Sensei - About the company
Sensei is a series A company based in Lisbon (Portugal), founded in 2017 by Nuno Moutinho, Paulo Carreira, Joana Rafael and Vasco Portugal. It operates as a Provider of AI-based autonomous store solutions for offline retail stores. Sensei has raised $23.3M in funding from investors like BlueCrow, Iberis Capital and Seaya. The company has 223 active competitors, including 71 funded and 22 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Trax, Presto and Trigo.
Company Details
Provider of AI-based autonomous store solutions for offline retail stores. The platform offers real-time video recognition software to digitize physical stores with autonomous and check-out-free solutions. Its software offers AI-powered algorithms and computer visions for cameras gathering and analyzing data on people and product performance in stores, enabling brick-and-mortar retailers to analyze the customers. It offers autonomous pods, cabs and stores solution.
- Website
- www.sensei.tech/
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$23.3M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
19th among 223 active competitors
Employee Count
108 as on May 31, 2026
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Sensei's funding and investors
Sensei has raised a total funding of $23.3M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 01, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 23, 2024 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. Sensei has 16 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Sensei:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 23, 2024 | 6379605 | Series A | 2864002 | 4348300 | 3198426 | 4804628 |
Apr 28, 2021 | 7193153 | Seed | 1590557 | 2264566 | 1437266 | |
Mar 06, 2018 | 9191759 | Grant (prize money) | 3872466 | 6307648 | 7972608 |
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Sensei's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Sensei are Nuno Moutinho, Paulo Carreira, Joana Rafael and Vasco Portugal. Vasco Portugal is the CEO of Sensei.
Here are the details of Sensei's key team members:
- Nuno Moutinho: Co-Founder & CTO of Sensei. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Paulo Carreira: Chief Scientific Officer (co-founder) of Sensei.
- Joana Rafael: Co-Founder & COO of Sensei. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Vasco Portugal: Co-Founder & CEO of Sensei.
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Sensei's employee count trend
Sensei has 108 employees as of May 26. Here is Sensei's employee count trend over the years:
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Sensei's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Sensei include Trax, Presto and Trigo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Sensei, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Cloud-based data analytics solutions for retail shelf management | $1.03B | 81/100 | ||
2nd | Presto 2008, San Carlos (United States), Public | Provider of voice artificial intelligence automation for drive-thru restaurants | $82.6M | 73/100 | |
3rd | Platform offering self-checkout and digitized operations for grocery retailers | $199M | 67/100 | ||
4th | AiFi 2016, Santa Clara (United States), Series B | Developer of a platform providing spatial intelligence and real-time insights | $90.7M | 65/100 | |
5th | Zippin 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Provider of an AI platform for checkout-free shopping experiences in stores | $45M | 64/100 | |
6th | Caper 2015, Brooklyn (United States), Acquired | Provider of AI-powered shopping carts and related retail technology solutions | $12.7M | 63/100 | |
7th | Provider of AI-based video analytics solution for video surveillance | $53.8M | 62/100 | ||
8th | AWM 2016, Aliso Viejo (United States), Series A | Provider of AI-based business automation solution for retail businesses | $45.1M | 62/100 | |
9th | Focal systems 2015, Menlo Park (United States), Series B | AI-based suite solution for offline businesses | $28.4M | 61/100 | |
10th | Provider of retail solutions including technology, lighting, interior, and related services | - | 60/100 | ||
19th | Provider of AI-based autonomous store solutions for offline retail stores | $23.3M | 52/100 |
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Sensei's Investments and acquisitions
Sensei has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Sensei
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News related to Sensei
Media has covered Sensei for 1 event in last 1 year, It was about company updates.
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Sensei equips Pharma&Go with autonomous tech for its Lisbon healthcare store.Retail Technology Innovation Hub•Dec 11, 2025•Sensei
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Sérvulo advises Sensei on largest autonomous store launchiberianlawyer.com•Jan 20, 2025•Srvulo, Sensei
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Sensei hires Laurents Fricke as Chief Financial Officer and Nicola Luise as Country Manager for ItalyRetail Technology Innovation Hub•Nov 15, 2024•Sensei, Trivago
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Contactles stores to grow in Europe as Sensei raises another $16 millionesdelatino.com•Oct 23, 2024•Sensei, BlueCrow, Lince Capital, Explorer Investments and 7 others
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Colibri Express autonomous store opens on motorway in Portugal, powered by Sensei retail technologyRetail Technology Innovation Hub•Jun 27, 2024•Colibri Digital, Sensei
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Italian job for autonomous store technology firm Sensei as Conad opens Grab and Go store in TrentoRetail Technology Innovation Hub•May 10, 2024•Sensei, Conad
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