Best In Store Retail Tech Companies in China
The 140 best In Store Retail Tech companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Beijing Freebee Electronic Commerce.
China's In Store Retail Tech sector is one I keep coming back to, and if you want to know which companies have actually raised serious capital, this directory ranks 140 tracked players by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. Total disclosed funding sits at $3.9B across those companies, which is a number that earns your attention fast.
Beijing Freebee Electronic Commerce leads the pack at $1.5B raised, with Huitongda close behind at $994M. Two unicorns have emerged from this cohort, and backers like Tencent, Ant Group, and GSR Ventures are the names showing up repeatedly on cap tables. So what's pulling capital in? Demand drivers are practical ones: customer traffic analytics, inventory management, and the commercial data infrastructure that bricks-and-mortar operators increasingly can't function without. Against a global market of roughly $8.9B, China's slice looks proportionally muscular, and median app install growth of around 20% year-over-year across 818 retail-adjacent apps confirms that the digital layer on top of physical retail isn't cooling off. One structural headwind worth noting: regulators have been shifting more tax burden onto retailers directly, which makes cost-efficiency tech a harder sell to ignore. Companies like Jushuitan ($225M) and Zhongmeng Technology ($252M) are precisely the kind of bets the market is making on that pressure.
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Ranked: Best In Store Retail Tech companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Freebee Electronic Commerce Provider of self check-out solutions for retail stores | $1.5B | 72 mo ago | Series C | 500 | Zhuang Chenchao Founder | — | — |
| 2 | Huitongda Provider of logistics services for online businesses | $994M | 61 mo ago | Public | 4,630 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Zhongmeng Technology Location-based data management platform | $252M | 103 mo ago | Deadpooled | 600 | Yu Jingtao Co-Founder | — | — |
| 4 | Jushuitan 🦄 SaaS-based ERP solutions for e-commerce retailers | $225M | 72 mo ago | Public | 2,500 | Luo Haidong Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 5 | AiBee 🦄 Provider of voice recognition, language understanding, and data analysis services | $175M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 20 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Duiba Provider of mobile app which integrates with online retail operations | $115M | 93 mo ago | Series C | — | Chen Xiaoliang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 7 | BingoBox Operator of smart retail stores | $95M | 101 mo ago | Series B | 200 | Benny Lin Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Ubox Producer of smart vending machines | $85M | 81 mo ago | Acquired | 2,127 | — | NginxOpenResty | — |
| 9 | Clobotics Provides drone data management solutions | $84M | 63 mo ago | Series A | 11 | Mads Rasmussen Managing director | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 10 | Oh Plus Network Technology Checkout-free convenience store and snack bar | $71M | 96 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Michael Lv Founder | — | — |
| 11 | SUNMI Manufacturer of terminals, pads, kiosks, and related accessories and services | $61M | 88 mo ago | Public | 885 | Wang Zhen Co-Founder & COO | Node.jsAnt DesignReact+14 | — |
| 12 | Zhoupu Data Data and AI solutions empowering fast-moving consumer goods businesses | $39M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 200 | Mu Wei Co-Founder | — | — |
| 13 | Appconomy Context aware mobile app developer for retail stores | $37M | 130 mo ago | Deadpooled | 8 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Shanghai Hao Information Technology Retail marketing and advertising solutions | $20M | 94 mo ago | Series B | 300 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Shenzhen Jijia Cross-border Network Technology Cloud based cross border enterprise resource planning software provider | $19M | 45 mo ago | Series A | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Ulucu Provider of cloud-based video surveillance network solutions for shopping malls | $16M | 90 mo ago | Series C | 230 | Shen Xiuping CEO | Node.jsElement UIVuetify+13 | — |
| 17 | Shenzhen Kemai Technology Provider of multiple solution for retail and catering industries | $15M | 63 mo ago | Series B | 470 | — | Vue.jslit-htmllit-element+5 | — |
| 18 | Face Face Platform offering customer intelligence solution for offline businesses | $14M | 60 mo ago | Series B | — | Pu Xizhe Co-Founder | — | — |
| 19 | Yo-Ren CRM and EPR for retail stores | $12M | 87 mo ago | Series A | 102 | Sam Kaneda Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Shanghai Lingmo Intelligent Technology Provider of intelligent product recognition systems for offline retailers | $11M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | Fan Lingyun CEO | — | — |
| 21 | Cloudpick Platform offering suite of software solutions to offline retailers | $7M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 18 | Rosie Z Co-founder & COO | PHPanime.jsAnimate.css+10 | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 22 | ScanTrust Counterfeiting protection for retailers and brands | $6M | 44 mo ago | Series A | 39 | Nathan Anderson CEO & Co-founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 2 job openings |
| 23 | Cloudream Products with display and tools to enable virtual trials of fashion products in retail stores | $5M | 132 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Ibox Provides mPoS hardware and software solution. | $5M | 127 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Pavel Sadovnikov Founder & CEO | Animate.cssMicrosoft ASP.NETRequireJS+9 | — |
| 25 | Maijiayun Comprehensive SaaS based ERP solution | $5M | 127 mo ago | Series A | — | Zhaoxu Jun Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 26 | Win-Win Cloud-based business management platform for offline retailers | $4M | 68 mo ago | Series A | 50 | — | — | — |
| 27 | AI-MALL Provider of AI-based image and video analytics solutions | $3M | 54 mo ago | Series A | — | Celine Co-Founder | — | — |
| 28 | CloudTrek Cloud-based software solutions for omnichannel jewelry stores | $3M | 72 mo ago | Series A | 15 | Michael Wang Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 29 | senguo Retail management solution for wholesalers | $2M | 54 mo ago | Seed | 3 | — | — | — |
| 30 | Beacon Beacon technology solution for retail stores | $2M | 118 mo ago | Deadpooled | 15 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Huayang Xintong O2O SaaS tool and PoS for brands and retail stores | $2M | 140 mo ago | Series C | — | Huang CEO | — | — |
| 32 | Shanghai Shangrui Intelligent Technology AI-based POS hardware solutions for offline retailers | $1M | 89 mo ago | Seed | — | Stella Sun Co-Founder & CMO | PHPLayuiNginx+6 | — |
| 33 | Jiuzhang Data Provider of data-driven solutions for retail business operations and management | $1M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | Zhang Shilei Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 34 | PassKit Proximity marketing and loyalty solutions | $1M | 142 mo ago | Series B | 13 | Paul Tomes Co-Founder and CEO | Google MapsMUIReact Router+26 | — |
| 35 | Panda Payment mPoS solution provider | $1M | 94 mo ago | Series A | 150 | Shai Davidor CEO & MD | — | — |
| 36 | CoolHobo VR-based m-commerce platform for retailers to sell directly to Chinese consumers | $1M | 103 mo ago | Seed | 26 | Huizhu Chen Co-Founder & CMO | — | — |
| 37 | Petsknow Platform offering solution to open pet store | $987K | 65 mo ago | Series A | 40 | — | — | — |
| 38 | Likeit Offers POS systems for retail stores and commercial centres | $793K | 130 mo ago | Seed | 131 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Beijing Youbu Intelligent Technology Provider of AI-enabled tech services for offline stores | $751K | 104 mo ago | Seed | — | Ma Xiaoding Founder | — | — |
| 40 | Chongqing Yunyu World Information Technology Smart convenience store | $432K | 100 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Kevin He CEO | — | — |
| 41 | Dayta Provider of an AI and cloud-based video analytics platform for retailers | $100K | 35 mo ago | Series A | 35 | Patrick Tu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
Top 12 In Store Retail Tech companies in China
#1
Public · Nanjing, Jiangsu · founded 2008 · 4630 employees$993.6Mraised▾
Provider of logistics services for online businesses. It allows users to integrate with existing platforms to provide same-day deliveries. It also allows users to track parcels.
- May 2021Series E—
- Dec 2020Series D—
- Apr 2018Series D$716.4M
- 2017Series C$73.5M
#2
Series C · Chaoyang, Beijing · founded 2016 · 500 employees$1.5Braised▾
Provider of self check-out solutions for retail stores
- May 2020Series C$14M
- Jan 2018Seed—
- Feb 2017Angel$300M
#3
AiBee 🦄Series B · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2014 · 20 employees$175.4Mraised▾
Provider of voice recognition, language understanding, and data analysis services. The platform leverages AI to analyze customer data, providing insights that support businesses understand their customers. Its marketing automation tools leverage AI algorithms to optimize marketing campaigns, and CRM systems automate tasks, personalize customer interactions, and streamline communication processes.
- Mar 2022Series B—
- Apr 2021Series A—
- Dec 2019Series A$74M
- Nov 2018Series A$60M
#4
Public · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2014 · 2500 employees$225.2Mraised▾
SaaS-based ERP solutions for e-commerce retailers. It offer software for managing and streamlining businesses operations. It provides online distribution management, third-party storage management, collaborative supply chain management solutions, order management, data intelligence, financial management, and more.
- Jun 2020Series C$100M
- Mar 2019Series B$44.7M
- Nov 2018Series B$35.8M
- Sep 2018Series B$14.6M
#5
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2016 · 11 employees$83.9Mraised▾
Provides drone data management solutions. It offers drone data acquisition flight services and a cloud-based data analysis and viewing software solution. It also offers IT consulting and data migration services to enterprise clients. It also provides drone-based wind turbine inspection and monitoring solutions.
- Mar 2021Series A$30.9M
- Jan 2020Series A$10M
- Aug 2019Series A$22M
- Aug 2018Series A$11M
#6
Deadpooled · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2013 · 600 employees$252Mraised▾
ZMENG is a precision marketing services platform that creates mobile ads, outlet store model. It relies on large data collection and mobile mass media resources, providing precision marketing, mobile Internet and big data applications. Its data platform provides passenger flow details, traffic visiting frequency and other data to compare store operations. It also gives a cloud portrait to check a customer's gender, age, occupation, spending habits etc.
- Nov 2017Series B$180M
- Mar 2017Series B—
- Jun 2016Series A—
- May 2015Series A—
#7
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015 · 200 employees$39.2Mraised▾
Data and AI solutions empowering fast-moving consumer goods businesses. The company provides complete technology solutions for the fast-moving consumer goods offline distribution industry, including digital distribution business, brand channel digital intelligence, and offline distribution aggregation services. It empowers the comprehensive upgrade of the fast-moving consumer goods offline distribution link efficiency and is committed to enabling every business person with data and intelligence. They offer solutions for distributors, including efficient operation, digital office, capability growth, and online-offline integration. For brands, they provide precise guidance and efficient collaboration for channel digital intelligence, focusing on store sales evaluation and data insights. Their platform utilizes AI algorithms and data to provide actionable store investment strategies. They offer data interoperability, business understanding, and agile response capabilities. This is a B2B SaaS and Software company.
- Mar 2022Series B$23.7M
- Jan 2021Series B$15.5M
#8
Series C · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2014$114.7Mraised▾
Provider of mobile app which integrates with online retail operations. It offers enterprises prize management support, a personalized homepage, data reports etc. The features include multi-channel online customer service, intelligent data analysis, customized service, and more.
- Aug 2018Series C$110M
- 2016Series B—
- Nov 2015Series A$4.7M
#9
Acquired · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2010 · 2127 employees$85Mraised▾
UBox is a producer of smart vending machine. In addition to producing traditional vending machines, UBox uses intelligent systems and cloud technologies to create its O2O vending machines where customers can make purchases through their mobile app and then pick goods from offline vending devices located nearby. These machines support multiple payment options like credit/debit card, AliPay, WeChat, etc. Apart from retail sales, the company also creates revenue from ads on its online platform. It operates more than 30,000 vending machines in about 58 cities.
- Aug 2019Post IPO$225.9M
- Jun 2017Post IPO$78.1M
- Jul 2015PE$85M
- Jul 2012Series B—
#10
Series B · Zhongshan, Guangdong Province · founded 2017 · 200 employees$94.8Mraised▾
Operator of smart retail stores. Its store has features like automated payments, order & inventory management, reporting & analytics, and more. It includes security measures such as an intelligent anti-theft system, cloud video storage facility, recovery of unpaid goods, and more. The registered users can enter the store by scanning the QR code, then purchase and pay for the products through the app at checkout.
- Jan 2018Series B$80M
- Jul 2017Series A$14.8M
#11
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017$19.1Mraised▾
Developer of an ERP SaaS platform designed for cross-border e-commerce corporates. The company's ERP platform helps users with business activities management, enabling users to build an efficient data-driven operation system and improve work efficiency.
#12
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013 · 885 employees$61.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of terminals, pads, kiosks, and related accessories and services. The company provides operating system and digital store solutions. It offers products such as interactive displays, mobile terminals, payment terminals, and desktop terminals. The business delivers warranty and care support for its products.
- Jan 2019Series C—
- Aug 2017Series C—
- Jun 2015Series B$16.1M
- May 2015Series B$32.3M
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