The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Rhode Island. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

1. Revenue potential
2. Leadership team
3. Brand/product traction
4. Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

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10. Restaurent

Founded: 2022

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island

“We believe in opening the door to allow anyone to book any venue for any occasion.”

9. Kiffik Biomedical

Founded: 2018

“KIFFIK means “How are you doing?”

KIFFIK Biomedical is committed to answering this question by furthering the science of interstitial fluid (ISF). A visionary med-tech pioneer, our non-invasive continuous, biomonitoring platform revolutionizes the collection and monitoring of biomarkers, unlocking physiologic clues to our health. KIFFIK is shaping the future of healthcare, creating a better quality of life for patients, providing personalized clinical decision support for providers, and facilitating therapeutic developments in life and animal sciences.

Bringing WHAT IF to life”

8. Jaia Robotics

Founded: 2020

“For commercial, industrial, military, government and academic aquatic data collection and payload delivery. A new micro-sized, low cost, high speed aquatic robotic system that operates in coastal waters, estuaries, rivers and lakes in pods of 1 -20 JaiaBots from depths of 1 to 100 meters. Jaia Robotics provides customers with JaiaBot systems or can provide a full data collection service JaiaBots as a Service (JaaS).”

7. Surv

Founded: 2017

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island

“Surv is a local helping hands service that does anything from move your couch, to paint your whole home, to assist at your event. For us, it’s more than an odd-job. By connecting Neighbors with hardworking Local Workers, we build lasting relationships that can uplift a community.”

6. DIMO

Founded: 2020

“We build mobility products and services on the DIMO platform.”

5. HavocAI

Founded: 2024

“HavocAI is revolutionizing maritime autonomy. Founded in 2024, HavocAI is bringing scalable maritime autonomy solutions and our ultra-low cost, high-rate production sUSVs (Uncrewed Surface Vessels) to the defense and commercial markets at the speed of relevance. HavocAI is poised to field thousands of autonomous multi-mission maritime assets in domains of pressing need, providing genuinely affordable mass efficiently and expeditiously.”

4. SquadLocker

Founded: 2011

Also honored in: 

• 2023 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2022 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2021 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Warwick
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Warwick
• 2018 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island

“SquadLocker is the leading custom apparel and gear software and fulfillment company transforming how sports organizations, schools, and businesses develop and distribute custom goods. Through its collaborative software platform, SquadLocker offers a suite of free services that free up time, offer brand control, and alleviate the burdens of managing and distributing custom apparel and gear. SquadLocker is powered by a team focused on helping teachers, coaches, mentors, and youth leaders win back time to help every kid realize and reach their full potential.”

3. Intus Care

Founded: 2019

Also honored in:

• 2023 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2022 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2022 Best Tech Startups in Providence

“Intus Care is innovating long-term care with a team of healthy aging advocates. Through automated software and expert consultants, Intus Care streamlines operations and improves care outcomes in PACE and managed care programs across the country.”

2. The Wanderlust Group

Founded: 2014

Also honored in: 

• 2022 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2021 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Newport
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island
• 2018 Best Tech Startups in Rhode Island

“The Wanderlust Group is the team behind Dockwa, Marinas.com, and Campouts (forthcoming). We build marketplaces and technology platforms that connect adventurers to destinations and help those destinations grow. You’ll find our apps and software used by more than 250,000 people, across 15,000 destinations in more than 30 countries. The Wanderlust Group is a remote-first company because we believe time spent outdoors, connected to nature, makes all of our work better.”

1. REGENT

Founded: 2020

Also honored in: 2022 Best Tech Startups in Burlington (Massachusetts)

“REGENT’s mission is to drastically reduce the time and cost of moving people and goods between coastal cities. Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water’s surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat. Built to the same safety standards as all modern aircraft and watercraft, our vehicle will service routes up to 180 miles with existing battery technology and routes up to 500 miles with next-gen batteries, all via existing dock infrastructure. Our world-class team of aerospace and maritime engineers are leveraging maritime vehicle development pathways to bring our zero-emission, high-speed seagliders to market within five years.”