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RTech Investor Network


Composed of venture capitalists, incubators, and accelerators with a focus on retail technologies, innovations, and the digital transformation. The Investor Network allows RILA's Retail Innovation Center to keep a pulse on the latest ideas and technologies. For more innovation please contact Katie Nicholos at katie.nicholos@rila.org. 

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology

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Bain Capital Ventures

Bain Capital Ventures partners with disruptive founders to accelerate their ideas to market.

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Black Girl Ventures

BGV's mission is to provide Black/Brown woman-identifying founders with access to community, capital, and capacity building in order to meet business milestones that lead to economic advancement through entrepreneurship.

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Commerce Ventures

Commerce Ventures partners with entrepreneurs who are building the platforms required for the future of retail and financial services.

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Dynamo

Dynamo invests globally in companies that are redefining global supply chains, rethinking the concept of mobility, and most importantly, led by an exceptional team.

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Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners backs entrepreneurs who are building disruptive, market-transforming consumer and enterprise software companies.

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OneValley

OneValley supports entrepreneurs, accelerate startups and empower organizations across the globe that foster innovation communities.

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New York Fashion Tech Lab

NYFTL connects a select cohort of women-led, b2b, fashion-focused technology companies with leading fashion retailers and brands fostering iteration, validation, and acceleration of technologies to advance the industry.

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Nex Cubed

Nex Cubed is a leader in early-stage innovation and acceleration, creating a global ecosystem

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NUMA

NUMA's virtual accelerator programs help international startups expand and scale in the US markets.

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Plug and Play

Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform, bringing together the best startups and the world’s largest corporations.

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Schematic Ventures

Schematic Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund located in San Francisco. The fund is focused on investments in technology companies within supply chain, manufacturing, transportation & digital industrial sectors.

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Sonae IM

Sonae IM is the technology investment arm of Sonae Group, a multinational with a diversified portfolio of brands with market leading positions, namely in retail and telecom.

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Techstars Central LLC

Techstars is igniting the global information economy. Creating opportunities in neglected communities. Advancing innovative teams and ideas, no matter where they originate.

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Working Capital Innovation Fund

Working Capital Innovation Fund is an early-stage fund investing in scalable innovations to meet the demand for transparent and ethical supply chains.

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xrc labs

XRC Labs is an innovation accelerator for the next generation of disruptors in the retail technology and consumer goods sectors.

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Latest Retail Innovation Center Insights

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7 Innovative Retail Trends to Watch in 2021
Blog Post

Retailers Focus on Investing in the Future

  • By [Katie Nicholos]
  • 09/08/2021
Press Release

SVT Robotics Named Top Supply Chain Startup

  • By [Nicholas Ahrens]
  • 08/19/2021
Blog Post

RIC Startup Network Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

  • By [Katie Nicholos]
  • 06/17/2021
Blog Post

Newmine Insights: Creating Positive Returns

  • By [Navjit Bhasin]
  • 06/15/2021
Blog Post

Packaging Sustainability: Retail State of Play

  • By [Katie Nicholos, Kaela Martins]
  • 06/15/2021
Blog Post

Meet the Startup Innovation Awards Finalists

  • By [Katie Nicholos]
  • 06/02/2021

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