XRC Labs
68 5th Ave Fl 3, New York, 10011, United States
Overview
XRC Ventures is a New York City-based venture capital firm and startup accelerator focused on pre-Seed to Series A startups in the retail technology, consumer goods, and consumer healthtech sectors. Launched in 2015, XRC Ventures has invested in more than 130 startups. Notably, it was an early investor in: razor and personal care DTC brand Billie, tech-enabled resale service Recurate, and telemedicine solution MD Integrations. XRC Ventures invests in startups spanning: consumer brands, next gen commerce, generative AI, consumer healthtech, marketplace, e-com tech, store tech, data infrastructure, on-demand manufacturing, supply chain, analytics and marketing technology. The company champions diversity, inclusion and belonging in venture capital. Currently 49% of XRC Ventures’s portfolio companies have female founders, 35% female CEOs, 40% BIPOC founders and 34% BIPOC CEOs. XRC Ventures itself has an over 50% female staff, and the investment team is led by a female executive. XRC Ventures has three investments funds, which include: 1) Accelerator Fund: for pre-Seed to Seed startups in the retail technology, consumer healthtech and consumer product sectors 2) Opportunity Fund: for Seed to Series A startups also specializing in the retail technology and consumer healthtech sectors 3) Brand Capital Fund: focuses on Seed to Series A consumer product companies in Beauty, Personal Care, Home Goods, and Health and Wellness categories XRC Ventures has built a world-class ecosystem with 25 strategic partners including The Estée Lauder Companies, The TJX Companies, Inc., GS1 US and 370+ business mentors. They also partner with national conferences like NRF Retail's Big Show, Shoptalk, HLTH and others.
- Total investments
- 17
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 2
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Consumer Goods
- Finance
- Personal Health
- Retail
- Robotics
- Supply Chain Management
- Venture Capital
- Wellness
Investment portfolio
- Gather AI
Participated · Series B · Feb 2026
Gather AI offers a vision-based platform that equips off-the-shelf drones and strategically mounted cameras to scan barcodes, lot codes, expiration dates, damages, occupancy and other metrics across warehouse shelves. The system relies on classical Bayesian techniques combined with neural networks to create "curious" robots that decide what to inspect next, avoiding the hallucination issues seen in large language models. Data is fed directly into warehouse management systems so operators can detect low inventory, misplaced stock and safety risks, even in harsh environments like freezers. The technology stems from Carnegie Mellon University research where the founders built some of the first autonomous helicopters, positioning the company within the emerging "embodied AI" category. Customers include Kwik Trip, Axon, GEODIS and NFI Industries, and the team has grown to about 60 employees. To date, Gather AI has secured $74 million in venture funding that will be used to scale commercial deployments and enhance its product capabilities.
- OneImaging
Participated · Series A · Oct 2025
OneImaging offers an end-to-end digital platform that handles scheduling, prior authorization, insurance, pricing, and results delivery for medical imaging. By steering patients to its national network of accredited imaging centers, the company claims to cut imaging costs by up to 80 % while maintaining high quality of care. Employers use the service to curb rising healthcare spend, and the platform’s automated workflows reportedly lower partner imaging centers’ operating expenses by 30 % and reduce appointment cancellations from roughly 25 % to 1 %. In less than three years, OneImaging says it has grown 50× and now serves two million covered lives through integrations with major commercial health plans and relationships with multiple Fortune 100 employers. Key product features include upfront price transparency, real-time provider reimbursement, and financing options that shorten the traditional revenue-cycle timeline from months to instant payment. Founded by Elan Adler—whose prior experience spans Siemens Healthineers and the Cleveland Clinic—the company positions itself as the "magic pill" for affordable imaging. The platform addresses a large market need, as one in two Americans require imaging each year and high prices cause 37 % of patients to delay or skip care.
- Nectar Social
Participated · Seed · Jun 2025
Founded in 2023 by sisters Misbah and Farah Uraizee, Nectar Social provides an agentic social operating system and today launched Nectar Agent, an autonomous AI agent that operates in a brand’s voice across conversations. Nectar unifies social intelligence, community management, creator workflows, and conversational commerce with official data partnerships across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, and X. The company says it powers more than 10 million conversations a week, grew 5x in the prior three months, has engaged over 50 million consumers, and has attributed $100 million in revenue back to social for its customers. Nectar reports its agents perform the equivalent of roughly 20 hours of manual effort per task per week and that it powers more than 80% of brand social interactions for the customers it serves. Its customer roster includes e.l.f. Beauty, Babylist, Figma, Graza, Liquid Death, Kosas, Caraway, and many Fortune 500 brands. The company plans to deepen platform partnerships and expand Nectar Agent into new categories of brand work as it scales engineering and applied-AI teams.
- Fillogic
Participated · Series A · Nov 2023
Fillogic operates a technology-driven, channel-free logistics platform that converts under-utilized space in retail centers, such as shopping malls, into middle-mile logistics centers. The company offers local market logistics services and partners with enterprises, digital brands, and platform partners to expand its network. Founded in 2018 by CEO Bill Thayer, Fillogic is focused on building a logistics technology ecosystem across markets. The company reported 300% growth so far in 2023, adding new customers and partners. Fillogic intends to use its recent funding to accelerate product development and support nationwide expansion of its logistics network. Fillogic is a NYC-based Logistics-as-a-Service platform that operates mall-based micro distribution hubs to maximize efficiencies for retailers and freight delivery networks. Founded in 2018 by Bill Thayer and Rob Caucci, the company operates micro distribution hubs across the Northeast, including Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Its platform includes a Delivery Partner Network and proprietary routing technology to support last-mile and micro-distribution operations. The company raised a $2.5m seed round, bringing total funds raised to $3.5m to date. Proceeds will be used to expand the Fillogic Hub Network nationwide into key markets including the Mid-Atlantic, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Phoenix and San Francisco, and to support team growth. Fillogic plans further platform development to enhance its delivery partner capabilities and routing systems.
- Hilos
Participated · Seed · Mar 2023
Hilos develops modular footwear parts using 3D printers and thermoplastic polyurethane powder, with assemblies post-processed using AMT technology and supported by patented shoemaking techniques and digital tool chains. The company offers a “click-to-ship” on-demand manufacturing service to shoe brands so customers can order shoes made locally on Hilos printers. The model is intended to speed customer turnaround, reduce inventory needs, and cut carbon emissions tied to foreign manufacturing. Hilos already generates revenue, sells a branded line of clogs, heels, loafers and sandals priced $225–$375, and counts footwear brands like Helm Boots as customers. The startup is led by CEO and co-founder Elias Stahl and co-founder and chief creative officer Gaia Giladi and is based in Portland. The company said the funding will support scaling its local production and additive-manufacturing approach amid growing interest in localized supply chains and fashion sustainability.