Our story so far
The Veeqo journey is just beginning – but look how far we’ve come already.
2013
February
2013
And so it begins...
Retailer Matt Warren starts building Veeqo from his home in Swansea, South Wales. He also begins raising investment via crowdfunding, becoming the first Welsh company to do so.
2014
September
2014
Veeqo beta version released
Veeqo is released to a small handful of customers in beta mode. It integrates with Shopify, Amazon and Royal Mail, giving ecommerce retailers the ability to manage their inventory and orders across multiple channels from a single, cloud-based platform.
2015
February
2015
Veeqo lives!
Veeqo is launched to the world, and officially out of beta – complete with a new eBay integration. $670k is raised through crowdfunding and the first full-time Veeqo employees are hired.
2015
May
2015
$1m seed funding raised
Veeqo raises $1m of seed funding from retail magnate and founder of retail chain New Look, Tom Singh.
2016
January
2016
Product listing and iPhone app live
Veeqo gets its next major update – a brand new listing tool, allowing retailers to easily sell multichannel. Also released is an iPhone app that offers reporting, stock taking and barcode scanning capabilities, all designed to help retailers save time.
2016
March
2016
Shipping firm ParcelBright acquired
Veeqo acquires London-based shipping startup ParcelBright. Veeqo customers can now easily ship internationally, and are also offered discounted shipping rates and tracking facilities – all within a single platform.
2016
December
2016
$1.6m raised through crowdfunding
Veeqo raises $1.6m on the crowdfunding platform Seedrs, at a company valuation of $10m. The investment is used to improve the Veeqo software, and expand the team – with new roles created across engineering, marketing, sales and support.
July 2017
Welsh Goverment invests into Veeqo
Veeqo is granted an investment of $700k by the Welsh Government, with a commitment to create another 170 jobs in the business over the next three years
August 2017
Veeqo Marketplace is born
Our brand new app store, the Veeqo Marketplace, is launched – giving retailers and third party developers the opportunity to build brand new features and functionality on the Veeqo platform
October 2017
Veeqo Scanner is launched
Our first ever hardware device, the Veeqo Scanner, promises to bring enterprise-level logistics opportunities to retailers of all sizes.
