Shepper

Founded in London in 2016 by Ben Prouty, Carl August Ameln and Jan Vanhoutte, Shepper connects global clients with a distributed network of vetted 'Sheppers' who carry out on-demand physical inspections, mystery shopping and data collection at a fraction of the cost of traditional field-research agencies. Clients including Allwyn, Lucky Saint and L'Oreal use the platform to check store compliance, product placement and site conditions without maintaining their own field teams.

Shepper raised a $5.4M Series A in 2018 co-led by Aviva Ventures and Idekapital, followed by further funding from Aviva Ventures, taking total funding to over $15M.