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Best Retail Companies in Hamburg, Germany

The 162 best Retail companies in Hamburg, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ABOUT YOU.

162companies tracked
$349.4Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
27have raised

Ranked: Best Retail companies in Hamburg

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackRecent signals
13mo
3MO specializes in software development solution and services.
Private12
2Abhy
Internet first brand offering eco-friendly sportswear for women
UnfundedKarina Unberath
Founder
3Accelery
Provider of product individualization services including laser engraving and personalized gifts
UnfundedChristoph Reimers
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Webflowanime.jscore-js+8
4Akanoo
SaaS-based on-site real-time targeting solutions for online retailers
Unfunded13Fabian Gebert
Founder
5Allbranded
E-commerce platform for promotional products
Unfunded26Cart FunctionalityOXID eShop Enterprise EditionSentry+20
6Alpha Online
B2B software provider for automotive and car dealership
UnfundedOlaf Bock
CEO & Managing Director
WordPressMySQLPHP+28
7ameo
Advertising services company specializing in Amazon marketing strategies and performance marketing
AcquiredSonke Hansen
Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25
8Animalytics
Provider of health management platform for dog and horse owners
UnfundedDavid Harder
Founder & Managing Director

Top 12 Retail companies in Hamburg

#1
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2021 · 19 employees
$4.9Mraised

Provider of autonomous store solutions for retail businesses. The company uses deep learning techniques and computer vision technology for store automation. Using computer vision technology, the stores run on an unmanned basis and use cameras to monitor people and merchandise. Customers can self-check out without human interference. It also digitalizes physical stores and operational & supply chain operations. It caters to stores like grocery stores, bakeries, cafes, and contract caterers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Tech Installer
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$2.6M
  • Apr 2023Seed
Founders & team
James SutherlandChief Executive Officer
Investors
Potterventures, River Capital, Brookstreet Equity Partners, Meyer Frischecenter
Tech stack
CalendlyCloudflareFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#2
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2018 · 15 employees
$3.7Mraised

Provider of a platform for procuring recycled plastics. It streamlines the procurement process, offering a stable supply and fixed pricing model for certified recycled materials. The platform connects buyers and sellers, facilitating the use of recycled polymers and contributing to reduced carbon emissions. It serves various industries, including packaging, automotive, construction, and household goods, providing access to a range of recycled plastics such as PET, HDPE, LDPE, PP, ABS, and PA. The platform aims to build sustainable supply chains and ensure compliance with relevant legislation.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Seed
  • Aug 2023Seed
  • Nov 2021Seed$3.7M
Investors
First Momentum Ventures, Entrepreneur First, Nucleus Capital, Pale Blue Dot, VNV Global, MCJ Collective
#3
Series B · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2015 · 42 employees
$26.3Mraised

Online platform for brands to source digital content in the fashion industry. It offers a web-based platform through which numerous fashion brands share marketing material and product data with trading partners. The platform enables companies to access brand profiles, product data, and marketing images in a single click. Traders can access the entire content via the web interface or integrate it directly into their channels via API.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Delogue PLM) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Series B$26.3M
  • Jul 2019Series A
  • Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$111.4K
Founders & team
Martin BrucherCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
Verdane, Heartland, IMPACT Accelerator, KawaGmbh, W-V-B-Gmbh
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2019 · 1 employees
$147.5Kraised

Operator of a fashion-based retail platform intended to offer vintage-style clothing and accessories to customers. The company's platform offers fashion bags, and stylish vintage articles, enabling customers to search, compare and purchase second-hand clothing, jewelry, and accessories at an affordable price.

Funding rounds
  • 2024Seed$147.5K
Investors
Next Commerce Accelerator
Tech stack
AhoyCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#5
Acquired · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2014 · 1500 employees
$300Mraised

Online retailer of clothing, shoes, sportswear, and accessories for women, men, and kids. It provides a large selection of diverse brands with classic cuts and models. The company offers a wide selection of sizes and colors in blouses, dresses, and t-shirts. It also carries spring, summer, autumn, and winter footwear.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 117k LinkedIn followers — 39.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. On) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2018Series A$300M
  • Sep 2016Seed
Founders & team
Hannes WieseCo-Founder
Investors
German Media Pool, SevenVentures, Heartland, Vitruvian Partners, SevenCommerce & Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2021
$1.4Mraised

App-based platform providing content related to beauty care. The app offers videos related to beauty care, makeup tutorials, beauty routines, and more. The app also allows users to interact with the influencers and with each other. The company also offers smart tablets that have features like a touchscreen, ambient light, microphone, camera, etc. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS users.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 860 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. SBI Cosmetics & Health GmbH) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Juan NevadoCo-Founder
Investors
Tarek Muller, Tobias Eismann
#7
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2019 · 37 employees
$1.1Mraised

Online rental platform offering multi-category apparel. The product catalog includes maternity wear, tops, bottom wear, party wear, activewear, loungewear, and more. The company offers different membership programs for renting the products.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed$889K
Founders & team
Linda AhrensCo-Founder
Investors
Übermorgen Ventures, APX, IFB Innovationsstarter
#8
Public · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 1972 · 22222 employees
$5.8Mraised

Provider of eyewear, contact lenses, hearing aids, and eye care services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 26k LinkedIn followers — 8.9% of this cohort's audience · 124 engagements/post (1.7× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Investors
Hannover Finanz
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerChart.JsGoogle Tag ManagerJqueryOpen GraphPhp
#9
Acqui-Hired · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2014 · 2 employees
$2.5Mraised

StyleLounge is an online meta-search for fashion that offers a price comparison algorithm for clothing and other lifestyle products. Users can choose from 100+ online shops with over a million products, apparel, and fashion accessories, and compare prices, availabilities, and colors for the same product from different shops. Some brands they feature include Addidas, Nike, Lascana, Alba Moda, etc.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series A
  • Aug 2015Series A$2.5M
  • Series A
Investors
TA Ventures, Axivate Capital, ASTUTIA Ventures, #adm ventures, Rocket Internet
#10
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2018 · 16 employees
$136.7Kraised

Operator of an application providing cashback for social media posts. The application allows users to get sponsored by brands and earn money. Users share purchases on social media and receive cashback via the application. The application is available on both Android and iOS.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Angel
  • 2019Seed$136.7K
Founders & team
Oliver KrauseCo-FounderWoundioun SissokoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Next Commerce Accelerator, IFB Innovationsstarter, Sofie Ventures
#11
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2017 · 22 employees
$929.5Kraised

KitcheAndvisor is an online marketplace to hire kitchen professionals. The platform enables users to upload floor plans and receive quotes from multiple kitchen retailers and hire the professional of their choice. Users can book the services via the platform. The company has partnered with Siemens, Whirlpool, BOSCH, and AEG among others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 352 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Seed$929.5K
Founders & team
Richard RubenFounder & CEO
Investors
IFB Innovationsstarter, Hanse Ventures, Playfull, HV Capital, Moraun Konzept, Tamiva Ventures
Tech stack
BootstrapCore-JsEmotionFacebook PixelFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#12
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2013 · 30 employees
$1.4Mraised

Platform offering data driven decision support software. It enables users to analyze the data and provides an overview of the data that supports the ecommerce decision making process.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. JTL-Software-GmbH) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2014Seed
  • Sep 2013Seed$1.4M
Founders & team
Lennard StoeverCo-Founder & still biggest Fan
Investors
Seedcamp, Tola Capital, HTGF
Tech stack
Hubspot Cms HubHubspotUnpkgTypekitSwiperJquery

Funding & investor landscape

$349.4Mtotal disclosed funding
18companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
IFB Innovationsstarter19 rounds
Hanse Ventures6 rounds
Next Commerce Accelerator5 rounds
AUDEAMUS CAPITAL3 rounds
HTGF3 rounds
German Accelerator2 rounds
German Media Pool2 rounds
HV Capital2 rounds
Heartland2 rounds
#adm ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

James Sutherland
Chief Executive Officer · Autonomo
Martin Brucher
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Fashion Cloud
Hannes Wiese
Co-Founder · ABOUT YOU
Juan Nevado
Co-Founder · SWAN Beauty Tech
Linda Ahrens
Co-Founder · UNOWN FASHION
Oliver Krause
Co-Founder · yamuntu
Woundioun Sissoko
Co-Founder & CEO · yamuntu
Richard Ruben
Founder & CEO · KitchenAdvisor
Lennard Stoever
Co-Founder & still biggest Fan · Minubo
Jannik Semmelhaack
Co-Founder · VOIDS
Tobias Wandersleb
Co-Founder · VOIDS
Franziska Altenrath
Co-Founder · TUTAKA
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,169,074 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Retail coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Retail companies are there in Hamburg, Germany?
Radar tracks 162 indexable Retail companies headquartered in Hamburg, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Retail companies in Hamburg, Germany?
The Retail companies in Hamburg, Germany on this list have raised a combined $349.4M in disclosed equity funding across 18 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Retail company in Hamburg, Germany?
ABOUT YOU is the highest-funded Retail company in Hamburg, Germany, with $300M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Retail companies in Hamburg, Germany are funded?
18 of the 162 Retail companies in Hamburg, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Retail unicorns are there in Hamburg, Germany?
1 Retail company in Hamburg, Germany on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Hamburg, Germany Retail companies?
The most active investors in Hamburg, Germany Retail companies on this list include IFB Innovationsstarter, Hanse Ventures, Next Commerce Accelerator, AUDEAMUS CAPITAL, HTGF.
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