Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in Asia in May 2026

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• Tajir — Tajir offers full transparency on the prices of various products, addressing a challenge that store owners confront offline each day, and sells and delivers inventories to the stores, said the Khan brothers, whose father ran an FMCG retail distribution business for three decades.
• StudySmarter — StudySmarter is an EdTech company that develops an intelligent and content-agnostic platform for lifelong learning. It was first published in 2018 and is used by millions of learners worldwide. StudySmarter has been voted the best EdTech start-up in Germany and Europe by university representatives and education experts.
• Empirical — Culinary & scientific innovations applied in flavor to spirits and cans. From premium spirits to ready to drink cans, Empirical has an exciting selection. Order today!

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• SoupMaster — SoupMaster is a Chinese restaurant chain and retail brand. It provides various nutritious soups for pregnant women, patients with a demand for health recuperation, and other people pursuing high-quality life.
• Lancet Barbecue —

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• Clau — Clau is a leading real estate platform that simplifies buying, selling, and remodeling properties. It acts as a real estate superapp combining a property marketplace with CRM tools for brokers, mortgage brokerage services, renovation connections, and a data platform for market insights. It serves homebuyers, brokers, sellers, and investors seekingstreamlined property transactions and market data.
• DryMerge — AI agents that constantly monitor your email, calendar, and calls to keep your CRM updated with every detail.
• Assembly HOA — Assembly HOA is a modern HOA management firm in California. We combine state-of-the-art software with the industry's best managers to deliver exceptional service to homeowners. Our proprietary software automates administrative tasks, promotes transparent communication, and offers convenient online access to important information. Experience the efficiency and convenience of our innovative approach to HOA management.

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• Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
• Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
• Next Gen Foods — Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meat products. They use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make forget animal meat even exists.

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• VC Lab — We help idea-stage entrepreneurs and pre-seed startups get funding, build a team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, and launch impactful businesses.
• HelpNow — HelpNow Corporate Site
• OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !

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• HelpNow — HelpNow Corporate Site
• Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
• Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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• Michroma — Michroma is a biotech platform producing natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. We are using synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.
• Favy — Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services.
• BONAVENTURA — BONAVENTURA is a luxury leather goods brand redefining the essence of next-generation luxury under the vision of 'Beyond Luxury,' combining a robust e-commerce foundation with an expanding network of retail stores.Embark on life's journey with BONAVENTURA, where Italian craftsmanship meets timeless design. Blending elegance,functionality, and premium materials, our creations are crafted to bring lasting joy and stand the test of time.The name "BONAVENTURA" and our symbol "Infinity Clover' symbolize good luck and eternal happiness for those who cherish life’s moments.

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• Cloosiv — Cloosiv is an ordering platform that allows users to order in advance from their favorite coffee shop, skip the queue, and get rewards from the platform to save time and money.
• Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
• Oxygen — Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure.

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• Huaqin Zhilian — Huaqin Zhilian is a manufacturer of smart robot convenience devices in the field of smart retail.
• YEUNGS SAGE E-COMMERCE —

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• Toki — Toki is a social commerce platform is made to facilitate the safe, profitable, and pleasurable purchase and sale of collectibles. It allows collectors to easily handle transactions The company's platform allows vendors to post their products for categories like footwear, Lego, NBA Cards, and Funko Pops, and customers may buy the products justlike they would on other online marketplaces.
• HireQuotient — With the vision to disrupt the hiring process for business roles globally, HireQuotient’s virtual interviewers help companies test business skills at scale in an engaging and realistic manner, saving clients millions of dollars and man-hours. It has been used by more than 30,000 candidates in over 42 countries, and generated significant timesavings for hiring organisations while improving candidate quality in interviews.
• Lista — Manage your cash flow, maximize business potential and grow your business with Lista. Download now for FREE!

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• Aiator — Aiator is an artificial intelligence product and technology solutions company focusing on industrial fields and biotechnology. Founded in 2010 by Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Scientist in Shenzhen Qianhai DreamWorks, the core members of the team are from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong. Currently, there arefour peacock talents and nearly 30 independent intellectual property rights. Weiai Intelligent is committed to carrying out AI empowerment services for enterprises, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
• Shanmu SHANMU — Shanmu SHANMU is a micro medical robot specialist who uses self-developed digital microfluidic chipsets and artificial intelligence algorithms. The robot can continuously check the metabolic components in urine, establishing a link between the user's health status and disease and intelligently establishing multiple disease management cycles.
• LuMing Robotics — LuMing Robotics is a developer of intelligent robots. LuMing Robotics focuses on the field of embodied intelligent robots, and its business covers intelligent robot R&D and sales, artificial intelligence algorithm development, etc.

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• Carsome — Carsome is an online used car platform that provides efficient car selling services to individuals and entities. Through its online bidding portal, customers are able to sell their vehicles directly to dealers. Carsome facilitates the entire car selling process from inspection to valuation, bidding, and payment as well as logistics needs, allowingthe customers to sell their cars.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has expanded to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore.
• WYZauto — WYZauto is an online marketplace that links luxury tyre wholesalers and auto repair facilities. WYZauto provides tire businesses with access to Thailand's largest tire inventory, references, and delivery choices.

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• Whale — Whale provides an omnichannel marketing platform that transforms marketing operations, digitalizes store operations and unifies offline & online brand experiences leveraging AI + IoT + Big Data to “Connect Brands with Customer”.Founded in 2017, Whale has since empowered 400+ global FMCG, F&B, Fashion and Automotive brands includingP&G, Unilever, Starbucks, UNIQLO, ARMANI, Watsons, Xiaomi, Midea, Lotus, POP MART etc. with over 150,000 stores across APAC, enabling brands to embrace the full potential of digital transformation.Equipped with AI capabilities, patented ReID technology and enterprise-grade security, Whale platforms comprising of Space Data Platform (SDP), Whale Marketing Cloud (WMC), Whale Open Platform (WOP) and Whale Analytics, serve as the end-to-end digitalization engine that enables brands to seamlessly engage with each customer.Whale is backed by Temasek Holding, NIO Capital, Source Code Capital, Linear Capital, Alpha Commune, BAI Capital and The Jiangmen, with 6 offices across Singapore, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.
• Advance Intelligence Group — Advance Intelligence Group is an AI-driven technology company in Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2016, it leverages innovative technology and partnerships to build an ecosystem of products and services serving consumers, enterprises, and merchants.

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• Nuvo — The only onboarding platform with native fraud prevention and automated credit risk assessment from a portfolio of credit risk insights.
• Teleport — Teleport is ridesharing reimagined as a protocol. By distributing ownership and governance of the network, riders get cars cheaper and faster, drivers earn more, and entrepreneurs can innovate on top.
• Little Umbrella — Future is Fun with Social & AI Games. At Little Umbrella, we create AI-powered games that deliver immersive experiences, bringing families, friends, and communities closer together. Proudly serving a growing community of over 30 million players

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• Tajir — Tajir offers full transparency on the prices of various products, addressing a challenge that store owners confront offline each day, and sells and delivers inventories to the stores, said the Khan brothers, whose father ran an FMCG retail distribution business for three decades.
• Ritual — Ritual is a reaction to the aforementioned issues. Fundamentally, it is envisioned as an open, modular, and autonomous AI execution layer. Ritual connects a distributed network of nodes with access to compute and model developers.
• Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.

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• meinKauf — meinKauf/miKunu offers an innovative web & mobile platform for mobile retail marketing & brand promotions. Our services are available in Austria, Hungary and Turkey as we are about to enter another new market this year. We are proud to work with the top high street and brick and mortar as well as top FMCG companies in our activemarkets.
• Inventorum — Inventorum’s software enables small retailers to manage their offline and online businesses by supporting daily processes such as point of sale and inventory management. Inventorum combines cash management, inventory management, customer support and e-commerce capability in one system.
• Rubina Real Estate — A full service real estate agency based in Berlin with offices in Hong Kong, Vietnam, China, Washington and Singapore.

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• Wozaijia.com — Wozaijia is a social e-commerce platform for home furniture."I am at home" is a trustworthy home to share direct purchase platform. Here, people can discover, experience, buy, share their favorite home products, we change the home to share economic practice of buying methods. "I am at home" believes that the world will bee better if we can always get a better life with less cost.
• Qianyu Islands — Qianyu Islands is the flagship brand of Beijing Beike Youjia Technology Co., Ltd., which is positioned in the “Urban Shared Accommodation Space”. It is committed to providing users with different traditional hotels and B&Bs, younger, more free, more possibilities and higher value for money accommodation options.Since its inception in 2017,Qianyu Islands is based on a sense of quality, experience and freshness for a new generation of consumer groups. It is transforming the traditional accommodation industry with a more Internet-based way to fill the market for urban mid-end accommodation.
• Huidu Environmental — Huidu Environmental is a recyclable packing material developer.

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• Valoreo — Valoreo acquires, operates, and scales outstanding e-commerce brands with superstar products. We focus on brands with excellent customer reviews and merchants that have proven success by being top-seller in niche categories with high-growth potential.
• UpScalio — We will partner with you to invest, grow and scale your e-commerce business to new heights. For and by Indian entrepreneurs and innovators.
• Zapp — Thousands of hand-picked products - delivered across London in minutes, 24/7.

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• Appetito — Buy all your groceries and household essentials from your online supermarket. Order from the comfort of your home at your finger tips.
• FreshGora — Shop a wide selection of domains at HugeDomains.com. Find the right domain name today.
• Treepz — Treepz Inc. (formerly Plentywaka) is building the largest shared mobility platform in West Africa with over 500,000 satisfied customers.

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• Upmesh — Upmesh provides e-commerce functionality for live commerce merchants on social media.
• ByteGenie — ByteGenie helps hospitality teams increase sales and cut procurement costs with an AI-powered Bloomberg-like data platform that leverages real-time data scraping and standardisation to support lead generation, events intelligence, price benchmarking and supplier intelligence.
• RaRa Delivery — RaRa Delivery is a e-commerce logistics company located in Selatan.

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• Laku6 — Laku6 helps emerging middle class own and upgrade smartphones affordable through recommerce and financing.
• GDILab — Data toto sgp hari ini menyajikan keluaran sgp real time yang dipakai pemain serius untuk membaca jeda angka, ritme pola, dan momentum taruhan. Bukan tebak angka, tapi kontrol permainan togel singapore.
• Konserku — Konserku is an online demand forecast platform that allows music fans to bring their favourite artists to perform in their cities.

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• Savr — Savr is an Investment platform disrupting the Swedish fund industry with a lower fee structure and a new business model.
• PinMeTo — Optimize your time and local presence with an all-in-one local SEO tool. Show up in local search, manage listings, reviews, messages from one dashboard.
• Winnow — Winnow builds artificial intelligence tools to help chefs run more profitable and sustainable kitchens by cutting food waste in half. They develop technology to cut food waste in their operations. Their digital tools provide data to drive improvements in kitchen production processes and reduce environmental footprint.Winnow's mission is toconnect commercial kitchen, create a movement of chefs, and inspire others. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.

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• Semafor — Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
• Fairmatic — Powered by data and AI, focused on rewarding fleet safety with savings. Finally, a smarter insurance option designed to put fleets in control.
• Somewear Labs — Somewear is the software-defined network unifying communications for frontline teams. Maximize situational awareness across all levels of an operation.

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• Coupay — Coupay offers consumers the ability to be rewarded for their social equity. By using existing conversion methods, being coupons, cashback and comparison, if a user shares via a social network and a sale occurs, that user is rewarded financially for the share. Coupay has partnered with thousands of retailers, and has over 16 million productson site. Coupay, social shopping that pays in cash.

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• DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
• Boost Technology — Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy
• Bamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform — Bamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform helps originators find funding and helps investors find great high yield investments

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• Cosmart — Proses belanja rutin jadi kurang dari 5 menit! Tersedia 20.000+ produk dan Gratis Ongkir Tanpa Minimum Belanja!
• Mindtera — Platform edukasi untuk belajar kecerdasan emosional, sosial, fisik dan pengembangan diri secara online
• Diri Care — Diri Care provides Personalized healthcare solutions.

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• TiNDLE — TiNDLE is a food-tech business which provides plant based chicken delicacy.
• Next Gen Foods — Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meat products. They use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make forget animal meat even exists.

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• PropertyScout — PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews.
• Light — Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.
• PropertyScout — PropertyScout is building a real estate transaction platform enabling a trusted renting, buying, and selling experience. Our mission is to enable consumers (tenants or buyers) to find the most suitable home at the best available price and help owners to earn more, effortlessly by employing the latest technologies and eliminating hassles involvedin renting processes.Founded in 2019, we are venture-funded and now expanding quickly in Bangkok with plans to further expand across South East Asia.

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• Dianjia — Dianjia is an IT company specialized in developing retail service platform to provide O2O solutions.

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• DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
• Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
• Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.

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• Toki — Toki is a social commerce platform is made to facilitate the safe, profitable, and pleasurable purchase and sale of collectibles. It allows collectors to easily handle transactions The company's platform allows vendors to post their products for categories like footwear, Lego, NBA Cards, and Funko Pops, and customers may buy the products justlike they would on other online marketplaces.

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• Pressto — Pressto helps to develop media literacy, critical thinking and strong writing skills in students of all ages through journalism. Teachers and parents are looking to modernize their approach to critical writing and media literacy: Pressto does both.
• Fêtefully — Your Style. Your Budget. Your Way. A virtual experience personalized for every couple.
• Next Gen Foods — Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meat products. They use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make forget animal meat even exists.

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• Omnistream — Our retail technology solutions generate optimized store-level assortment & planograms to accelerate your sales growth, featuring store-level scenario planning.

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• Well.pk — Dawaai is Pakistan's most trusted online medical store. Order medicines, consult doctors online, get your lab tests done at home.

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• Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
• Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
• PriyoShop — Online shopping in Bangladesh for men, women & kids. Buy dress, gift item, beauty products, unique items, jewelry, watch, electronics at PriyoShop.com

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• Dealcha! — Dealcha.com is Thailand's first cashback website, offering their users an opportunity to earn free cash through their online shopping activity. The concept is simple, register free on their website, choose any of their partner online stores, shop till you drop, and when you make a purchase...a percentage of the price gets credited back to yourDealcha! cashback account. The cashback you receive is on top of any promotions, credit card discounts, coupon codes or payments methods you make. You can then redeem your cashback as actual cash, completely free of charge.

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• Fengguang Tongchuang — Fengguang Tongchuang is a new material developer specializing in chemical product sales, non-ferrous metal alloy sales, building materials sales, packaging materials, and hardware product wholesale and retail.

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• MindFi — Supercharge workplace wellbeing with next-day access to therapy and coaching across 50+ countries. Set custom budgets and pay as you go.
• StaffAny — Workforce management software connecting Operations and HR for seamless scheduling and time tracking.

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• Edamama — Discover your ultimate baby products haven! Discover everything from cozy cribs, diapers to playful toys. Shop now and start creating beautiful memories today!
• Otis AI — Otis is the first AI-powered virtual assistant that helps run and optimize your digital marketing cross-platform, at scale and at a budget that works for your business.
• VAMA — VAMA is a one-stop virtual platform that provides easy access to e-pujas, e-darshans, and astrology services, to devotees from across India and the world.

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• Fengguang Tongchuang — Fengguang Tongchuang is a new material developer specializing in chemical product sales, non-ferrous metal alloy sales, building materials sales, packaging materials, and hardware product wholesale and retail.

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• Mila Cares — Mila is the best smart air purifier for home use. Award-winning design, quieter performance, and powerful clean air for every room.
• Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
• Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential

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• PriyoShop — Online shopping in Bangladesh for men, women & kids. Buy dress, gift item, beauty products, unique items, jewelry, watch, electronics at PriyoShop.com

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• SWIRL — Elevate Customer journey with Swirl's Video Commerce Solutions. Discover How We Help Businesses Thrive in the Digital Age - Visit Our Website!
• PriyoShop — Online shopping in Bangladesh for men, women & kids. Buy dress, gift item, beauty products, unique items, jewelry, watch, electronics at PriyoShop.com
• Matriye Academy EdTech — Matriye Academy is an online learning platform that offers courses in various areas of specialization. Our content is created by Industry experts to ensure that students get all the relevant information needed at work and in exams. The courses are designed for both professionals looking to upgrade their skills or students aiming for better grades.

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• Vartana — Close more deals and increase cash flow with Vartana
• Calico — The smartest way to manage production. Calico saves product companies thousands of hours every year with intelligent workflows, easy to use tools and an elite factory network.
• Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.

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• Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
• Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
• LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.

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• Retykle — Buy & sell new and second hand designer children's clothing at up to 90% off. Shop today for great discounts on clothes, shoes and accessories from over 2000+ of the best baby and kids brands
• Green Monday — Green Monday Holdings is a manufacturer of plant-based pork substitute products and frozen meals and an operator of a chain of vegetarian-focused retail outlets and cafes.

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• ROM — ROM provides fire safety, health security, management security, and personal safety services.
• Dianjia — Dianjia is an IT company specialized in developing retail service platform to provide O2O solutions.
• Pumpkin Coach — Pumpkin Coach is an O2O platform that helps users to make online appointments with hairstylists at Pumpkin Coach locations in Shanghai and Hangzhou. The company directly connects hairdressers to customers, facilitating communications, payment, and CRM while maximizing revenues for each hairdresser. Each Pumpkin Coach location features all necessarymachinery, equipment, and supplies.

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• Ambrook — Ambrook offers specialized accounting software for family-run farms, ranches, and agribusinesses. The platform includes bookkeeping, invoicing, bill payment, and analytics tools. Ambrook aims to help these businesses manage finances, track profitability, and prepare for the future.
• Gimlet Labs — Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on building high performance AI systems.
• Senra Systems — Senra Systems operates in the manufacturing industry, focusing on software configuration to improve manufacturing processes. The company works to transform skilled assembly tasks into production lines, enhancing production efficiency. It also has involvement in the Aerospace and Defense industry. It collects anonymous data through Google Analyticsto analyze user behavior and use the insights to improve its services.

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• Fleet — Fleet is a mobility-as-a-Service software for enterprise transportation needs.
• Cabinet Health — Cabinet is the end-to-end platform for modern medicine. Develop, source, and deliver OTC medicines, without tradeoffs and at scale.
• The Better Meat Co. — The Better Meat Co. is a B2B ingredients company that offers plug-and-play plant protein formulations that quickly and cost-effectively enhance (or even replace) your meat products while improving nutrition, flavor, and yield.

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• Coupay — Coupay offers consumers the ability to be rewarded for their social equity. By using existing conversion methods, being coupons, cashback and comparison, if a user shares via a social network and a sale occurs, that user is rewarded financially for the share. Coupay has partnered with thousands of retailers, and has over 16 million productson site. Coupay, social shopping that pays in cash.