ParallelDots
Computer Vision · Retail & Commerce AI
$9.8Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
2open roles
$4.5Mlatest round · Series A · May 2022 · 4 yr ago
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington (with major research and development centers in Gurugram, India), ParallelDots is a retail artificial intelligence and computer vision technology company specializing in automated shelf analytics and retail execution software. The company provides a proprietary AI-powered image recognition platform - anchored by its flagship product, ShelfWatch - which automates in-store audits, tracks SKU-level availability, monitors planogram and promotional compliance, and converts real-time shelf imagery into instant commercial insights. Serving global consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers, retail brands, and field sales organizations, ParallelDots enables enterprises to optimize in-store product placement, eliminate stock-level blind spots, and maximize retail execution performance.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$9.8M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$4.5M
Series A · May 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
+3 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Long since its last round
53 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
20/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 4, 2024
Partnership ParallelDots and Google Cloud Team Up for Smarter Shelves · DQ
May 16, 2022
Raised a round Series A $4.5M · led by Btomorrow Ventures · bsindia
Feb 27, 2020
Released an app ShelfWatch · App Store
Dec 7, 2017
Launched ParallelDots Launches a New Visual API and an Excel Add-in for NLP APIs · pr.com
Oct 10, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $2M · Inc42 Media
Apr 7, 2017
On the Hacker News front page Some Lesser Known Machine Learning Libraries · 119 points
2014
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.09%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
1.4 ★
20 ratings
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | May 2022 | $4.5M | Btomorrow Ventures lead | bsindia |
| Venture round | Mar 2022 | $3.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Oct 2017 | $2M | — | Inc42 Media |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | ParallelDots, Inc. | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Angam ParasharExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
In office · 3+ years exp · Gurgaon
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Kotlin
Machine Learning
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
ARCore
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≈ $12k – $31k per year (Estimated) · Remote (India) · 2+ years exp · India
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
34/100
Slowing
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
14 days
faster than 69% of the market
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Management
50%
Mobile
19% ▲
Customer Success
19% ▼
Leadership
6% ▲
Solutions
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Mobile (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added ServiceNow to stack
Sep 2026
People
Angam Parashar
Executive Officer, Director
Ankit Singh
Director
Muktabh Srivatsava
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at ParallelDots over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
16
Postings analysed
15
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
SQL80%
Kotlin20%
JavaScript20%
TypeScript7%
Frameworks & libraries
React Native20%
React.js20%
ARCore13%
CameraX7%
Cloud & platforms
Firebase7%
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News
ParallelDots and Google Cloud Team Up for Smarter Shelves
In this news, find ParallelDots and Google Cloud partner to revolutionize retail shelf monitoring. AI-powered solutions provide real-time data on on-shelf availability.
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The Future of Retail AI is Generative, Not Just Predictive: ParallelDots CEO Angam Parashar
Retail AI is no longer a hype, but a real hero. By the end of 2024, 68% of global FMCG companies are expected to incorporate Image Recognition and Generative AI solutions into their operations.
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ParallelDots raises $4.5 mn in Series A round led by Btomorrow Ventures
Firm will use proceeds for product innovations leveraging evolving technology, and harness the power of AI to help CPG makers grow and navigate digital disruption better
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Btomorrow Ventures, Multipoint Capital invest in AI solutions firm ParallelDots
Artificial intelligence startup ParallelDots, which offers advanced image recognition solutions, on Monday said it has raised a Series A funding of...
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ParallelDots Wins the Tech4Future Grand Challenge Powered by Invest India and SoftBank Group
/PRNewswire/ -- ParallelDots, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, has won the Tech4Future Grand Challenge powered by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank...
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How Unpredictability Can Work With Us: Exploring Sentiment Analysis Tools
Opinion: Approaches are divided into machine learning and lexicon-based.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
Gurgaon
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Seattle
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HQ
Gurgaon
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Engineering / R&D
Gurugram
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Mobile
506-520, Ocus Quantum, Sector 51, Gurugram, Haryana