Skupos

Skupos

Data platform for C-store supply chain

Overview

Skupos is a data platform for the convenience retail industry that helps C-stores, distributors, and brands use sales data to run their business more effectively. It collects store data and processes it in the cloud, offering dashboards, reports, and predictive analytics to forecast demand and optimize inventory and campaigns. Its tools—Engage, Insights, Predict, and Scan Data—work together to turn raw data into actionable guidance. The company focuses on the convenience channel with an end-to-end, subscription-based suite, and its goal is to improve operational efficiency, grow sales, and better serve shoppers.

About Skupos

Simplify's Rating
Why Skupos is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$59.4M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • PDI’s 2025 Insights page promotes 25,000+ independent and chain locations, expanding reach.
  • Brands still need high-resolution shopper and product data across fragmented convenience retail.
  • The 2026 Swiftly partnership for independents validates Skupos’ original merchant-and-brand connectivity thesis.

What critics are saying

  • PDI’s August 2023 acquisition eliminated Skupos independence and can fully absorb the product by 2027.
  • Integration with PDI across 25,000+ stores risks channel conflict and slower innovation.
  • Independent c-store data remains fragmented; larger rivals like Swiftly and PDI commoditize Skupos’ edge.

What makes Skupos unique

  • Skupos built two-sided convenience-retail data workflows before PDI bought it in August 2023.
  • Its platform sat inside 15,000+ independent stores, linking operators, brands, and distributors.
  • Skupos specialized in real-time inventory and ordering, not generic retail analytics.

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Funding

Total Funding

$59.4M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

6 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.
Series B Funding Comparison
Below Average

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Benefits

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

Discretionary PTO

Flexible Hours

401k

Personal wellness stipend

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-58%

1 year growth

-58%

2 year growth

-58%
CStore Decisions
Aug 11th, 2023
PDI Technologies Acquires Skupos

PDI Technologies acquires Skupos.

PR Newswire
Aug 11th, 2023
With Acquisition Of Skupos, Pdi Technologies Now Reaches 25,000 U.S. Independent C-Stores

Expansion connects retailer and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) data at advanced scale in the historically fragmented convenience industryATLANTA, Aug. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PDI Technologies, a global leader delivering powerful solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem, today announced its acquisition of Skupos, the platform that powers smarter, more profitable retail by connecting independent convenience stores and CPG brands.Based in San Francisco, California, and Denver, Colorado, Skupos provides single-store operators access to CPG brand programs and discounts, while providing brands with the data and insights on how their products perform at independent convenience retailer sites."Skupos has achieved impressive scale in the independent and small-chain channel," said Jamie Hudson of PDI. Tweet this"Skupos has achieved impressive scale in the independent and small-chain channel," said Jamie Hudson, SVP & GM, Offers, Media Network, and Insights (OMNI), at PDI. "By bringing Skupos customers together with PDI, we can now offer brands access to performance and activation at more than 25,000 independent sites, which benefits everyone across the convenience ecosystem."Since its founding 40 years ago, PDI has helped customers throughout the fuel and convenience retail industry accelerate their growth through innovation. The acquisition of Skupos is part of a continuing investment in connecting convenience and driving industry transformation."When it comes to the c-store, PDI knows more than anyone else about what was sold, when it was sold, and who bought it," said Brandon Logsdon, President, Consumer Engagement, at PDI. "Expanding our footprint with the acquisition of Skupos strengthens that knowledge and makes it even more appealing for brands and retailers looking to accelerate their profitability and progress, who then pass on their wins to consumers.""Since our founding in 2016, Skupos has been mission-oriented to drive better business outcomes for entrepreneurial, independent retailers by connecting them with CPG companies wanting to optimize sales in the convenience channel," said Jake Bolling, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Skupos

Business Wire
Jun 9th, 2023
C-Store Data Analytics Platform Skupos Inc. Raises $6.4M for Continued Expansion

Skupos Inc., the leading analytics platform for the c-store industry, today closed a $6.4M Series A round of funding led by Toba Capital with particip

FinSMEs
Mar 20th, 2023
Skupos Raises $22.5M in Funding

Skupos, a Denver, CO-based technology company that connects both retailers and brands to their shoppers, raised $22.5M in funding.

PR Newswire
Mar 20th, 2023
Skupos Announces New Funding From Brex Asset Management And Sqn Ventur

DENVER (PRWEB). March 20, 2023. Brex Asset Management and SQN Venture Partners join forces on a new $22.5M investment in Skupos, a leading data platform serving independent convenience stores, brands, and distributors. This new capital will help Skupos expand their footprint of independent convenience stores across new and existing markets

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