Courier
Acquired
What they do:
The fastest way for developers to build notifications for their app.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Consumer Startups in California
This list has 974 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 147 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (868), Los Angeles (81), and San Diego (4). Largest teams: DoorDash, Airbnb, and GrubMarket. Latest round: Modal raised $750M (Oct 14, 2026).
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YouTeam
Acquired
What they do:
We make it easy for startups to hire engineers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bump
Acquired
What they do:
Bump, Flock, Photoroll (unreleased) => Google Photos
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Guilded
Acquired
What they do:
Chat for gaming communities
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Altro
Acquired
What they do:
Build Credit With Your Subscriptions
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Semantics3
Acquired
What they do:
Data and AI platform for Ecommerce & Cross-Border Logistics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hellosaurus
Acquired
What they do:
Interactive video platform for kids
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Product Hunt
Acquired
What they do:
The best new products in tech
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kinside
Acquired
What they do:
Powering the $648b Care Economy
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
NexTravel
Acquired
What they do:
NexTravel is a centralized travel booking platform that helps…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Nebia
Acquired
What they do:
Nebia is a breakthrough shower system, based on a premium experience,…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Beeper
Acquired
What they do:
One chat app to rule them all
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
MyVR
Acquired
What they do:
The open platform for the vacation rental industry.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Earbits
Acquired
What they do:
Google AdWords for music. Allowing bands and labels to bid for…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
ZumoDrive
Acquired
What they do:
Media in the cloud
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hingeto
Acquired
What they do:
A B2B marketplace that connects inventory to online stores
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Eternal
Acquired
What they do:
Own the best moments in streaming
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Edwin
Acquired
What they do:
Edwin is virtual English tutor - an AI-powered service for learning…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CarDash
Acquired
What they do:
Managed marketplace for automotive services.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Chute
Acquired
What they do:
Discover the photos and videos people are taking of your brand or…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Exec
Acquired
What they do:
Exec is a house cleaning service that users can book from their…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shopular
Acquired
What they do:
Deals, Coupons & Cash Back for your favorite stores.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pagelever
Acquired
What they do:
Facebook analytics. Acquired by Unified in January 2013.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GlassMap
Acquired
What they do:
Location sharing. Acquired by Groupon in 2013.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Leftronic
Acquired
What they do:
Business dashboards
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
All Screen
Acquired
What they do:
Connecting users with engaging video content across the web.…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Zencoder
Acquired
What they do:
Video Encoding API, Open source video player (video.js)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cue
Acquired
What they do:
Cue (formerly Greplin) is a free service that helps people make the most of their day. Cue intelligently ties together and surfaces useful information at the…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Lockitron
Acquired
What they do:
Lockitron makes electronic locks you can control locally from your…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Heyzap
Acquired
What they do:
Heyzap (acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2016) is one of the largest…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Posterous
Acquired
What they do:
Dead simple blogs by email
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Disqus
Acquired
What they do:
Add comments to your website.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Loopt
Acquired
What they do:
Loopt, based in Silicon-Valley and backed by leading venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates, has created an interoperable…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Knowmia
Acquired
What they do:
Pandora meets Yelp for K-12 educational videos. We match each…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kamcord
Acquired
What they do:
Our core thesis at Kamcord was that people do very interesting things on their phone screen but don't have a good way to capture and share those moments.…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Coin
Acquired
What they do:
A mobile wallet that allows you to pay everywhere credit cards are…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States