Product Hunt
Acquired
What they do:
The best new products in tech
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Media Startups in San Francisco
This list has 116 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 19 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: Reddit, Twitch, and The Athletic. Latest round: Real Music raised $1.38M (Sep 29, 2026).
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ZumoDrive
Acquired
What they do:
Media in the cloud
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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
Zencoder
Acquired
What they do:
Video Encoding API, Open source video player (video.js)
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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
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
Peer5
Acquired
What they do:
P2P delivery network that enables high quality video streaming
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Trendpop
Acquired
What they do:
Discover trends as they happen
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Indivio
Acquired
What they do:
Customize videos to be more relevant and improve business outcomes.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Taro
Acquired
What they do:
Help high-growth tech companies hire strong engineers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Laudable
Acquired
What they do:
App for B2B companies to find customer stories and advocates
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Remade
Acquired
What they do:
AI-native canvas for creative workflows.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Wildfire
Acquired
What they do:
Social news app
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Jemi
Acquired
What they do:
Jemi helps people build beautiful websites and stores.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Loom
Acquired
What they do:
Cloud storage for photos and videos (acquired by Dropbox).
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bitplay
Acquired
What they do:
Effortless Video Meetings - Acquired by Jive Software in 2013
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Echodio
Acquired
What they do:
Sync and stream your music across any device. Acquired in 2009.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bop.fm
Acquired
What they do:
Canonical permalinks for songs.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Focal
Acquired
What they do:
AI video creation tool for TV shows and movies
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Breaker
Acquired
What they do:
A podcast company.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Socialcam
Acquired
What they do:
The easiest way to share videos with friends and family.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W12Early stage
Wavy
Acquired
What they do:
Experience music and art in augmented reality
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W17Early stage
Ark
Shut down
What they do:
Ark organizes the world's social information.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
HighlightCam
Shut down
What they do:
HighlightCam edits video, automatically!
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Artifact
Shut down
What they do:
Personal podcasts with the people in your life
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hyper Online
Shut down
What they do:
Social avatar platform for VTubers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SkyLights
Shut down
What they do:
Premium immersive cinematic VR entertainment for captive audiences
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Naytev
Shut down
What they do:
Naytev automates paid and organic social media management in one place
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Rume
Shut down
What they do:
Video chat that doesn't feel like work
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Supertone
Shut down
What they do:
Share sounds with other musicians online
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Dubjoy
Shut down
What they do:
Dubjoy translates and voice-overs your video to any language
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Upbeat
Shut down
What they do:
Upbeat: Building the next generation of Public Relations (PR)
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
LaunchHear
Shut down
What they do:
LaunchHear was a startup attempting to make PR scale in the same way…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Slinkset
Shut down
What they do:
Votable lists
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mixwit
Shut down
What they do:
Online mixtape service (create and share mixtapes). Launched as part…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Framebase
Shut down
What they do:
API for video.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States