Retail ecommerce

Alokai

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Founded 2020Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Alokai is an award-winning and pioneering global technology startup setting a new standard in online shopping. Alokai is a Frontend as a Service solution that simplifies composable commerce. It connects all the technologies needed to build and deploy fast & scalable ecommerce frontends.Founded in 2021, Alokai (prev. Vue Storefront) is a best-in-class composable commerce solution and market-leading Frontend as a Service currently used by 3000+ live stores around the world. With a remote, global team of 100+ people and offices in San Francisco and Warsaw, Poland, customers include Movado, SPAR Inc., or Brompton Bikes. Supported by 130+ partners and a community of 10,000+ developers, Alokai and its leaders are recipients of several industry awards, including Europe’s top tech startup prize and recognition from Forbes magazine.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously Vue Storefront

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Patrick Friday

Founder

I have 10 years of experience in B2B Sales & Marketing. Since 2012 I worked mainly with iOS/Android apps, starting at Vivino, and then other startups & agencies in the eCommerce industry. As I was both on the product & agency side I have a good understanding what it takes to build amazing products but also handle the development of it. After seeing great developments in Web and gap in the market for great eCommerce frontend framework I started Vue Storefront with my Co-Founder Filip in 2017.

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Filip Rakowski

Founder

I started programming at 13 and worked with eCommerce stacks from the very beginning. Previously involved in Open Loyalty, SAP Spartacus. Heavily focused on the human side of development and its correlation to business values.

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Bart Roszkowski

Founder

Boasting three successful exits in e-commerce, fintech, and B2B: 🌐 Vue Storefront: Transformed a startup into a $100M+ valued leader. 💼 mfind.pl: Made it Poland's 2nd largest insurance aggregator. 🚀 Nexto: Innovated the CEE digital reading scene with Zinio. Skills: Strategic Vision: Expertise in business growth. Team Leadership: Passion for inspiring teams. Capital Acumen: Secured $40M+ funding.

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100team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2020 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedWarsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland; Remote
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Operating · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website explicitly reports customer or user adoption. This is a source-based assessment of a company claim; scale and revenue are not independently verified.

Company website: about Checked 2026-09-23

Loved by developers, Alokai provides a whole ecosystem of ready architecture, out-of-the-box integrations, and other frontend services that can work together or independently to cover the entire frontend development cycle – from build to launch.

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