Vori

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2019
Latest Stage Series B
Total Raised $22M+
Website https://www.vori.com
Sector
grocery-tech ai vertical-saas retail-tech

Investors

Kathleen Estreich Seed (2022)
Greylock Partners series-b (2026)
Pear VC Seed (2022)

Founders

Brandon Hill Co-Founder & CEO
Tre Kirkman Co-Founder
Robert Pinkerton Co-Founder

About

Vori is a San Francisco-based company building what its founders describe as “the self-driving operating system for supermarkets” 1. The platform manages a store’s entire operations end-to-end, including checkout and payments, shelf-level inventory tracking, wholesaler ordering, pricing, and promotions 12. Since launching in January 2024, Vori says it has processed more than $500M in payments across 55 cities and served more than 1M consumers 12.

Vori was founded in 2019 by Brandon Hill, Tre Kirkman, and Robert Pinkerton — all Stanford graduates 3. CEO Brandon Hill is a third-generation grocer; his grandparents were in the industry, his parents met in a supermarket, and his mother works at Vori today 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-05-05 Series B $22M Cherryrock Capital Greylock Partners, The Factory 12

What Investors Say

“Grocery is an antiquated business with an enormous market, which AI can catalyze to bring growth and efficiencies.” — Stacy Brown-Philpot, Founder, Cherryrock Capital, Fortune, May 5, 2026 1

What Founders Say

No independently sourced founder quotes about the working relationship with investors available at this time.

Sources

  1. Fortune, “Exclusive: AI grocery startup Vori raises $22 million to help independent retailers compete with Walmart and Amazon,” May 5, 2026, accessed April 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/exclusive-ai-grocery-startup-vori-raises-22-million-to-help-independent-retailers-compete-with-walmart-and-amazon/↩↩↩↩↩↩

  2. PR Newswire, “Vori Raises $22M to Build the Operating System for the World’s Grocery Stores,” May 2026, accessed April 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vori-raises-22m-to-build-the-operating-system-for-the-worlds-grocery-stores-302763778.html↩↩↩

  3. Y Combinator, “Vori: Vori is a modern operating system for supermarkets,” accessed April 2026. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/vori↩