Operating Company Software

Tulip

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Tulip is the world’s largest cloud-based retail customer engagement platform, providing Clienteling and POS capabilities that help retailers deliver personalized omnichannel shopping experiences and improve loyalty, conversion, and associate productivity.

Focus Areas
Retail clienteling, AI customer engagement, Associate enablement
Website
www.tulip.com

Tracked deals

6

6 tracked deals across 2020-2026.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

6 buyout

Tulip Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 5 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 5 years for Tulip. 2 2020 1 2022 1 2024 1 2025 ~1 est. 1 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Tulip and Salesfloor Merge to Form Largest AI-Powered Retail Clienteling Platform
    March 24, 2026
    Buyer
    Tulip, Salesfloor
    Target
    Salesfloor
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Tulip and Salesfloor announced a strategic merger to form a combined company under the Tulip brand, positioned as the largest global provider of AI-powered customer engagement (clienteling) solutions for retailers. The combined platform is intended to unify retail store technology, connect customer data with associates and digital touchpoints, and scale personalized outreach to improve loyalty, conversion, and customer lifetime value.

  • Salesfloor Acquires Clientela
    April 21, 2025
    Buyer
    Salesfloor
    Target
    Clientela
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    New York, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Montreal-based Salesfloor has acquired Clientela, a clienteling and retail engagement software provider, to expand its omnichannel customer engagement and add Clientela’s headless clienteling technology. The deal strengthens Salesfloor’s product capabilities and extends its reach into Clientela’s strong European retail customer base.

  • Tulip Acquires Humankind
    December 5, 2024
    Buyer
    Tulip
    Target
    Humankind
    Industry
    Retail
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Tulip, a cloud-based retail customer engagement and POS platform, has acquired Humankind, an eCommerce clienteling and conversational commerce SaaS provider. The acquisition integrates Humankind’s eCommerce clienteling product and customers into Tulip’s clienteling platform to deliver a unified omnichannel person-to-person customer engagement solution for retailers.

  • Salesfloor Acquires Conversational AI Provider Automat
    January 13, 2022
    Buyer
    Salesfloor
    Target
    Automat
    Industry
    AI & Machine Learning
    Location
    Quebec, Canada
    Type
    Buyout

    Salesfloor acquired Montreal-based conversational AI provider Automat to integrate guided shopping, product recommendations and personalization into its virtual shopping and clienteling platform. The deal brings Automat’s AI capabilities (used by brands such as L’Oréal and Colgate-Palmolive) into Salesfloor’s platform to boost omnichannel retail personalization and sales performance.

  • Tulip Acquires Timekit
    November 24, 2020
    Buyer
    Tulip
    Target
    Timekit
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Tulip, a provider of cloud-based retail mobile and clienteling solutions, has acquired Timekit, an API-first appointment scheduling and resource management platform based in San Francisco. The deal will integrate Timekit's scheduling API into Tulip's Clienteling application to expand Tulip's omnichannel retail capabilities and accelerate product innovation.

  • Tulip Acquires Blueday to Expand In-Store Analytics and Performance Management
    August 20, 2020
    Buyer
    Tulip
    Target
    Blueday Inc.
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Massachusetts, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Tulip, a cloud-based retail mobile solutions provider, acquired Blueday Inc., a Boston-based provider of store performance management SaaS, to enhance Tulip’s in-store analytics and omnichannel capabilities. Blueday’s CEO Graeme Grant joins Tulip as Executive Vice President, Analytics to lead retail analytics and business development.

Related Acquisition Pages

Cloud & SaaS Buyers & Acquisitions 4 tracked deals by Tulip. AI & Machine Learning Buyers & Acquisitions 1 tracked deal by Tulip. Retail Buyers & Acquisitions 1 tracked deal by Tulip. Acquisitions in California 2 tracked deals by Tulip. Acquisitions in Massachusetts 1 tracked deal by Tulip. Acquisitions in New York 1 tracked deal by Tulip.

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