Topsort

Topsort

Self-service retail media platform for ads

Overview

Topsort provides self-service advertising solutions for e-commerce retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. It operates in the retail media space by letting brands place ads inside online retail platforms, using sponsored product listings and banner ads to reach shoppers where they browse. The product is an API-based platform with a user-friendly interface that lets clients manage campaigns, formats, and budgets, while Topsort’s ML/AI optimize ad placements to improve click-through and conversion rates. Revenue comes from a mix of subscriptions and performance-based pricing, and integration ease with existing systems helps clients scale retail media efforts. Topsort differentiates itself through a flexible, API-centric solution that enables highly relevant, optimized ads across channels, aiming to boost return on ad spend (ROAS), margins, and overall ad revenue for e-commerce and CPG brands.

About Topsort

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

Industries

Data & Analytics

Consumer Software

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$28M

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • W23 Global invested in November 2025, validating Topsort with five grocery giants.
  • Phuzion Media acquisition in October 2025 opened the UK retail media market.
  • Avolta, Breuninger, and Falabella partnerships expand Topsort across travel, luxury, and Latin America.

What critics are saying

  • Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, and Criteo compress pricing by bundling demand and measurement.
  • Heavy dependence on retailer integrations means delayed migrations stall revenue recognition for quarters.
  • If offsite and in-store products underperform, Topsort remains a niche infrastructure vendor.

What makes Topsort unique

  • Topsort sells auction-first retail media infrastructure, not a managed-services agency.
  • Falabella chose Topsort in 2026 after proving ROAS and CTR gains.
  • Tomi and Sponsored Prompts extend commerce media into chat, social, and store screens.

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Funding

Total Funding

$28M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

2 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

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Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Employee Social Events

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

1%
Business Wire
Jun 1st, 2026
Falabella selects Topsort as strategic partner to scale its Retail Media offering through Fmedia.

Falabella selects Topsort as strategic partner to scale its Retail Media offering through Fmedia. South America's largest retailer selected Topsort following a successful proof of concept, driving stronger performance and scalable retail media growth. PALO ALTO, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Topsort, an AI-native and auction-based retail media infrastructure company powering marketplaces and retailers, today announced a partnership with Falabella, South America's largest retail group, to support the growth of Fmedia, its retail media business unit. The partnership follows a successful proof of concept in which Topsort's platform demonstrated meaningful improvements in advertising performance, efficiency, and transparency, aligning with Falabella's vision to strengthen its value proposition for brands and sellers across its digital ecosystem. "South America's largest retailer is scaling retail media with AI-native infrastructure." Falabella selected Topsort following a successful proof of concept that delivered stronger performance, efficiency, and transparency across Fmedia. Share This partnership reinforces Falabella's strategy to continue developing a robust, scalable, and data-driven retail media model, marking a new milestone in the evolution of Fmedia as a key growth platform for the group across the region. At the same time, it represents a significant expansion of Topsort's presence in Latin America and reflects the growing shift among leading retailers toward more transparent, auction-based advertising technologies. Continuous Platform Enhancement for Brands and Sellers Driven by a commitment to constantly improve its platform and enhance the experience for brands and sellers, Fmedia continuously evaluates new technologies to optimize advertising outcomes. The decision to migrate to Topsort's infrastructure aligns with this goal of providing top-tier, high-value tools to its commercial partners. During the proof of concept, the integration of Topsort's auction-based technology and AI-powered metrics demonstrated a clear ability to elevate campaign performance. Throughout the process, double-digit improvements were recorded across key metrics such as ROAS and CTR, ensuring Fmedia continues to offer a more efficient, transparent, and results-driven ecosystem. Building the Future of Retail Media with Fmedia The migration to Topsort's full-stack platform enables Fmedia to continue modernizing its retail media operations and scale its advertising offering across Falabella's ecosystem, which spans millions of SKUs. This evolution integrates auction-based technology, AI-powered optimization, and advanced metrics such as Topsort's Bidless(TM), enabling high-performance ad delivery at scale. The new model will also enable deeper use of first-party data for more precise and relevant audience targeting, improving return on ad spend (ROAS) for brands while establishing a unified and transparent measurement framework across the ecosystem, providing clearer and more reliable attribution for commercial partners. "Falabella is an iconic retailer and a pioneer in the Latin American market. Their decision to build the future of their retail media business with Topsort is a major validation of both our platform and our vision," said Regina Ye, CEO and co-founder of Topsort. "We're excited to support the Falabella team and remain committed to delivering the technology and collaboration needed to unlock new revenue opportunities and deepen relationships with customers." About Topsort Topsort is the commerce media infrastructure company helping retailers, marketplaces, and commerce platforms build scalable, transparent media monetization systems powered by auctions, first-party data, and measurable outcomes. Today, Topsort provides monetization infrastructure to leading enterprises across more than 40 countries, including Coles, DoorDash, Woolworths, and Falabella. Contacts. Media Contact Topsort Holly Zeng, Marketing, Communications and Public Relations [email protected]

PR Newswire
May 18th, 2026
Topsort launches TikTok Offsite Ads to extend Commerce Media beyond onsite placements.

Topsort launches TikTok Offsite Ads to extend Commerce Media beyond onsite placements. May 18, 2026, 09:00 ET New AI-native capability allows marketplaces to operationalize TikTok advertising through the same commerce media infrastructure already powering onsite retail media. PALO ALTO, Calif., May 18, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Topsort, an AI-native commerce media infrastructure company powering marketplaces and retailers worldwide, today announced the launch of TikTok Offsite Ads, a new capability that enables marketplaces and vendors to launch TikTok campaigns directly from the Topsort platform. As commerce discovery increasingly shifts beyond marketplace storefronts into short-form video and social feeds, marketplaces are looking for ways to extend retail media beyond onsite placements without creating disconnected advertiser workflows, fragmented attribution, or operational complexity. TikTok Offsite Ads extends Topsort's commerce media infrastructure into one of the world's largest discovery platforms, allowing marketplaces to manage onsite and TikTok offsite campaigns through the same catalog, campaign, and reporting infrastructure they already use today. "Commerce discovery is increasingly happening outside the storefront, but most marketplace advertising systems were built only for onsite monetization," said Regina Ye, CEO of Topsort. "TikTok Offsite Ads reflects where commerce media is going: unified infrastructure that connects onsite and offsite discovery into one operational system." Bring TikTok Into Your Commerce Media Infrastructure TikTok Offsite Ads allows marketplaces and vendors to launch campaigns using workflows already familiar from onsite sponsored listings and other offsite programs inside Topsort. Advertisers can: * Select all products or specific SKUs * Set budgets and campaign dates * Launch TikTok campaigns directly from Topsort * Use the same catalog infrastructure already powering marketplace retail media * Review SKU-level and campaign-level reporting through existing Topsort workflows To simplify campaign creation, advertisers can also choose soundtrack styles including Relaxed instrumental, Upbeat electronic, and Minimal ambient, while Topsort automatically selects an appropriate instrumental track from TikTok's music library. The launch extends Topsort's AI-native commerce media infrastructure into TikTok campaigns, helping marketplaces manage onsite and offsite monetization through the same catalog, campaign, reporting, and attribution workflows already used across their retail media programs. As marketplaces expand into social commerce and omnichannel discovery, they increasingly need infrastructure that can connect advertising surfaces without adding operational complexity. TikTok Offsite Ads is available now for Topsort marketplace customers. Media Contact SOURCE Topsort

New Castle News
May 13th, 2026
Topsort partners with Avolta to power commerce media across global travel retail.

Topsort partners with Avolta to power commerce media across global travel retail. * Business Wire * May 13, 2026 * 0 PALO ALTO, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-May 13, 2026- Topsort today announced a partnership with Avolta, the leading global travel retail and food & beverage operator, to power commerce media across its global footprint, marking a major expansion of Topsort's commerce media infrastructure into global travel retail and F&B. Retail media started on ecommerce shelves. But commerce doesn't just happen online. It happens when a traveler buys fragrance before a flight, grabs coffee between gates, or shops duty-free after security, where attention, context, and purchase intent come together in a physical environment. Following Topsort's work with Despegar, one of Latin America's largest online travel agencies, the Avolta partnership represents a new level of operational complexity: global scale, in-store environments, airport retail, duty-free, convenience, and selected food & beverage touchpoints. Travel media is quickly becoming one of the most important frontiers for commerce media. Unlike traditional ecommerce retail media, travel retail connects digital and physical shopping moments across airports, terminals, stores, adjacent traveler experiences, and high-intent passenger journeys. "As we continue to evolve our commercial and digital capabilities across Avolta's global footprint, building a scalable and flexible approach to commerce media is a clear priority," said Richy Ugwu, Global SVP Advertising & Commercialization at Avolta. "We were particularly impressed by Topsort's ability to handle the complexity of our environment - from multiple markets and store formats to the integration of physical and digital touchpoints. We needed infrastructure that could scale globally across our travel retail and food & beverage network, and Topsort stood out in that regard." Avolta is the leading global travel retail and F&B player which operates across six continents, with a presence in 70 countries and close to 5,100 outlets worldwide. "This partnership reflects a broader shift we're seeing across the market," said Regina Ye, CEO at Topsort. "Travel is becoming one of the most strategically important environments for commerce media globally. What makes Avolta unique is the combination of scale and complexity - multiple countries, store formats, and high-intent moments across the traveler journey. When operators at that level choose to invest in commerce media infrastructure, it signals that this is becoming a core capability, not an experiment." For Topsort, the partnership reinforces a broader thesis: commerce media is expanding beyond online marketplaces and grocery into every environment where discovery, intent, and transaction data meet - including travel retail and broader physical commerce environments at global scale. About Topsort Topsort is the commerce media infrastructure company helping retailers, marketplaces, and commerce platforms build scalable, transparent media monetization systems powered by auctions, first-party data, and measurable outcomes. Today, Topsort provides monetization infrastructure to leading enterprises across more than 40 countries, including Coles, DoorDash, Woolworths, and Falabella. About Avolta Avolta is a global leader at the intersection of travel retail and food & beverage, delivering integrated shopping and dining experiences across airports, motorways, cruise lines, ferries, rail and other high-traffic travel locations worldwide. Avolta operates in more than 70 countries and across nearly 1,000 locations, managing around 5,100 points of sale. Its traveler-centric strategy is built on digital, data and continuous innovation. Holly Zeng, Marketing, Communications and Public Relations Cathy Jongens, Global Corporate Communications Director KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ONLINE RETAIL RETAIL COMMUNICATIONS OTHER TRAVEL TRAVEL MEDIA FOOD/BEVERAGE PUB: 05/13/2026 10:00 AM/DISC: 05/13/2026 10:00 AM

Yahoo Finance
Apr 29th, 2026
Topsort launches in-store ads to unify digital and physical retail media campaigns

Topsort, an AI-native retail media infrastructure company, has launched In-Store Ads, a self-service ad format that integrates physical retail inventory into the same workflow as online retail media. The platform enables marketplaces and advertisers to manage in-store digital screen campaigns through Topsort's existing infrastructure. The new capability addresses operational challenges in physical retail advertising, which typically relies on manual coordination and fragmented tools. In-Store Ads standardises campaign setup, creative handling and reporting within a single system, allowing vendors to launch in-store campaigns from the same dashboard used for online media. The format aims to accelerate campaign launches, increase advertiser participation and improve inventory transparency whilst maintaining marketplace control. Retail media teams can now run both onsite and in-store campaigns through unified infrastructure, including budgeting and reporting.

Associated Press
Mar 17th, 2026
Topsort launches Tomi, AI agent that builds retail media campaigns in seconds via natural language

Topsort, an AI-native retail media infrastructure company, has launched Tomi, an AI agent that enables marketplaces to create and manage sponsored listing campaigns using natural language. The tool allows users to describe campaign objectives conversationally rather than manually configuring settings. Embedded within Topsort's marketplace admin interface, Tomi can identify products, configure campaign settings, apply targeting rules and set budgets based on plain-language prompts. The company claims teams can launch campaigns up to five times faster whilst maintaining full control through review and approval workflows. Tomi currently supports keyword, category, competitor-page and always-on targeting strategies for onsite sponsored listing campaigns. The tool is available to Topsort customers by request. Topsort provides monetisation infrastructure to enterprises including Coles, DoorDash and Woolworths across more than 40 countries.

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