Loom
Acquired
What they do:
Cloud storage for photos and videos (acquired by Dropbox).
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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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Priceonomics
Acquired
What they do:
We help companies turn their data into great stories.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ZeroMailer
Acquired
What they do:
Easy mailing lists
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Statwing
Acquired
What they do:
Dead simple statistical analysis software. Like R or SPSS but easy to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vayable
Acquired
What they do:
We're building a marketplace for unique travel experiences (it's…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Easel
Acquired
What they do:
Easel is a visual design tool built for the web. Since the web is…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
BufferBox
Acquired
What they do:
The future of package delivery. We are building a network of…
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VoiceGem
Acquired
What they do:
Voice messaging platform - Acquired by Palantir in 2013
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vastrm
Acquired
What they do:
Mass customized active apparel. We are building a full turn key…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
CoderWall
Acquired
What they do:
Coderwall is a collaborative learning platform for software developers to improve their programming knowledge. It is based in San Francisco, California.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Midnox
Acquired
What they do:
Luma (formerly Midnox) allows you to record and share beautiful HD videos with real-time video stabilization, filters and zoom. Change filters and…
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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
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
Thread
Shut down
What they do:
Thread makes it incredibly easy to dress well, using stylists and AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
The Muse
Shut down
What they do:
The Muse is values-based job search & hiring for 7M+ monthly
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
FileStack
Shut down
What they do:
Acquired by Xenon Ventures.We enable website developers to hook into…
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HQ: San Antonio, TX, United States
Make School
Shut down
What they do:
Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…
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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
Optilly/Installmonetizer
Shut down
What they do:
Fb ad optimization platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Grouper
Shut down
What they do:
We set up drinks between 2 groups of friends: 3 guys and 3 girls.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Ark
Shut down
What they do:
Ark organizes the world's social information.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Canopy Labs
Shut down
What they do:
Canopy Labs automates customer analytics for small and medium-sized…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
DataNitro
Shut down
What they do:
We speed up Excel.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Partnered
Shut down
What they do:
Partnered is a digital platform automating business development…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Tastemaker
Shut down
What they do:
Interior design marketplace and online retailer
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
RegistryLove
Shut down
What they do:
Cross-store wedding registry.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Everyday.me
Shut down
What they do:
Everyday.me - Record your life. Store it forever.
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Celery
Shut down
What they do:
Celery is a platform for pre-orders (www.trycelery.com). Accept…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GetGoing
Shut down
What they do:
We are building a "transparent opaque" airfare and hotel booking site…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Light Table/Eve
Shut down
What they do:
Eve is our way of bringing the power of computation to everyone, not…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Marft
Shut down
What they do:
Marft creates embeddable machine learning models for application…
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Markupwand
Shut down
What they do:
Convert Design files to working websites automagically
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WireOver
Shut down
What they do:
Really secure file sending for big files.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Hipmob
Shut down
What they do:
Customer communication for iOS and Android developers - an in-app…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Couple
Shut down
What they do:
App that connects two phones and creates a private timeline to share…
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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