# Raz Golan

> Raz Golan is the CEO and co-founder of Shopic, a Tel Aviv-based retail technology company that makes a clip-on device that snaps onto standard grocery carts and turns them into AI-powered smart carts. A veteran of Israel's Unit 8200 and a former Check Point security researcher, Golan started Shopic in 2015 with Eran Kravitz and Dan Bendler after concluding that big supermarkets did not need a new cart - they needed a small computer that could ride along on the one they already owned.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Shopic
- **Organizations:** Shopic, Semanix, Check Point Software Technologies, Israel Defense Forces (Unit 8200)
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Ruppin Academic Center
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Shopic, a retail tech company valued in the hundreds of millions, Raised over $57M in total funding, including a $35M Series B led by Qualcomm Ventures, Deployed clip-on smart cart technology across multiple grocery chains

## Career timeline

- **pre-2013** — Security researcher, Israel Defense Forces (Unit 8200)
- **pre-2013** — Security researcher at Check Point Software Technologies
- **2013** — Co-founded Semanix as VP Product
- **2015** — Co-founded Shopic with Eran Kravitz and Dan Bendler
- **2022-08** — Closed $35M Series B led by Qualcomm Ventures
- **2022** — Announced U.S. market expansion
- **2024** — Additional $10M raise to reach world's largest grocery chains

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Shopic, a retail tech company valued in the hundreds of millions
- Raised over $57M in total funding, including a $35M Series B led by Qualcomm Ventures
- Deployed clip-on smart cart technology across multiple grocery chains
- Reported up to 8% increase in shoppers' monthly spend at deployed stores
- Grew Shopic to more than 80 employees

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Shopic secured additional $10M to bring frictionless shopping to the world's largest grocery chains
- **2022-08** — Closed $35M Series B led by Qualcomm Ventures

## Links

- Website: https://shopic.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/razgo/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UseShopic
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shopic/760819233975151

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Last updated: 2026-07-08