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B8ta

Retail TechUSAClosed 2023

Total Raised

$76M

Peak Valuation

Undisclosed

Employees

Year Collapsed

2023

Business model

"Retail-as-a-service" physical stores letting hardware and consumer tech brands showcase products in curated storefronts without managing their own retail operations.

In brief

Built a genuinely novel retail model, operating physical storefronts on behalf of hardware and gadget brands who paid a subscription fee to display products without the overhead of running their own stores, at one point partnering with Macy's to bring the concept into department…

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Key facts

Founded
2015
Closed
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Industry
Retail Tech
Employees
Revenue
Undisclosed

Related failures

Often compared with: Showfields, Neighborhood Goods.