What they do:
NewsBlur is a personalized news reader
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Startups Launched in 2012
This list has 149 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 9 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (98), New York (9), and Los Angeles (3). Largest teams: Coinbase, Instacart, and Gusto. Latest round: CircuitHub raised $25.5M (May 13, 2026).
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Insurance Billing APIs for Healthcare Businesses
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
YC S12Growth stage
PlanGrid
Acquired
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Mobile applications for the construction industry.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Sendwave
Acquired
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Instant, no fee international remittances.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Lever
Acquired
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Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Clever
Acquired
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The platform that powers technology in the classroom.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fullstack Academy
Acquired
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Pioneer in immersive code education. Acquired by Zovio (NASDAQ: ZVO)…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Authy
Acquired
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Authy is a Two-Factor Authentication platform for developers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YourMechanic
Acquired
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Car Repairs, Reinvented:a. Mechanic comes to your home or work to fix…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
42Floors
Acquired
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We make it easy to search for office space.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
iCracked
Acquired
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On-demand smartphone repair in 3 countries and launching smart home…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SendHub
Acquired
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Simple Business SMS. SMBs to Large Enterprise.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tilt
Acquired
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Mobile crowdfunding: The easiest way to collect, fundraise, and sell…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fond
Acquired
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Rewards and recognition SaaS for HR leaders
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Boosted
Acquired
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Simple, fun, and fast electric vehicles.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Soylent
Acquired
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Soylent is a simple, nutritious, and affordable food that possesses…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Virool
Acquired
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Virool provides native video advertising experience for the biggest…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Swiftype
Acquired
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Smart search for the modern team.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Study Edge
Acquired
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Acquired by Carlyle. Edtech and other technology
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HQ: Gainesville, FL, United States
MyVR
Acquired
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The open platform for the vacation rental industry.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
OmniVirt
Acquired
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OmniVirt is the leading VR Advertising platform for brands and…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Chute
Acquired
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Discover the photos and videos people are taking of your brand or…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Exec
Acquired
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Exec is a house cleaning service that users can book from their…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shopular
Acquired
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Deals, Coupons & Cash Back for your favorite stores.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Knowmia
Acquired
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Pandora meets Yelp for K-12 educational videos. We match each…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kamcord
Acquired
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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
Natero
Acquired
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Data-driven customer success platform for B2B SaaS.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mattermark
Acquired
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Big Data Meets Startup Investing The best tool for tracking and…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pixate
Acquired
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Mobile application prototyping. Now part of Google.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
FarmLogs
Acquired
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Software that helps farmers operate more profitable businesses.
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HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Streem
Acquired
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Acquired by Box in June 2014. We built: (1) a native win/mac…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Amiato
Acquired
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The BI bridge for unstructured data. We automatically bridge the gap…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
HackPad
Acquired
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A realtime wiki for getting things done.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SlidePay
Acquired
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Banking and Payment Platform APIs. Exited October 2014.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
FamilyLeaf
Acquired
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Help families stay in touch
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Flutter
Acquired
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Flutter combined computer vision technology with the built-in webcams…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States