dunnhumby ventures is our corporate venture fund with a mandate to invest in early-stage retail technology start-ups that embrace data and artificial intelligence for innovation along the customer’s path to purchase. We seek to align with founders at an early stage and supercharge their ability to innovate and go to market by tapping into dunnhumby’s retail industry expertise, pioneering data science assets, and global retailer and supplier client base.
Our Retail Innovation Network is a global program that brings together key groups of industry pioneers: early-stage startups, established technology partners, retailer and CPG innovation teams, and other venture investors. Our goal is to remove barriers to innovation and collaboratively accelerate its velocity in the retail and consumer goods ecosystem.
The Network is a platform for cultivating strategic alliances, seeking and providing growth funding, and exchanging global industry expertise. Membership is reviewed on a rolling basis and its benefits are exclusive and complimentary to the network.
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Areas of investment
dunnhumby ventures has invested in 15+ businesses across areas such as:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics
- Consumer Behavior, Product, and Transaction Data
- Computer Vision and Digital Twin Tracking
- Retail Media
- Customer Engagement & Personalization
- Supply Chain & Store Operations
- eCommerce