TaoFi
Acquired
What they do:
The financial layer for decentralized AI
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Fintech Startups in California
This list has 419 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 132 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (390), Los Angeles (20), and San Diego (3). Largest teams: Stripe, Coinbase, and Deel. Latest round: Remnant Financial Foundation raised $2M (Oct 7, 2026).
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Proper
Acquired
What they do:
Reconciliation and financial operations platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pry Financials
Acquired
What they do:
Finance for Founders (now at prune.com)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hyper
Acquired
What they do:
Sell memberships to your Discord server
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fintool
Acquired
What they do:
Financial copilot for institutional investors
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Elph
Acquired
What they do:
Acquired by Brex. Building digital payments infrastructure.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Satsuma
Acquired
What they do:
Reliable blockchain indexing & querying for web3 engineering teams.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mulligan
Acquired
What they do:
AI automation for insurance brokerages
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
No Cap
Acquired
What they do:
AI startup investor, No Cap
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Rally Tax
Acquired
What they do:
AI-native tax platform to save $1T+ for Americans
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Nasdisc
Acquired
What they do:
A marketplace for vinyl, cassettes and cds
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
InterPrime
Acquired
What they do:
Safe & Secure Cash Management for Businesses
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Winter
Acquired
What they do:
Credit card checkout for NFTs
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
TAI
Acquired
What they do:
Control All of Your Investments from a Single App
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Midship
Acquired
What they do:
AI for SOX testing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SlidePay
Acquired
What they do:
Banking and Payment Platform APIs. Exited October 2014.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Payable
Acquired
What they do:
Simple payments and tax compliance for your contract workforce.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Landed
Acquired
What they do:
White-labeled shared appreciation down payment programs for employers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Penny
Acquired
What they do:
Penny makes keeping track of your finances as easy as having a…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Surematics
Acquired
What they do:
We help commercial insurance brokers structure complicated…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bouncer
Acquired
What they do:
SDK for scanning and verifying credit cards and photo IDs in mobile…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mentum
Acquired
What they do:
AI-Powered Assistant for Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Thyme
Acquired
What they do:
The OS for financial advisors
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Standard Treasury
Acquired
What they do:
Banking APIs; acquired by Silicon Valley Bank in August 2015
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S13Early stage
Emburse
Acquired
What they do:
Expense management and AP automation.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W16Early stage
Level
Acquired
What they do:
Fast and simple fintech financing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SimpleHash
Acquired
What they do:
Multi-chain token data platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W22Early stage
LendUp
Shut down
What they do:
LendUp is a socially responsible company on a mission to redefine…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
TrueNorth
Shut down
What they do:
TrueNorth gives truckers a single place to manage their business.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cover
Shut down
What they do:
The mobile-first insurance platform that makes insurance easy.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AlphaFlow
Shut down
What they do:
AlphaFlow is a technology-driven investment manager.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GoBuild (fka Brick)
Shut down
What they do:
The payments solution for small scale construction.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tydo
Shut down
What they do:
Turn your data into intelligence
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Ready For Zero
Shut down
What they do:
Personal debt and credit management. Acquired by Avant in 2015.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Abundance Labs
Shut down
What they do:
Abundance Labs incubates and builds alternative currency marketplace…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Wingback
Shut down
What they do:
Wingback provides tools and APIs for SaaS pricing and packaging.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States