Top Mobile Commerce Startups in 2024

OfferUp is changing how people buy and sell locally by making it as easy as taking and sharing a photo from your phone. We are not just about connecting buyers and sellers; we are about creating a simple and safe marketplace that changes people’s lives. OfferUp is a top 10 shopping app on Google Play and a top 20 app in the Lifestyle category on iTunes.

Zum, the leader in modern, sustainable, and tech-enabled student transportation, also now offers Zum Charter, transportation service that allows teachers, coaches, parents, event planners and others to book vehicles for school-related athletic and field trips, summer camps, sports trips, community and company events and tours, as well as other forms of short- and long-distance travel. Zūm provides one seamless, real-time interface for parents, drivers, schools, districts, administrators, and operators, to transport children safely and with increased visibility and personalized care. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, visit ridezum.com.

Given today’s hyper-efficient online shopping experiences, it’s natural to ask if brick-and-mortar businesses are now obsolete. We created Upside to level the playing field. Consumers use our app for everyday purchases, merchants use our platform to earn more profit without changing their business models, and as a result the offline world is made more efficient. And, it makes a difference for our communities. Our advisor, Hal Varian, developed an economic theory that is the bedrock of our model. His theory says if we know what a customer has done historically, and we know what that customer needs right now, we can design a personalized offering that maximizes the customer’s purchasing power, the merchant’s profitability, & societal value overall. At Upside, we do just that. We use real data to understand user behavior and generate personalized cash-back offers to motivate customers to buy more, more often--for millions of users and thousands of businesses across the country.

A real-life experience is supposed to be delightful. But having to choose and book one online today is the opposite. The lack of trust, the difficulty in choosing the right experience and booking hassles can make exploring the world around us a daunting task. How do we solve this? Through curating journeys, partnering with the best partners and striving to build consistent experiences. With over 7000+ experiences over more than 125 cities across the world, we've served guests from 195 countries and have no plans of stopping!

The global food system connects 570M farms to 8B consumers and is the most important, complex structure on earth. But with growing populations and no system alignment or technology, it's under extreme stress. To cope, intermediary players (brokers, importers, etc.) manage only their part of the supply chain. These silos lead to a wasteful food system - a driver of climate change. Choco's here to provide the technology required for a connected, wasteless, data-driven, and innovative food system. We’re here to lead a change in one of the oldest industries on the planet, not just take part in it. We’re here to shape, not to observe. The problem we’re solving is complex with many moving parts, the work we’re doing is difficult and ambitious. But we’re here to win. That’s why we need the absolute best people to help us get there. Choco was founded by serial entrepreneurs Daniel Khachab, Julian Hammer, and Grégoire Ambroselli. Since its founding in 2018, the company has grown rapidly and is now active in markets such as the U.S., Germany, France, Spain, Austria, and Belgium. In February 2022, the total value of goods traded through Choco exceeded $1.2 billion. In April of 2022, we gained another $111 million in Series B2 funding with a valuation of $1.2 billion - earning us unicorn status just a few years in.

Tapcart is a SaaS platform that enables ecommerce merchants to launch and manage mobile apps for their brand. As the market leader in mobile ecommerce, we focus on providing great experiences for our customers and for mobile shoppers worldwide. Our platform powers the mobile apps of some of the largest shopping brands, including Fashion Nova, Chubbies, The Hundreds and many more. We are inspired by the future. We work to inspire the future. Recently featured at Shopify UNITE, Google I/O and in The Verge, Tapcart is trusted by over 5,000 brands to launch and manage their mobile apps.

Button is the mobile commerce platform that maximizes the value of every tap. Through higher-converting technology, Button embeds commerce inside publisher apps so that brands can grow their mobile business, publishers can increase their mobile revenue, and consumers have a better buying experience on mobile. Intent is changing. By closing the gap between browsing and buying, Button has driven over $1 billion in spending to date.

The NewStore Mobile Retail Platform empowers brands to deliver an extraordinary end-to-end shopping experience for consumers. Built entirely from a mobile perspective, it integrates with existing ecommerce platforms such as Salesforce Commerce Cloud, SAP Hybris, Oracle ATG, and Magento. NewStore raises the omnichannel bar with one-touch purchase, scalable clienteling, and on-demand delivery — all optimized for the small screen. Founded by Stephan Schambach, creator of Demandware (now Salesforce Commerce Cloud), NewStore boosts conversion, promotes engagement, unifies online and offline, and modernizes fulfillment. NewStore is headquartered in Boston. For more information, visit newstore.com.

ChowNow stands out among the typical platform in the world of online food ordering. We help local restaurants thrive by offering the sharpest digital tools and services to grow in the modern world. Everything we design puts local restaurants and their diners first. Our products include: websites, custom-made apps, access to the most popular online ordering hubs, marketing tools, and valuable customer data. Most importantly, our business revolves around principles of fairness and sustainability—when we say commission-free, we mean it. Diversity, teamwork, and mutual respect are among our core company values. We provide support and create opportunities for everyone on the ChowNow team. To this date, we’ve build over 20,000 apps for our restaurant partners—a first for our line of business.