Best In Store Retail Tech Companies in Australia
The 145 best In Store Retail Tech companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tyro.
Forget funding multiples for a second: what actually tells you who's winning in In Store Retail Tech is earned revenue, and Australia's cohort of 145 tracked companies is building a real case. This directory ranks the leading In Store Retail Tech companies in Australia by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, with $416M in total disclosed capital across the field. Fresho leads the funding table at $41M, followed by DataMesh Group at $33M and Fluent Commerce at $27M. No unicorns yet, but the concentration of capital in a handful of operators signals where the conviction sits.
The global market for this category sits at roughly $8.9B as of 2023, pulled forward by demand for better inventory management, customer traffic tools, and commercial data infrastructure. I'd note the regulatory headwind is real: more tax burden landing on retailers' shoulders compresses margins and pushes operators toward tech that earns its keep fast. Median app install growth across retail categories is running at roughly plus-20% year-over-year across 818 tracked apps, so the consumer-side adoption is there. Investors like Tiger Global Management and AirTree are already positioned. If you're sizing up this market, the funding gaps between the top three and the rest of the directory tell you something worth sitting with.
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Ranked: Best In Store Retail Tech companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyro Provider of POS solutions for retail stores 60Customers top 13%Product top 17%Tech top 18%Talent top 33% All 11 signals ▾Customerstop 13% Producttop 17% Techtop 18% Talenttop 33% Newstop 34% Fundingtop 36% Growthtop 37% Moattop 39% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% Fin. healthbottom 30% Customers: App rating 4.7★ (816 reviews) · Marquee-customer mentions: top 30% of tracked companies Product: 4 published apps (56.5k installs) · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $103M | 126 mo ago | 600 | Paul Wood Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+38 | 4 signals ▲33% M&A · Leadership | — | 3 partnerships · 1 award |
| 2 | Fresho Provider of order and operations management software for fresh food wholesalers 62Tech top 27%Funding top 37%Moat top 39%Talent top 39% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 27% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 39% Talenttop 39% Markettop 40% Growthtop 48% Globalbottom 37% Partnersbottom 35% Newsbottom 20% Tech: 74 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $40.7M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 17 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $41M | 18 mo ago | 68 | James Andronis Co-Founder & CEO | Craft CMSCart FunctionalitySentry+35 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Hivery Provider of analytics solutions for vending fleet management | $38M | 47 mo ago | 77 | Jason Hosking Co-Founder & CEO | PrismicApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+35 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Afterpay Provider of buy now, pay later services with flexible options | $35M | 70 mo ago | — | Nick Molnar Co-Founder & CEO | Builder.ioSentryZendesk+31 | 5 signals ▲150% IPO · Earnings · Lawsuit | 8 patents Facilitates installment payment processing and multi‑user transaction linking in digital commerce. | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 5 | Lexer Platform offering customer insights for brand and retailers | $34M | 63 mo ago | 91 | David Chinn CEO & Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | DataMesh Group Payment processing solutions for merchants and retailers 37Funding top 39%Talent bottom 45%Market bottom 41%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 39% Talentbottom 45% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $32.7M · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $33M | 39 mo ago | 72 | Mark Nagy Chief Executive Officer & Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Fluent Commerce Cloud-based back-end management solutions for omnichannel retailers | $27M | 4 mo ago | 220 | Graham Jackson CEO | Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+26 | 5 signals Funding | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | Kepler Analytics Provider of sensor-based traffic analytics solutions for in-store retailers | $26M | 52 mo ago | 63 | David Mah Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | 2 patents Retail customer analytics for targeted marketing and sales optimization | 1 launch |
| 9 | EQL Cloud-based repair management solutions for e-commerce brands | $19M | 50 mo ago | 48 | James Boysons Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Zitcha Provider of unified retail media platform enabling omnichannel planning and reporting | $15M | 20 mo ago | 26 | Troy Townsend Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesSplide+14 | 5 signals ▼29% Leadership | — | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Tiliter Provider of AI and computer vision-based solutions for the retail sector | $8M | 68 mo ago | 54 | Marcel Herz Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WebflowPlausibleLinkedin Insight Tag+15 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Localz Platform offering location tracking and customer communication solutions | $7M | 72 mo ago | 50 | — | SentryAtlassian StatuspageApple iCloud Mail+13 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Style Arcade Provider of a fashion software suite | $5M | 42 mo ago | 23 | Tristan Hoy Co-Founder | Chief Technology Officer | WebflowSentryVimeo+23 | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 14 | RateIt Provide of feedback solution to offline businesses | $5M | 82 mo ago | 8 | Michael Momsen Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Spenda Provider of payment solutions, lending, and business management software platforms | $5M | 28 mo ago | 4 | Raghav Jain CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+26 | 13 signals ▲333% Leadership · Capital raise · New product | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 16 | Invigor Group Analytics and marketing solutions for retail sector | $3M | 114 mo ago | 144 | — | — | — | 2 patents Digital identity verification and online authentication frameworks | — |
| 17 | Brauz App-based online platform for discovering local stores and products | $2M | 107 mo ago | 20 | — | Framer SitesReactCloudflare+10 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 18 | Flagship Provider of customer behavior analytic solutions to retail stores | $2M | 14 mo ago | 8 | Simon Molnar Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18 | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 19 | Xsights Cloud-based customer success management solution provider | $2M | 23 mo ago | 7 | Charis Law Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | OpenSparkz Card based loyalty solutions provider for offline retailers | $2M | 88 mo ago | 12 | Debra Taylor Co-Founder & COO | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Snooper App for crowdsourced store audits and surveys | $1M | 97 mo ago | 21 | Laurie Wespes Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | — | — |
| 22 | TAGR Provider of contactless shopping solution for businesses | $1M | 47 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Doshii API integration platform to connect Apps and POS | $1M | 112 mo ago | 12 | Sean O'Meara Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Norbit App based customer loyalty platform for retailers | $400K | 106 mo ago | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Skyfii Provider of data driven marketing platform for retail businesses | — | 61 mo ago | 35 | Wayne Arthur Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 In Store Retail Tech companies in Australia
#1
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 220 employees$27.2Mraised▾
Cloud-based back-end management solutions for omnichannel retailers. Its features include order and inventory management, shipping, fulfilment, returns management, reporting, analytics and more. Its software solution integrates with retailers existing online platforms and enables click and collect, ship from store, omnichannel returns and fulfilment management and more.
- Feb 2026Series C$32.6M
- Aug 2019Series B$22.3M
- Dec 2017Series A$4.9M
#2
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2004 · 68 employees$40.7Mraised▾
Provider of order and operations management software for fresh food wholesalers. The platform consolidates orders, picking, deliveries, invoicing, and payments into a unified system. It integrates with existing enterprise resource planning, finance, and logistics tools. The software offers tools designed for use in warehouses, back offices, and on delivery routes.
- Nov 2024Series B$11.1M
- Jun 2022Series A$9.5M
- May 2022Series A$14M
- Sep 2016Seed$230.2K
#3
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 26 employees$15.1Mraised▾
Provider of unified retail media platform enabling omnichannel planning and reporting. The platform allows retailers to plan, deliver, and report across their entire network. It offers tools for collaboration, campaign planning, design, delivery, and performance optimisation. The platform unifies retail media across channels and systems, offering automation.
- Sep 2024Series A$10.4M
- Nov 2022Seed$4.7M
#4
Seed · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 8 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of customer behavior analytic solutions to retail stores. It allows retailers to create, execute, and review visual merchandising strategies.
- Apr 2025Seed$3.8M
- Sep 2023Seed$2M
#5
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2018 · 7 employees$2Mraised▾
Cloud-based customer success management solution provider. The features of the solutions are data collection & storage, gain insights, insights reporting, dashboarding, visualization, etc. It also provides digital signage, targeted promotions and asset tracking.
- Jul 2024Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2023Seed$2M
#6
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 72 employees$32.7Mraised▾
Developer of a financial system intended to provide payment operations for merchants on behalf of any financial institution. The company's system specializes to offer m-commerce, e-commerce, financial switch technology, and payment application software, enabling merchants to streamline low-cost, and flexible payment terminal solutions integrated into leading point-of-sale systems.
#7
Acquired · Surry Hills, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 77 employees$38Mraised▾
Provider of analytics solutions for vending fleet management. The product is a cloud-based vending intelligence platform that operates on an existing vending management platform. The platform offers recommendations on optimizing individual vending machines and maximizing sales and stockouts.
- Jul 2022Series B$30M
- Mar 2020Series A$8M
- Dec 2015Series A—
- Sep 2014Series A—
#8
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2003 · 600 employees$103.3Mraised▾
Provider of POS solutions for retail stores. It enables businesses for accepting payments using credit, debit, gift, loyalty, and medicare cards. It provides contactless payments with its tap-and-go features. It also provides a dashboard for monitoring and managing transactions.
- Nov 2015Series D$72M
- Dec 2011Series C$2.7M
- Dec 2009Series C$3.7M
- Oct 2008Series C$3.9M
#9
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 4 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Provider of payment solutions, lending, and business management software platforms. The company offers tools for accounts payable, credit access, retail management, and payment processing. It provides quote management, service scheduling, and ledger functionalities. Security and compliance measures are implemented for payment acceptance and data protection. The company aims to streamline payments, improve cash flow, and reduce administrative tasks for businesses.
- Jan 2024Post IPO$4.7M
#10
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2015 · 63 employees$26Mraised▾
Kepler Analytics is a provider of sensor-based traffic analytics solutions for in-store retailers. Offerings include foot traffic sensors for business intelligence grade data on a range of customer behavior measures & sales drivers. It provides a dashboard for monitoring the traffic data, demand forecasting & sales associate training, marketing solutions, and more.
- Feb 2022Series B$22M
- Jul 2019Series A$4M
#11
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014$35.4Mraised▾
Provider of buy now, pay later services with flexible options. It facilitates installment payments for purchases. The service allows consumers to acquire goods and services immediately and pay for them over a defined period. It offers options for different regions and languages.
- Aug 2020Post IPO—
- Aug 2020Post IPO$136M
- May 2020Post IPO$254.7M
- Nov 2019Post IPO$135.9M
#12
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2008 · 91 employees$34.1Mraised▾
Lexer is a platform offering customer insights for brands and retailers. It offers social media analytics software and a customer data platform for businesses to analyze and segment customers. It provides a customer data platform to manage customer profiling and segmentation. It helps organizations to capture data from omnichannel and to analyze and understand customer lifetime value, reduce churn rate and predict the next purchase of customers. It helps customer teams with tools to identify, engage and listen to their customers and send personalized campaigns. It also provides reporting solutions and notification features for real time updates. Its customers include AFL, Seek, Spyder, ING, and others.
- Feb 2021Series B$25.5M
- Series A—
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