General Catalyst, GGV Capital, Y Combinator, Foundation Capital, 1984 Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Founders’ Co-op, Soma Capital, Firebolt Ventures, Initialized Capital
Company Traction
As of June 2023, Shelf Engine has helped customers expand their average gross margin by 15% and save 5 hours of labor per category, per store, per week.
As of March 2021, Shelf Engine was in 2,000+ grocery stores, adding 200 per month.
In 2021, Shelf Engine prevented 4.5 million pounds of food waste.
Leadership Team
Stefan Kalb: Co-Founder & CEO of Shelf Engine. Former CEO at Molly’s Salads.
Bede Jordan: Co-Founder & CTO of Shelf Engine. Former Principal Software Engineering Lead, HoloLens at Microsoft.
Ryan Conti: COO at Shelf Engine. Former Director of Sales Operations at Fundera.
Austin White-Gaynor: Head of Data Science at Shelf Engine. Former Lead Data Scientist at Macy’s.
Ben Schmidlin: VP of Growth at Shelf Engine. Former VP of Sales and Marketing at Robert Rothschild Farm.
