XRC Labs is a venture capital firm & startup accelerator focused on innovation in retail and consumer goods. Our vision is to be at the forefront of change, disrupting the conventional system of supply chain, promoting the best experience for consumers and producers, and creating an ecosystem that matches partners for success. Our mission is to foster companies, products, and people that innovate the face of retail and consumer goods fulfillment.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Portfolio 58
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| - | Garbi | garbican.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Benja | benja.co | - | United Sta... |
| - | VisuWall | visuwall.com | $650K | United Sta... |
| - | Aduri | aduri.co | $285K | United Sta... |
| - | Fitted | yourlaundrychute.com | - | - |
| - | EVENPRIME | evenprime.co | - | - |
| - | Makeena | makeena.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Billie | mybillie.com | $6M | United Sta... |
| - | Pathr.ai | pathr.ai | - | United Sta... |
| - | Terra Kaff... | terrakaffe.com | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 1
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| - | Alexandria | Carroll | Mentor | linkedin.c... | - | - |
News 34
| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.04.2021 | XRC Labs Opens New Round of Applications | Retail technology and consumer goods startups encouraged to apply to receive significant seed investment and world-class mentorship New York, NY – April 15, 2021 – XRC Labs, an NYC-based accelerator and venture fund focused on the reta... |
| 04.03.2021 | Wharton's Jay H. Baker Retailing Center & XRC Labs Launch Retail Innovation Summit | Featured Panelists to Include Senior Executives from Alibaba, H&M Group, Shopify, and more New York, NY – January 27, 2021 – The Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of Business and XRC Labs, an accelerator focused on th... |
| 28.01.2021 | Wharton & XRC Labs launch the Retail Innovation Summit | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Featured Panelists to Include Senior Executives from Alibaba, H&M Group, Shopify, and more New York, NY – January 27, 2021 – The Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of Business and XRC Labs, an ... |
| - | Why former Wall Streeters find new careers as fashion founders | For financial analysts slogging away for long hours, an escape plan becomes enticing; entrepreneurship looks like a seductive dive into uncertainty after endless scrolls of spreadsheets. Often, these unfulfilled financiers find their ways ... |
| - | Retailers, getting creative, are trying to move beyond holiday price wars | For major retailers, the holiday shopping season over the past few years has really been about one thing: the clearance sale. Led by Amazon and Walmart, retailers have slashed prices to win as much market share as possible during the criti... |
| - | XRC Labs Cohort 5 Launch Event: Bigger than Ever | Image courtesy: Lorenzo Ciniglio The XRC Labs Cohort 5 Launch event was filled to capacity and it capped off a three-day collaboration between XRC Labs and the NRF, which worked together to present the Innovation Lab at NRF 2018 Retail's B... |
| - | XRC Labs Startups Ramp Up Relevancy in Tough Retail Market | Image courtesy: Danny Ghitis Staying ahead of the game in today’s retail scene is challenging, as fast fashion ramps up, consumer shopping habits shift and e-commerce just keeps gaining momentum. Despite these issues, however, some startu... |
| - | An Optimistic Kickoff to 2018 | Retail’s “Big Show” at Jacob Javits Center in New York has been an annual must-attend event for retailers and those involved in the retail ecosystem for most of the 100+ years since its 1911 inception. However, since the Great Recession of ... |
| - | Pano Anthos on a hybrid of human support and AI | Balancing human and artificial intelligence for better, smarter, and more efficient retail experiences has become imperative. Smarter solutions, like that of Chatbots, can ultimately change the way we shop. As specified in Intel’s article, ... |
| - | Retail Accelerator XRC Labs Spotlights Startups and Industry Shifts | Image courtesy: Lorenzo Ciniglio, Jennifer Weisbord The latest cohort of startups graduating from the XRC Labs accelerator represented the forefront of innovation in retail — from on-demand activewear manufacturing to indoor mapping servic... |
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Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.08.2022 | How reusable packaging companies like Boox are pitching startups | Packaging discarded by U.S. consumers piled up into 82.2 million tons of waste in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And if that seems abstract, consider the mountains of cardboard, plastic and product wrappings accumul... |
| 15.06.2022 | How XRC Labs is at the Forefront of the Innovation Wave | What the company does? XRC Labs (XRC) is an NYC-based venture fund and startup accelerator focused on retail technology and consumer goods. It launched in 2015 and has invested in more than 100 startups. XRC Labs has also built a world-cla... |
| 13.04.2022 | Endear Receives Seed Round Investment of $2 Million from Reformation Partners and Habitat | “Personalization is the undeniable future of successful brands, and Endear is poised to help thousands of more businesses with their ability to reach customers and form lasting relationships with them.” - Leigh Sevin, co-founder of Endear N... |
| 21.03.2022 | XRC Labs Announces Cohort 13 | XRC Labs In Cohort 13, we have some exceptionally strong founders who address white spaces in the market with a truly unique approach. They uphold shared values like inclusivity and sustainability and demonstrate growing customer traction. ... |
| 29.07.2020 | LA’s consumer goods rental service, Joymode, sells to the NYC retail investment firm, XRC Labs | After raising $15 million in financing from one of technology’s most successful global investment firms, the Los Angeles-based consumer goods rental company Joymode is selling itself to an early-stage retail investment firm out of New York,... |
| 22.12.2015 | Another tall, fit guy is also making clothes for tall, fit guys. Meet RFM Clothing | The time is apparently ripe for tall men with Delaware ties to start clothing brands for other tall, lean guys. Last week we spotlighted local entrepreneur Matt Mahoney and his journey toward launching William Mahoney Tall & Fit. Well, ... |
| 16.07.2015 | Technology Accelerator Focused on Retail and Consumer Goods Launches in New York | Parsons School of Design, Kurt Salmon found XRC Labs to unite entrepreneurs and investors in reinventing both products and shopping experiences NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 16, 2015– Yes, there’s an app for that, but if it’s for a store, i... |
| - | Venture capitalists are still investing. Here's how to raise VC money right now, according to investors and entrepreneurs. | Pano Anthos, founder of XRC Labs at the recent XRC Demo Day presentation. XRC Labs This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The first quarter of 2022 saw a 19% decrease in global i... |
| - | I was diagnosed with breast cancer weeks before launching my company. Now my products sell at CVS — here's how I kept business running. | Suzanne Sinatra, founder of Private Packs. Suzanna Sinatra Suzanne Sinatra is an entrepreneur and the founder of Private Packs, a therapy pack for vulva pain. She quit her full-time job in 2017 and spent her savings on treatment after a dia... |