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
Top Gaming Startups in California
This list has 71 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 12 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (62) and Los Angeles (7). Largest teams: Twitch, Machine Zone, and Humble Bundle.
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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
Blitz Esports
Acquired
What they do:
Blitz breaks down the complex world of esports and offers new…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mayhem
Acquired
What they do:
Mayhem is the easiest way to play with your gaming community.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Lowkey
Acquired
What they do:
Capture, create, & share gaming moments (Acquired by Niantic!)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Balto
Acquired
What they do:
Acquired by FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) - Contest automation software…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Launchpad Toys
Acquired
What they do:
Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pursuit
Acquired
What they do:
Revlo helps broadcasters on Twitch engage and monetize their fan…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Escher Reality
Acquired
What they do:
The backend for Augmented Reality.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tap to Learn
Shut down
What they do:
Games For Education
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Teevox
Shut down
What they do:
Teevox
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Gamelynx
Shut down
What they do:
Easily watchable cross-platform competitive games.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Sonar
Shut down
What they do:
Minecraft meets Discord
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vectordash
Shut down
What they do:
Play high-end PC games on your laptop by streaming them.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Minefold
Shut down
What they do:
Simple multiplayer game servers.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
LVL6
Shut down
What they do:
We make mobile MMOs.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Zigfu
Shut down
What they do:
Layer above Kinect.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Opzi
Shut down
What they do:
Q&A for businesses.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Koduco
Shut down
What they do:
iPad games.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Gamador
Shut down
What they do:
Gamador is a social game developer that has released three games so far. The company says that it differentiates itself from other developers by releasing…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Newcope
Shut down
What they do:
Virtual goods commerce
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Voxli
Shut down
What they do:
Voxli offers browser-based group voice chat for gamers and teams. Users of Voxli can voice chat with up to 200 people at a time without leaving the browser…
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HQ: CA, United States
MightyQuiz
Shut down
What they do:
MightyQuiz powers a collection of user generated quiz questions that can be answered and rated on-site or through a distributable widget.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kirkland North
Shut down
What they do:
Kirkland North is taking an infectious campus-wide game that it ran at Yale and Harvard last year and spreading it to other campuses around the country. The…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YumDots
Shut down
What they do:
YumDots wants to be the go-to mobile application for finding places to eat when out on the town. Its emphasis on using interactive maps to display information…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Likebetter
Shut down
What they do:
An online personality test game, where you look at two photos and choose which one you “Like Better”.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ZowPow
Shut down
What they do:
Wireless toy game controllers for mobile games.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
HauteDay
Shut down
What they do:
Gaming Meets Women's Shopping.
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HQ: Carlsbad, CA, United States
Gameday
Shut down
What they do:
Play fantasy sports with friends on Facebook Messenger
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pantheon
Shut down
What they do:
A competitive community of the brightest students in the world
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vango AI
Shut down
What they do:
Development platform that makes it 10x easier to improve visual models
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Unnyhog
Shut down
What they do:
Video game development company.We are creating unique and…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker)
Shut down
What they do:
Jam.gg, play couch games online with friends
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mythia
Shut down
What they do:
Rewards card for gamers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Galaxy
Shut down
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States