Queen One Secures $5.5M to Turn Static Commerce into Living Brand Experiences

Commerce is getting a much-needed creative overhaul. Queen One, a rising brand technology platform aiming to humanize and energize digital product experiences, has raised more than $5.5 million in Friends & Family funding, with backing from Charge VC, Inspired Capital, Red Swan Ventures, Prospeq, and an inner circle of founders and early collaborators.

Unlike many startups chasing AI buzzwords or incremental UX tweaks, Queen One is betting big on brand storytelling—not just as a marketing tool, but as a core business differentiator. The company wants to shift how consumers experience products online—less SKU, more soul.

From SKUs to Stories

Queen One's premise is refreshingly simple: every product has a story worth telling, and commerce platforms have done a lousy job of telling it. Where most online experiences reduce products to specs and data points, Queen One wants to infuse websites with life, movement, and emotional resonance.

“What Figma unlocked for designers, Queen One is now unlocking for brands,” said Brett Martin, Managing Partner at Charge VC. “They're turning static pages into living, breathing experiences.”

That kind of ambition is attracting serious attention. Inspired Capital’s Kamran Ali cited Queen One’s founding team as a rare blend of vision, execution, and cultural intelligence. “Reimagining how people experience commerce is a bold and timely mission,” he said, “and Queen One is the team to lead it.”

Already Moving Fast

Queen One isn’t just raising capital—it’s already building. The company has:

• Released its first product: Connect (powered by Dragon Tiles), a modular technology stack for brand storytelling.

• Secured $6 million in state economic development support to scale operations in New York.

• Grown to a 33-person team.

• Broken ground on the Rise & Fly Vision Centre, a sprawling 30,000 sq. ft. Brooklyn HQ designed to accelerate product, brand, and cultural innovation.

It's a bold move to anchor the company in Brooklyn, but one that fits CEO Ryan Urban’s ethos: “The time is now. New York is rising. I can’t think of a better place to build a worldscale company.”

Building Culture at Scale

Queen One is also shaping its internal culture with the same energy it brings to its products. Co-founder and COO Maricor Resente made it clear: this is a builder's company. “We know what it takes to work hard and ship big. Together with our investors, we’re ready to deliver immense value to every brand globally.”

Sandy Cass of Red Swan Ventures echoed that confidence: “Queen One isn’t iterating on the past — they’re architecting the future of commerce.”

In a digital landscape dominated by template-driven storefronts and one-size-fits-all engagement, Queen One is positioning itself as the connective tissue between performance and presence—between brands that sell, and brands that resonate.

And with over $5.5 million in new funding and momentum, it looks like Queen One isn’t just talking about a brand revolution—it’s building one.

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