Best In Store Retail Tech Companies in Switzerland
The 39 best In Store Retail Tech companies in Switzerland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Advertima.
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Ranked: Best In Store Retail Tech companies in Switzerland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Advertima Cloud and AI based solutions for transforming shoppers into retail media audiences | $28M | 73 mo ago | 29 | 2016 | Mario Siano Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Muume QR code-based payment solutions | $8M | 108 mo ago | 14 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Beaconsmind Platform offering location based marketing solution in retail businesses | $8M | 41 mo ago | 22 | 2015 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | iKentoo Platform offering solution provider for restaurants, food trucks, and grocery stores | $5M | 110 mo ago | 10 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Covalo Online B2B marketplace offering beauty products | $4M | 5 mo ago | 19 | 2021 | Timo Bargen Co-Founder & Co-CEO | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+17 | — | — |
| 6 | collectID Developer of technology connecting physical products with digital experiences for brands | $3M | 54 mo ago | 29 | 2017 | Jeremy Smith Co-Founder | — | 4 patents Secure NFC product authentication and provenance tracking using blockchain ledger | — |
| 7 | Authena Provider of authentication and counterfeit solution for businesses | $2M | 39 mo ago | 14 | 2018 | Matteo Panzavolta Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | 26 patents Flexible RFID/IoT electronic tags for product authentication and liquid volume tracking | — |
| 8 | Axino Innovations Platform offering food quality as a service for offline grocery stores | $2M | 66 mo ago | 15 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Zenline AI Developer of AI-driven platform for assortment optimization in the retail sector | $2M | 12 mo ago | — | 2024 | Gerrit Merz Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowSlickjQuery+9 | — | — |
| 10 | Xeebel Couponing solution for small businesses | $500K | 180 mo ago | 2 | 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Visiosafe Provider of in store sensor based video analytics | $324K | 143 mo ago | 3 | 2011 | Alexandre Alahi Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 In Store Retail Tech companies in Switzerland
#1
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2021 · 19 employees$4.1Mraised▾
Online B2B marketplace offering beauty products. The company connects beauty brands with suppliers of beauty ingredients. It offers beauty ingredients based on the chemical group, beauty application, function, certification, and more.
- Apr 2026Seed$4.1M
- Mar 2023Seed—
#2
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2024$1.6Mraised▾
Developer of AI-driven platform for assortment optimization in the retail sector. The platform provides insights regarding pricing, product consolidation, and new product introductions. It leverages public data, then enhances it with user data, cleaned and enriched by AI. The platform is designed for retailers with complex systems.
- Aug 2025Seed$1.6M
#3
Public · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2015 · 22 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Platform offering location based marketing solutions in retail businesses. The company helps clients in the retail space to run location based marketing campaigns using Beacon technology. Using beaconsmind Suite and Beacon technology beaconsmind drives sales and customer loyalty in the retail stores. It also offers consulting services to retail stores or Point of Sales and connects offline marketing with online and mobile marketing activities.
- Mar 2023Post IPO$2.1M
- Dec 2021Post IPO$6.3M
- Oct 2017Series A—
- Nov 2016Seed—
#4
Series A · St Gallen, St Gallen · founded 2016 · 29 employees$27.6Mraised▾
Cloud and AI based solutions for transforming shoppers into retail media audiences. It uses AI technology to convert physical grocery stores into a revenue-generating retail media channel by transforming in-store shoppers into relevant audiences. It transforms physical retail stores into intelligent, data-driven advertising and audience measurement platforms. The company specializes in in-store Retail Media, computer vision, audience analytics, and AI-powered digital signage for retailers, brands, and media agencies.
- Jul 2020Series A$19M
- 2017Series A$8.6M
#5
Seed · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 2018 · 14 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Provider of authentication and counterfeit solution for businesses. It's a blockchain & IoT-based platform that helps premium producers to protect their products against counterfeiting and fraud. It uses NFC technology allows to track the journey of the products from the producer’s factory to the store. The company offers mobile applications for Android and IOS devices. The customers can scan the QR-code to authenticate genuine products, verify product integrity, and also allows to learn about the characteristics of the purchases.
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$77.4K
- Sep 2021Seed$2.5M
- Apr 2019Grant (prize money)$137.9K
#6
Seed · Goldach, St Gallen · founded 2017 · 29 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Developer of technology connecting physical products with digital experiences for brands. The technology enables brands to digitize products and communicate with customers. It facilitates integration of physical and digital experiences. The technology allows brands to unlock revenue streams and acquire customer data.
- Feb 2022Seed$3.5M
#7
Series B · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2014 · 14 employees$8.5Mraised▾
Muume is an app that provides QR code-based payment solutions. It allows users to scan the QR code on the product or bill and pay with a click and receive money using the Mumme list. It also offers loyalty programs for consumers by providing gifts, coupons, and bonus points. It serves industries including retail, sports, events, schools, and others. Its application is available for Android and IOS devices.
- Aug 2017Series B$6.2M
- Jun 2016Series A$2.3M
#8
Acquired · Geneva, Geneva · founded 2011 · 10 employees$5.2Mraised▾
Platform offering solution provider for restaurants, food trucks, and grocery stores. It offers its PoS solution for iOS devices that serves as a mobile ordering interface for the waiters. Allows users to access secure "back-office" interface from any computer connected to the internet. Enables users to visualize the activity of their restaurant, change the menu, access statistics as well as daily reports, and others. Features include offline mode, multi-channel payments, remote ordering from customers, and integration with the hardware at the PoS.
- Jun 2017Series A$5.2M
#9
Seed · Switzerland · founded 2011 · 15 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Platform offering food quality as a service for offline grocery stores. The company offers smart retail and cold-chain solutions that use sensor technology with AI algorithms to remotely detect the core temperature of refrigerated food items in retail stores. The solution helps food retailers to digitize and automate the food quality management process with food safety regulations and reduce food waste.
- Mar 2021Seed$1.6M
#10
Deadpooled · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2010 · 2 employees$500Kraised▾
Xeebel offers a couponing solution for small businesses. It enables businesses to run hyperlocal targeted digital marketing campaigns. It has also launched a B2C product called HeatMapz, a mobile app for clubbers and nightlife lovers. The app is integrated with Facebook and enables its users to rate parties and events. It also enables them to earn rewards like a free entry or a free drink for clubs or parties. It also enables club owners to receive a real-time feedback from customers.
- Aug 2011Seed$500K
#11
Funding Raised · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2011 · 3 employees$323.6Kraised▾
Provider of in store sensor based video analytics. It helps in monitoring, analyzing, visualizing, and acting on the consumer behavior with a store using Visio safe smart sensors. The product range includes Visiosafe analytics, Visiosafe counting, and Viosiosafe security. Some of the key statistics available in these products include Visitor Maps, Queue Analytics, Counter in and out, object detection, and others. The features include scalable, real time, privacy safe, and others.
- Oct 2014Grant (prize money)$323.6K
#12
Seed · Agno, Ticino · founded 2012 · 4 employees$55Kraised▾
Tech-enabled platform offering virtual trial solutions for footwear. The company has developed a 3D feet scanner "Shopfit" which generates a fit id called RS ID for the user. Users can purchase the 3D scanning kit on the website. Alternatively, users can also use their app to generate their RS ID by manually entering the required dimensions. Users can either get recommendations using their RS ID on participating retailers' websites or can browse the catalog to discover shoes from multiple shops and get redirected to the retailer's website for completion of purchase.
- Oct 2014Seed$55K
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