Zippedi is a technology company.
Zippedi has raised $20.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Zippedi has raised $20.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Zippedi is a Silicon Valley-based AI and robotics company that builds autonomous robots and software to automate retail inventory management, on-shelf availability detection, planogram compliance, and label repairs.[1][2][4] It serves supermarkets and retailers worldwide, solving chronic issues like stockouts, pricing errors, and inefficient store execution by creating a "digital twin" of shelves through AI-powered image recognition and machine learning, which boosts on-shelf availability by over 10%, cuts pricing errors by 90%, and increases in-store sales up to 5%.[1][4][5] With operations in over 200 stores across the US, Latin America, and plans for Germany and Australia, Zippedi operates as Robotics as a Service (RaaS), processing over 1 million photos daily for real-time insights and task automation via its Bruno app.[2][3][5]
Zippedi emerged in 2017 in Santiago, Chile, as an engineering project at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, founded by Luis Vera (CEO), Ariel Schilkrut, and Álvaro Soto.[2][4] The idea stemmed from the need for automated inventory management in retail, evolving from initial supermarket pilots with its robot "Zippy" to rapid global traction.[3][4] Key milestones include expanding to over 200 stores by 2022, debuting a new robot at Grocery Shop Las Vegas, launching the Bruno app for task management, and upgrading On-Shelf Availability (OSA 2.0) for better logistics—capping a highly successful year amid retail digitization demands post-COVID.[3] The company relocated its HQ to Burlingame, California, solidifying its Bay Area presence while scaling via partnerships like Google Cloud.[2][4]
Zippedi rides the retail automation wave, fueled by AI, robotics, and computer vision to combat supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and e-commerce pressures post-2020.[1][4] Its timing aligns perfectly with retailers' push for omnichannel efficiency—digitizing physical stores via "digital twins" to mirror online precision, as seen in partnerships like SMU's 2024 Unimarc robot rollout across Chile.[1][3] Market forces like rising CPG demands and staffing crises favor Zippedi over competitors (e.g., Trax, Retail Reload) through affordable RaaS, lowering costs without heavy CapEx.[1][2] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering robot-supermarket integration, enabling data-driven decisions that stabilize prices and boost shopper experiences globally.[4][5]
Zippedi is poised for explosive growth, targeting new markets like Germany and Australia while iterating on robots, apps, and OSA features to capture more of the $30T+ global retail sector.[2][3] Trends like edge AI, 5G-enabled robotics, and sustainability-driven efficiency will propel it, especially as retailers prioritize resilience against disruptions. Its influence could evolve from niche RaaS provider to industry standard-setter, much like how it transformed Chilean supermarkets—ultimately redefining store operations from reactive to predictive, delivering the seamless retail future it set out to build.[1][4]
Zippedi has raised $20.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Zippedi's investors include Chicago Ventures, Emergence Capital, Flex Capital, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, IVP, Teamworthy Ventures, Matt Gorniak, Alchemist Accelerator, byFounders, DG Incubation, Draper Associates.
Zippedi has raised $20.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $13.0M Series A in March 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2022 | $13.0M Series A | Chicago Ventures, Emergence Capital, Flex Capital, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, IVP, Teamworthy Ventures, Matt Gorniak | |
| Sep 1, 2021 | $7.0M Seed | Alchemist Accelerator, byFounders, DG Incubation, Draper Associates, Polaris Partners, Sequoia Capital, Subtraction Capital, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Pete Moore, Scott Belsky |