Saleor develops an open-source headless e-commerce platform and API that handles back-end commerce functionality while enabling developers to build custom front ends. The platform is used by brands including Lush and Breitling. Saleor positions itself as a composable alternative to traditional e-commerce tools such as CommerceTools and legacy vendors like Salesforce. The product originated as a project in 2013 and was spun out as a company in 2020 by founders Mirek Mencel and Patryk Zawadzki. The startup emphasizes a thriving open-source community alongside a commercial SaaS offering, which investors have cited as attractive. Saleor is described in the article as Poland- and U.S.-based. Saleor provides an API-first, open-source "headless" e-commerce platform that decouples backend commerce logic from presentation and exposes a GraphQL API for front-end engineers. The product originated at Mirumee Software with roots back to 2013 and was founded as Saleor in 2020. By 2018 the original six-person team shipped Saleor 2.0, and the company has grown to about 20 employees. Saleor emphasizes developer experience, scalability, extensibility and a fair-priced cloud offering as an alternative to proprietary, vendor-locked solutions. The team is committed exclusively to GraphQL and targets brands seeking differentiated front-end shopping experiences. The recent seed raise will fund expansion of the core team and accelerate development of Saleor Cloud and related GraphQL tooling.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2024