
Trade In the Old One, Get the New One – All at the Same Store
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Pap!
$500K
Collect the Debt, Then Sell the Data
Fintech/Lending · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Heatmap
$4M
Heatmaps That Show Revenue, Not Just Clicks
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Bloom AI
$4M
The Right Product Photo Lifts Conversions by Up to 44%
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Lovetovisit
$7M
The Corner of Travel That Big OTAs Keep Ignoring
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PROVEN
Haus
$60M
Which Half of Your Marketing Budget Actually Works?
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
EXO
$1M
Rewards or Ads? The Clever Business Model That Blurs the Line
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Manifest AI
$13M
The Storefront Is Now Optional
E-commerce/DTC · build competitor
PROVEN
Fetcherr
$115M
Dynamic Pricing Is Coming for Burgers and Beer
SaaS/Vertical · adapt model
PROVEN
Route
$289M
People Check Delivery Status 4.6 Times Per Order – That's a Business
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
PROVEN
Seel
$24M
Sell Final Sale Without Losing the Conversion
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Slip
$3M
11.2 Billion Receipts a Year – None of Them Are Marketing
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PROVEN
The Desire Company
$19M
Influencers Can't Talk About Your Product Like an Expert Can
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Hemster
$8M
Buy Off-the-Rack, Wear It Like It Was Made for You
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
PROVEN
Remark
$10M
E-Commerce Lost Its Sales Associates – This Brings Them Back
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Faircado
$3M
Shop New, Get Shown the Used Version Automatically
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Purple Dot
$16M
Pre-Orders Don't Have to Feel Like Pre-Orders
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Made With Intent
$2M
Stop Pressuring Every Visitor the Same Way
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Monocle
$8M
Most DTC Discounts Destroy Margin You Didn't Need to Give Away
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
Syrup
$25M
Apparel's Biggest Profit Killer Is Buying Too Much of the Wrong Sizes
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PROVEN
Ansa
$19M
Branded Digital Wallets: 80% of Merchants Haven't Got One Yet
E-commerce/DTC · build competitor
PROVEN
Snappy
$130M
$130M Says Corporate Gifting Was Broken
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
SingleInterface
$30M
Running Local Marketing for 100 Stores Shouldn't Take 100 People
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
KIKI World
$11M
What If Consumers Voted on Which Products Got Made
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Kevel
$45M
E-Commerce's Hidden Revenue Stream: Retail Media
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Mallard Bay
$7M
1.7 Billion Outdoor Trips Need Their Own Booking Platform
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Paylode
$6M
Close the Deal With Someone Else's Budget
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PROVEN
Fermàt
$29M
Sell at the Moment of Intent – Not After a Redirect
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
Eterneva
$18M
Diamonds Grown From Ashes – a Memorial That Lasts Forever
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
eComID
$3M
Return Fraud Costs Retailers $21–$46 Per Item. A Network Can Stop It.
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Samplico
$2M
You Can't Buy What You Haven't Tried
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Heyflow
$22M
Static Landing Pages Are Dead
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Qloo
$57M
What Do Heineken Drinkers Watch? There's $57M Bet It's Knowable.
AI/Generative · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Aimerce
$5M
Aimerce Builds Branded Websites for Amazon Sellers From a URL
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PROVEN
MakerSights
$37M
MakerSights Gives Fashion Teams a Shared Workspace for Assortment Decisions
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Shopperbird
$20K
Shopperbird Makes Custom Clothing on Demand From a Customer's Sketch
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
DressX
$3M
DressX Superimposes Designer Clothing on Customer Photos for Social Media
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PROVEN
Vollebak
$10M
Vollebak Sells Technical Clothing Through Stories About the Materials
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model
PROVEN
Little Cigogne
$13M
Little Cigogne Curates Outfit Boxes for Children 0–14
E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Taelor
$725K
Clothing as a Service
E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Lynx
$650K
Lynx Lets Startups Pay for Services With Equity
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PROVEN
Flash
$13M
Flash Gives Power Shoppers a Dedicated Order-Tracking Inbox
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model
PROVEN
Bold
$27M
Bold Sells Senior Fitness Through Health Insurers, Not App Stores
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Brandefy
$4M
Brandefy Sells $9 Dupes of $80 Skincare Products
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PROVEN
Teamshares
$245M
$400 Million GMV in Two Years – Here's the Model
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Outfindo
$2M
Outfindo Guides E-Commerce Shoppers With Questions, Not Filters
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PROVEN
Leap
$79M
Leap Opens Retail Stores for Digital Brands, Risk-Free
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Slice
$645K
Slice Combines Influencer Discovery and CRM in One Platform
SaaS/CRM · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Glystn
$4M
Glystn Builds an Intelligence Layer for Large Online Communities
AI/Language Processing · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
StartADAM
$2M
StartADAM Relays Messages Between Any Messenger Platform
SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Charlie
$8M
Charlie Is a Digital Bank Designed for Americans Over 62
Fintech/Banking · enter market
PROVEN
Boox
$13M
Boox Makes Reusable Shipping Boxes for E-Commerce at Scale
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Equipme
$4M
Equipme Lets Employees Self-Serve Equipment With Budget Controls Set by HR
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Elyn
$3M
Elyn Gives Online Stores a Try-Before-You-Buy Checkout Layer
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PROVEN
Zephr
$11M
Zephr Lets Publishers Build Subscription Packages as Flexible Entitlement Bundles
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling
PROVEN
Butter Payments
$29M
Butter Payments Recovers Subscription Revenue Lost to Failed Charges
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling
PROVEN
Loop Returns
$126M
Loop Returns Converts Return Requests Into Exchange Opportunities
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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