Funded Commerce and Shopping Startups in San Jose
The ten most recently funded commerce and shopping startups in San Jose span rounds closed between April 2020 and May 2024.
The ten most recently funded commerce and shopping startups in San Jose span rounds closed between April 2020 and May 2024. Greenbits leads disclosed raises at $23M (April 2020), followed by Via at $15M (June 2021) and HYPHY USA at $5M in May 2024 — the most recent entry in this set. Several rounds carry undisclosed amounts, including Vici Robotics and Travaras, which limits any aggregate capital figure to a partial picture.
Robotics appears as a recurring theme: Vici Robotics and Techmetics Robotics both received funding within the commerce and shopping category, with Techmetics closing a $500K round in May 2020. Early-stage deal flow is visible in 2023, with iKing.io taking a $10K pre-seed in February and Travaras an undisclosed pre-seed in November. Four of the ten companies — Greenbits, Techmetics Robotics, Zycada, and Shoppable Inc. — all closed rounds within a roughly six-month window across spring and fall 2020, the densest cluster in this slice of data.
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What are the largest disclosed rounds among these San Jose commerce and shopping companies?
Greenbits raised $23M in April 2020, the largest disclosed amount in this set. Via follows at $15M in June 2021, and Zycada at $8M in June 2020. Those three rounds account for the bulk of visible capital in the data shown.
How recent is the latest funding activity in this segment?
The most recent round shown is HYPHY USA's $5M raise in May 2024, classified as Series Unknown. The two entries before it are both 2023 pre-seed rounds — Travaras in November and iKing.io in February — suggesting a drop in volume between 2021 and 2023.
Which round types appear most often in this data?
Several entries carry no disclosed round type. Among those with labels, pre-seed appears twice (iKing.io, Travaras), Series Unknown twice (HYPHY USA, Vici Robotics), and equity crowdfunding once (ThinOptics, $200K in October 2021).
Are there hardware or robotics companies in this commerce and shopping segment?
Yes — Vici Robotics (November 2022, undisclosed) and Techmetics Robotics ($500K, May 2020) both sit within this category. Their presence indicates some overlap between San Jose's hardware engineering base and commerce automation use cases.
What was the smallest disclosed raise in this set?
iKing.io raised $10K in a pre-seed round in February 2023, the smallest disclosed figure shown. ThinOptics raised $200K through equity crowdfunding in October 2021, the only crowdfunded round in the data.
Was there a notable spike in deal activity at any point?
Four of the ten companies — Greenbits, Techmetics Robotics, Zycada, and Shoppable Inc. — all closed rounds between April and October 2020. No comparable clustering appears in 2021, 2022, or 2023 based on the rows shown.
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