Gusto
Hiring
What they do:
Provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Healthcare Startups in California
This list has 551 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 112 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (419), Los Angeles (22), and San Diego (20). Largest teams: Gusto, Truepill, and Clipboard. Latest round: Renue Life Sciences raised $250K (Oct 14, 2026).
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Clipboard
Hiring
What they do:
Every shift, Covered.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Unlocking the power of biotech with modern software for modern science
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Tech-powered women's wellness.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Notable Labs
HiringPublic
What they do:
Personalized drug discovery for blood cancer.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pardes Biosciences
Public
What they do:
We break viruses
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Athelas
Hiring
What they do:
Extensible, Integrated Technology that Simplifies Health Systems
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Rebuilding healthcare with AI at the core
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Pair Team
Hiring
What they do:
Building the safety net of the future
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
BillionToOne
HiringPublic
What they do:
The genetic testing platform detecting and measuring disease.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Qventus
Hiring
What they do:
We automate operations for hospitals and health systems
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Private sector Healthcare.gov.
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HQ: Sacramento, CA, United States
Candid Health
Hiring
What they do:
The autonomous revenue cycle management platform.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Modern employee benefits & health savings account (HSA) provider
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tempo
Hiring
What they do:
Live home fitness training powered by computer vision.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Artificial intelligence for drug discovery.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$19.8M · Equity · Mar 2026
SafetyWing
Hiring
What they do:
Health insurance for remote teams
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
On-demand prescription delivery.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Collectly
Hiring
What they do:
We help healthcare orgs collect more money faster
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Malama Health
Hiring
What they do:
Making motherhood safe, not scary
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$5.32M · Equity · Feb 2026
Quartzy
Hiring
What they do:
Marketplace for life science supplies.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
PicnicAI
Hiring
What they do:
Intelligence to accelerate human health.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Eden
Hiring
What they do:
Building Clinical Superintelligence.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AIOS
Hiring
What they do:
Building AI-native infrastructure for the next era of care.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Health Insurance for Startups
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pine Park Health
Hiring
What they do:
We provide primary care in senior living communities.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$15.7M · Equity · Oct 2026
What they do:
AI drug discovery platform for neurotherapeutics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Funding:
$2.16M · Options · Feb 2026
What they do:
Next-generation DNA synthesis using enzymes
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Home boxing gym with motion trackers that compute punches and reps.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Meru Health
Hiring
What they do:
An online provider for greater mental health
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Datasaur builds private AI/agents for enterprise/government
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Verge Genomics
Hiring
What they do:
We use human data and AI to develop better drugs faster.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Lygos (W16) built and commercialized sustainable, high-performance…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GoGoGrandparent
Hiring
What they do:
A concierge service for seniors’ rides, meals, meds, home and more.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Luminai
Hiring
What they do:
Luminai is the AI platform for Health System Operations.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 551 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
112 of them are hiring right now, including Gusto, Clipboard, and Notable Labs.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Gusto (2,400 employees), Truepill (1,300 employees), and Clipboard (1,000 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: Renue Life Sciences — $250K (Oct 2026), Tempest Therapeutics — $7.5M Options (Oct 2026), and Ellipsys Medical — $8.57M Equity (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (419), Los Angeles (22), and San Diego (20).