Leap is building the world’s largest network of branded retail stores – powered by data, technology, and scale. Leap’s platform enables brands to deploy stores that work in concert with ecommerce more rapidly at reduced cost and risk.

Leap helps direct to consumer brands secure their own stores.  The company raised a $50 million Series B in January 2022.  While many Direct to Consumer brands do need a retail footprint, this is a tricky market to be in because you need to guess which customers will have enough staying power.  And then, you could end up just being training wheels for when they can operate their own stores without Leap’s help.

Retail Dive: Leap raises $15M in fresh capital