E-commerce Infrastructure: Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026

Period-over-period comparison of e-commerce infrastructure startup engineering acceleration. How has the sector's engineering momentum changed between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026?

Startups (Q2 2026)

Startups (Q1 2026)

Avg Velocity (now)

Velocity Trend

-14%

Top 5 by Period

Q2 2026

1.saleor+999%

2.swellstores+999%

3.bic-org+999%

4.graycoreio+100%

5.juspay+80%

Q1 2026

1.tempoxyz+999%

2.BuilderIO+999%

3.swellstores+999%

4.Adyen+60%

5.ishgroup+50%

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