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Best Retail Companies in Rhode Island, United States

The 61 best Retail companies in Rhode Island, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dijipop.

61companies tracked
$7.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
14have raised

Ranked: Best Retail companies in Rhode Island

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Dijipop
Cloud-based software tool to monetize ads
$3M187 mo agoAcquiredJi Kim
Founder & CEO
2009———
2WhatsGood
SBOBET88: Trusted online SBOBET agent for sports betting and mixparlay
$2M67 mo agoDeadpooled—2014———
3Knack Bags
Internet first brand offering bags
$912K63 mo agoSeed—2017Shogun Page BuilderShopifyTailwind CSS+40——
4Sproutel
Interactive disease management for children
$642K133 mo agoSeed—2012—18 patents
Social-emotional learning and behavior-monitoring tech for children and clinical trial participants
—
5Manpacks
Internet first brand offering subscription-based multi-category men's grooming products
$500K179 mo agoDeadpooledKen Johnson
Co-Founder
2009———
6LunaYou
App based community platform for mothers
$125K49 mo agoSeed—2022———
7A Curated World
Online shopping for handcrafted goods
$50K171 mo agoSeedKay McGowan
Founder
2012———
8Brilliantly
Internet first brand offering heating bra pads for women
$20K37 mo agoSeedKristen Carbone
Founder & CEO
2017———

Top 12 Retail companies in Rhode Island

#1
Deadpooled · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2014 · 23 employees
$1.9Mraised
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SBOBET88: Trusted online SBOBET agent for sports betting and mixparlay. A platform providing official online sports betting games since 2004, trusted globally. Offers fair play and potential for significant daily profits. Licensed by Pagcor, First Cagayan, and Isle of Man, ensuring a secure and reliable experience. Specializes in online sports betting, particularly soccer, with diverse options like handicap, mixparlay, and over/under. SBOBET88 serves Indonesian sports betting enthusiasts, providing a user-friendly platform. Offers login and registration.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed$1M
  • Jan 2016Seed$841.9K
#2
Acquired · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2009 · 3 employees
$3Mraised
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Dijipop provides a cloud-based software tool to monetize ads. It is a shopper marketing technology company that powers on-demand digital merchandising and advertising. They power monetization and optimization of digital shelf space for retailers and their consumer brands or advertisers.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2010Seed$2M
  • Dec 2010Angel$1M
Founders & team
Ji KimFounder & CEO
Investors
Angel Street Capital
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpUbuntuApache Http Server
#3
Seed · Barrington, Rhode Island · founded 2017 · 9 employees
$911.6Kraised
▾

Internet first brand offering bags

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Seed$258.4K
  • Sep 2019Seed$653.1K
Tech stack
AddshoppersAmazon PayAmerican ExpressApple PayAttentiveBootstrap
#4
Seed · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2012 · 14 employees
$642Kraised
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Interactive learning and disease management for children. Combines story apps with electronic plush toys to teach children how to monitor their blood glucose levels, maintain a healthy diet, and recognize their symptoms. Also connects to the web for parents to track their children's learning.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2015Grant (prize money)$150K
  • Nov 2013Angel$350K
  • Nov 2012Angel$278K
  • Apr 2012Angel$14K
Investors
JumpStart Ventures, RevUp Capital, Radicle Capital
#5
Seed · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2022 · 4 employees
$125Kraised
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App based community platform for mothers. The platform provides solution for women going through pregnancy and postpartum pregnancy. The platform offers features to track blood pressure, sleep, step count, record notes, attend virtual events, interact with new moms, and more.

Funding rounds
  • May 2022Seed$125K
#6
Deadpooled · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2009 · 10 employees
$500Kraised
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Internet first brand offering subscription-based multi-category men's grooming products. The company offers packed boxes on subscription which includes products like razors, shaving creams, toiletries, socks, innerwear, condoms, etc. The packed boxes are curated according to user preferences.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2011Angel$500K
Founders & team
Ken JohnsonCo-FounderAndrew DraperCo - Founder
Investors
500 Global, Hinge Capital, Kima Ventures, RevUp Capital
#7
Seed · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2017
$20Kraised
▾

Internet first brand offering heating bra pads for women

Founders & team
Kristen CarboneFounder & CEO
Investors
Techstars
#8
Seed · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2012
$50Kraised
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A Curated World is an online shopping destination for handcrafted goods from around the world. They portray collections of fashion and home decor items that are designed and produced by local artisans from around the world. Through the essays and videos that are shared on the site, customers get a glimpse into the lives of the artisans and designers. They do not stock any inventory. All the products are crafted once an order is placed.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2012Seed$50K
Founders & team
Kay McGowanFounder
Investors
RevUp Capital
#9
Funding Raised · Cranston, Rhode Island · founded 2006
$15Kraised
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Retailer of baby & children's clothing

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$15K
Founders & team
Julie NavarroOwner
Investors
Citizens Bank
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsEnvoy
#10
Funding Raised · Warwick, Rhode Island · founded 2018
$15Kraised
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Operates retail store of gifting and stationary products

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$15K
Founders & team
Nicole ObrienOwner
Investors
Citizens Bank
#11
Deadpooled · Providence, Rhode Island · founded 2013
$12Kraised
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Designer Material is an online marketplace for designers, architects, fashion houses, and product brands to search for, source, and buy materials to make their products. Designer Material helps in easy procurement of raw material by taking expert material knowledge and creating a curated marketplace of new and hard-to-source materials that is free to access online. The site is tailored specifically for the design community and captures a percentage of each sale competitive with industry distribution rates.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2013Seed$12K
Founders & team
Matt GrigsbyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
RevUp Capital, Cherubic Ventures
#12
Funding Raised · Cranston, Rhode Island · founded 1895 · 750 employees
—raised
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Retailer of jewelry, watches and crystal decorations. The company offers a variety of jewelry, watches, accessories, and decorations. The company provides items such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, watches, pens, smartphone cases, key rings, sunglasses, and home decor.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 378k LinkedIn followers — 97.4% of this cohort's audience · 416 engagements/post (14.0× cohort median)
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Giardino Cordusio) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Daniel SwarovskiFounder
Investors
Europa, Ihk-Muenchen, Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud Mail

Funding & investor landscape

$7.2Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
16disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
MassChallenge4 rounds
RevUp Capital4 rounds
Citizens Bank2 rounds
500 Global1 rounds
Angel Street Capital1 rounds
Austria Wirtschaftsservice1 rounds
Brentwood Associates1 rounds
Cherubic Ventures1 rounds
Dumbarton Ventures1 rounds
Europa1 rounds

Notable founders

Ji Kim
Founder & CEO · Dijipop
Ken Johnson
Co-Founder · Manpacks
Andrew Draper
Co - Founder · Manpacks
Kristen Carbone
Founder & CEO · Brilliantly
Kay McGowan
Founder · A Curated World
Julie Navarro
Owner · mod mama
Nicole Obrien
Owner · Operation Made
Matt Grigsby
Co-Founder & CEO · Materialist
Daniel Swarovski
Founder · Swarovski
Mark Aramli
CEO and Founder · BedJet
Kevin Mowrer
Founder/Co-CEO HUGE! Play · Huge Play
Adrian Roche
Co-CEO · Huge Play
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 13,857,502 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Retail coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Retail companies are there in Rhode Island, United States?
Radar tracks 61 indexable Retail companies headquartered in Rhode Island, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Retail companies in Rhode Island, United States?
The Retail companies in Rhode Island, United States on this list have raised a combined $7.2M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Retail company in Rhode Island, United States?
Dijipop is the highest-funded Retail company in Rhode Island, United States, with $3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Retail companies in Rhode Island, United States are funded?
11 of the 61 Retail companies in Rhode Island, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Retail unicorns are there in Rhode Island, United States?
None of the Retail companies in Rhode Island, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Rhode Island, United States Retail companies?
The most active investors in Rhode Island, United States Retail companies on this list include MassChallenge, RevUp Capital, Citizens Bank, 500 Global, Angel Street Capital.
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