Best Retail Companies in Colombia
The 161 best Retail companies in Colombia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Frubana.
Colombia's Retail sector has 161 companies tracked here, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, with a combined $706M raised across the cohort. Frubana leads at $289M, Kite follows at $200M, and those two alone account for roughly 69% of the total pool. That concentration tells you something real about where investor conviction has landed: B2B food distribution and commerce infrastructure, not consumer-facing retail in the traditional sense. One unicorn has emerged. Backers like Y Combinator, FJ Labs, and Rockstart keep appearing in the cap tables, which I'd read as a signal that global accelerator money sees Colombia as a genuine proving ground, not a footnote.
The broader global retail market sits at roughly $795.6B in 2024 and is projected to reach $1,283.6B by 2034 at a 4.0% CAGR, with GenAI and immersive tech driving the demand shift. Across 806 retail and catalog apps globally, median install growth is running around +20% YoY, so the digital channel is genuinely live right now. DMart's fresh Gurgaon lease and DLF doubling its retail footprint reflect the same physical-plus-digital expansion logic playing out across emerging markets. So where does Colombia fit? Right in the middle of that tension, building the supply-chain rails before the consumer wave fully arrives.
- Shein's “Supply Chain as a Service”: Reshaping Retail Logistics
- DIY retailers: number of stores in Austria 2011-2022
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Colombia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frubana Platform offering a digital marketplace for food and grocery products directly from suppliers | $289M | 25 mo ago | Series C | — | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — |
| 2 | Kite AI-based Tech first brand acquirers for e-commerce brands | $200M | 38 mo ago | Deadpooled | Rob Solomon Co-Founder & CEO | 2010 | — | — |
| 3 | Chiper Online B2B platform offering multi-category products | $78M | 55 mo ago | Series B | — | 2018 | WordPressMySQLFirebase+21 | — |
| 4 | Laika Online retailer of pet supplies | $65M | 53 mo ago | Series B | Manuela Sanchez Villamarin Co-Founder | 2017 | PHPFacebook LoginGoogle Sign-in+36 | — |
| 5 | Elenas Online social marketplace platform offering multi-category products | $28M | 44 mo ago | Series B | Thomas Harsch Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 6 | Blush-Bar Retail chains of cosmetic products | $10M | 81 mo ago | Series A | Claudia Lloreda Founder | 2015 | VTEXDoofinderAnimate.css+27 | 2 job openings · 1 expansion |
| 7 | Pandas Online retail platform offering multi-category consumer electronic products | $6M | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | FirebaseAstroHSTS+2 | — |
| 8 | Neta Provider of online-to-offline e-commerce platform leveraging retail stores and social commerce | $5M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Diana Corona Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 9 | Refurbi Online platform offering refurbished electronic products | $4M | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyPostHog+18 | — |
| 10 | Frate Provider of software solutions to manage returns for Shopify store owners | $4M | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 11 | Celes Provider of retail solutions for e-commerce businesses | $4M | 25 mo ago | Seed | Luis Ballestas Ayala Co-Founder | 2022 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowGSAP+21 | — |
| 12 | Cubbo Provider of web-based micro-fulfillment for e-commerce businesses | $4M | 48 mo ago | Seed | Brian York Co-Founder & CEO | 2003 | WebflowZohoIntercom+26 | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Rocketfy Provider of storefront solutions for e-commerce businesses | $2M | 41 mo ago | Seed | Alejandro Kratc Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 14 | Sumer Platform offering solution to create virtual store for businesses | $2M | 53 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | WordPressCart FunctionalitySentry+16 | — |
| 15 | trendierco Online marketplace for second-hand multi-category fashion products | $2M | 97 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 16 | Grability Mobile commerce solution provider | $1M | 138 mo ago | Seed | Sebastian Mejia Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 17 | OFERTALDIA Online platform offering deals and offers for multi-category products | $180K | 168 mo ago | Deadpooled | Javier Gonzalez Founder | 2011 | — | — |
| 18 | Bluu Platform offering software solution for fashion resellers | $125K | 59 mo ago | Deadpooled | Javier Mendez Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 19 | Preki Provider of a marketplace for buying & selling products | $125K | 62 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | — | — |
| 20 | Valienta Online reselling platform offering multi-category products | $125K | 71 mo ago | Seed | Juan Camilo Vallejo Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
Top 12 Retail companies in Colombia
#1
Seed · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2018 · 10 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Online platform offering refurbished electronic products. It offers refurbished electronic products such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, speakers, and more.
#2
Series C · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2018 · 1700 employees$289.3Mraised▾
Platform offering a digital marketplace for food and grocery products directly from suppliers. It is an online platform connecting restaurants with farmers and suppliers through a digital marketplace, aiming to streamline the supply chain and reduce costs for the food service industry in Latin America. The company's platform offers a variety of food products and has secured significant funding to expand its operations.
- May 2024Series C$30.1M
- Oct 2021Series C$157.3M
- Apr 2021Series B$65M
- Jan 2020Series A$25M
#3
Deadpooled · Colombia · founded 2010 · 27 employees$200Mraised▾
AI-based Tech first brand acquirers for e-commerce brands. It is a commerce company that helps brands develop the infrastructure and technologies they need to scale their businesses to customers across e-commerce, social, retail, and more. The company claims to use AI and API to help in operation management, manufacturing process, supply chain management, design, and customer acquisition. It uses predictive, assistive, and evaluative AI for customer acquisition The company also invests in, acquires, and operates brands.
#4
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 5 employees$4.1Mraised▾
Developer of a peer-to-peer return matching platform designed to increase profits and decrease emissions. The company's platform helps to drop ship returns from customer to customer, enabling retailers by decreasing the costs and environmental damage associated with returns.
#5
Seed · Barranquilla, Atlantico · founded 2022 · 24 employees$4Mraised▾
Provider of retail solutions for e-commerce businesses. Its solutions include inventory management, analytics, customer loyalty management, and more.
- May 2024Seed$3M
- Jul 2023Seed$1M
#6
Series B · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2017$78Mraised▾
Chiper is an online B2B platform offering multi-category products. Its product offerings include home care accessories, sports & fitness, clothing, food & beverages, baby products, and more. The mobile application is available for Andriod and iOS users
#7
Series B · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2017$65.2Mraised▾
Online retailer of pet supplies
#8
Series B · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2018 · 359 employees$28Mraised▾
Online social marketplace platform offering multi-category products. The platform allows users to sell products through their social networks. Also, users can buy products in categories such as beauty, fashion, electronics, sports, and more. Its app is available on the Android platform.
#9
Seed · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2021 · 23 employees$6.3Mraised▾
Online retail platform offering multi-category consumer electronic products. The product catalog includes smartphones, mobile accessories, audio & video devices, computer accessories, and more from various brands.
- May 2022Seed$6.3M
#10
Seed · Bogota, Bogota · founded 2003 · 50 employees$4Mraised▾
Provider of web-based micro-fulfillment for e-commerce businesses. The platform provides integration to an eCommerce platform and provides access to the network of warehouses distributed in the city. It helps to manage inventory and also receive notifications when the inventory needs reorganization. It also offers its own logistic tools to edit, create, cancel and manage all the orders directly on the platform. The company offers solutions on the subscription-based policy.
#11
Seed · Envigado, Antioquia · founded 2018$2Mraised▾
Provider of storefront solutions for e-commerce businesses. The platform provides e-commerce businesses a tool to sell product online. Features includes a payment gateway, shipment management, logistics insights, and more.
#12
Seed · Medellin, Antioquia · founded 2020 · 64 employees$4.9Mraised▾
Provider of online-to-offline e-commerce platform leveraging retail stores and social commerce. The company facilitates transactions through existing mom-and-pop stores. It focuses on providing services through social commerce channels.
- Oct 2021Seed$4.9M
Funding & investor landscape
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