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Alokai (YC W21) — Frontend platform for eCommerce

Alokai is an award-winning and pioneering global technology startup setting a new standard in online shopping. Alokai is a Frontend as a Service solution that simplifies composable commerce.

Alokai is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Frontend Platform for eCommerce. The founders listed are Patrick Friday (Founder), Filip Rakowski (Founder), Bart Roszkowski (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 26, 2021).

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Alokai

New accelerator entry · 2021-03-26 · the record

Winter 2021
batch
100
people
Growth
stage
Poland
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2021
Announced2021-03-26
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size100
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsDeveloper Tools, Open Source, E-commerce
RegionsPoland, Europe, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedWarsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.alokai.com
Previously known asVue Storefront

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Alokai is an award-winning and pioneering global technology startup setting a new standard in online shopping. Alokai is a Frontend as a Service solution that simplifies composable commerce. It connects all the technologies needed to build and deploy fast & scalable ecommerce frontends.Founded in 2021, Alokai (prev. Vue Storefront) is a best-in-class composable commerce solution and market-leading Frontend as a Service currently used by 3000+ live stores around the world. With a remote, global team of 100+ people and offices in San Francisco and Warsaw, Poland, customers include Movado, SPAR Inc., or Brompton Bikes. Supported by 130+ partners and a community of 10,000+ developers, Alokai and its leaders are recipients of several industry awards, including Europe’s top tech startup prize and recognition from Forbes magazine.

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