Rundoo Inc. which builds AI-native operating systems for independent supply stores, closed a $30 million Series B round led by Battery Ventures. Bessemer Venture Partners and CRV also participated. The funding brings total capital raised to $48 million.
The platform's core logic is straightforward: independent retailers—garden centers, hardware stores, building-supply shops—lack the data infrastructure of Walmart or Target but face identical competitive pressure. Rundoo's product suite integrates point-of-sale, customer relationship management, e-commerce, general ledger and loyalty programs through an AI agent called Dooey.
Dooey operates as an operational recommendation engine. A garden center can ask it to generate summer inventory orders; the system ingests historical sales data, local weather forecasts and known contractor bids to predict demand. It also suggests pricing tactics—for example, recommending a 20 percent discount on garden hoses before July Fourth to capitalize on seasonal outdoor spending.
Co-founder and CEO Nick Hershey, a Stanford math graduate who previously traded at a hedge fund, said the platform gives independent store owners "the same operational power that much larger corporations use to grow revenue and expand."
RunDoo has signed over 500 independent stores across the U.S. Canada and the Caribbean since launching in 2021. Co-founder Andrew Beckman, Hershey's former college roommate, brought software engineering experience from Silicon Valley.
The company targets a structural problem: independent retailers must absorb tariff volatility and oil shocks while competing against enterprises with dedicated analytics teams. Rundoo's pitch is that modern AI tools can commoditize that advantage.
