The Mills Fabrica expands to the UK with Smartzer as one of 1st UK incubatees.

Smartzer joins LVMH in the second season of its incubator "La Maison des Startups" on the Station F campus. We are thrilled to announce that Smartzer will be part of the second class of LVMH’s La Maison des Startups that will welcome 26 young companies on the Station F campus in 2019. It is an honour to continue on from the first promotion of the acceleration program and have the opportunity to continue to develop our collaboration with the Houses of LVMH (Moet Hennessy, Dior

Our week at Cannes Lions was phenomenal. Participating in the R/GA Ventures Startup Academy created the perfect opportunity to network with key agencies and brands and pitch Smartzer. The Startup Academy is hosted by R/GA Ventures and Cannes Lions Innovation to provide founders in marketing, media, and advertising the opportunity to network with global brand and agency leaders and culminating in a pitch showcase on the Innovation Stage. You can read more about the program and

Smartzer is at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the largest gathering of the advertising and creative communications industry. Think meeting-after-meeting with agencies and media companies, the backdrop of the beautiful French Riviera, and yachts. Paradise for the creative mind? Yes! This is our second year attending Cannes Lions and this year were very honoured to be selected for the R/GA Ventures Start-Up Academy. Smartzer was one of eight female-founded s

Last week 800 of the world’s brightest young minds met in Tel Aviv for Forbes Under 30 Global Summit and Smartzer founder Karoline Gross, was one of them. Karoline was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for Media & Marketing in 2018. Previously Forbes organized regional events, but this was the first year they brought all participants together. The global summit invited all entrepreneurs from all Forbes’ 30 Under-30 lists from 38 countries to the four-day event held in Tel Aviv

Next week Smartzer is heading to Madrid for the Mayor’s International Business Programme's Consumer Tech Mission. This will be the second trade mission Smartzer has been part of as we headed to Paris with the Mayor last fall. The Retail and Enterprises mission is run by Go to Grow London and London & Partners. Go to Grow London is the Mayor’s International business program created for specific growth ambitions. It provides tailor-made mentoring programs with key entrepreneur

Hello NYC! Smartzer hit the Big Apple for Retail Touchpoints Retail Innovation Congress last week, where we exhibited Smartzer’s shoppable video technology to a range of interested retail giants. The event drew over 500 registrants interested in learning about the next big trends and disruptive technologies in retail innovation. Participants enjoyed networking, speeches and this year’s event even included store visits to TUMI, Sugarfina and Williams Sonoma to get a first-hand

This week Smartzer was happy to attend Tech London Advocates (TLA) Retail's “Making the Case for In-Store Tech” hosted at Accenture, here in London. E-commerce has definitely changed the face of brick-and-mortar retailing. Most high street brands have invested heavily in online but haven’t put much effort into digitalizing the in-store experience. According to Accenture, better in-store technology is topping the request list of store managers, so there is definitely a case fo

The Tory Burch Foundation, founded by fashion and lifestyle entrepreneur Tory Burch hosted its first Embrace Ambition Summit in New York. The aim of the summit is to confront stereotypes and create new norms. Smartzer founder, Karoline Gross, was happy to support the cause which invited strong women and men from across industries. The summit is part of Burch’s “Embrace Ambition” initiative, which she launched in 2017 to erase the negative connotations associated with “ambitio

LVMH launched La Maison des Startups, its’ startup accelerator at Station F last night and the Smartzer team was there to demo and introduce the Smartzer tech to LVMH CEO, Bernard Arnault, LVMH brands and press. Launched in November 2017, Station F is a vast startup incubator started by French billionaire Xavier Niel. Described as a “small city” Station F is the largest startup campus in the world and the size of the Eiffel Tower laying down. The venue offers startups a post