San Francisco Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Nick Sullivan
Investor
Founder @ChangeTip, Partner @bitcoin-syndicate, Geek [on a plane], team builder, creationeer, morale officer, mentor, zip line builder
Baldwin Cunningham
CEO of @partnered. Y Combinator S12.
Aaron Gotwalt
Co-founded @cotweet (sold to ExactTarget), @seesaw-decisions-corp (sold to @byliner-inc). At the intersection of people, products, and technology.
Dave Lu
Investor
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania
Scott Snibbe
Founder @eyegroove , @snibbe-studio • Worked at @adobe-systems, @interval-research • Studied at @brown-university, @rhode-island-school-of-design
http://snibbe.com/blog
Mehdi Maghsoodnia
Investor
$1.5 Billion in exits, 20 startups: @tubemogul @rafter @cafepress @bookrenter @rxmatch @intellisync : Ex-CEO @rafter , Ex @cafepress : UC Berkeley, Stanford
Thomas Arend, Ph.D.
Creative Thinker, Entrepreneur, Ex-Google, Twitter, Airbnb and Mozilla, Innovator, User Advocate, AI Researcher, Electronic Musician, Swiss Chocolate Addict.
Ross Mayfield
Investor
CEO and Co-founder of @pingpad. @socialtext @ratexchange @slideshare @linkedin
http://ross.typepad.com
Scot Chisholm
Investor
Founder/CEO of @stayclassy. Board of @team-rubicon. Partner at @mixture-ventures
Jin Koh
Investor
Founder Original Stitch, @startforce • Worked at @splashtop • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Jindou Lee
Investor
CEO of @happy-inspector. Designer/Entrepreneur/Hustler. Exited 2 tech startups. Things I ♥ include mobile, startups, technology, soccer and real estate.
http://www.jindoulee.com
Joe Ariel
CEO/Founder at Goldbely.com.
Adam Foroughi
Investor
Entrepreneur
Sohail Prasad
Investor
Founder, CEO at @equidate. @y-combinator alum. Formerly at @zynga, @hiptype, @google, @chartboost, @carnegie-mellon-university-2. Investor at @coin-2, @zenefits.
http://sohailprasad.com/
Mike Del Ponte
Founder @soma-water, former Marketing Manager @branchout, Studied at @yale-university and @boston-college-1.
Jonathan Meiri
CEO of @superfly. Strong product / travel background (@ebay, @paypal, ReardenCommerce, @worldmate). B.Sc. Comp Sci / Psychology, MBA INSEAD
Yan-David Erlich
Investor
Founder / CEO @wearable-intelligence , Partner @mucker-lab . Founded @choicevendor (LNKD). Worked @google , @microsoft. Invested @thumbtack , @mixer-labs .
http://blog.yanda.com
Robert Wuttke
Investor
Founder and CEO of be2 and C-Date, a profitable $60M+ business. Investor in @airhelp @auditfile @famebit @tradeshift @ubiome @mayvenn @terravion @tripping-com
Brian Brown
Investor
Founder, Stealth Startup
Carlos González de Villaumbrosia
CEO @product-school. Before, CEO @floqq (invested by @500startups). CS Engineer. @ucberkeley Alumni. 3 Education Companies founded
Malcolm Ong
EIR @500startups. Co-founder @skillshare. Advisor @unwind-me , @crossfader . Mentor @founder-institute, @launchpadla. Prev: @omgpop, @razorfish, @ibm. CMU '05
Julia Lam
Investor
Co-founder @enchanted-labs • Worked at @facebook, @fbfund
Nat Criou
CEO and CoFounder of @ridepal. Ex-product manager @ @google, @admob. INSEAD MBA. Founded BeatSarcoma (nonprofit).
http://elisestoryboard.blogspot.com/
Nikhil Nirmel
I started @lawdingo, did BI at @yelp and @yodle, gradated from Wharton and @y-combinator. I love bringing local markets online. Surprise! I'm not a lawyer.
Zach Klein
Investor
Founder of @diy-1, @vimeo
Investor in @venmo, @kickstarter
http://blog.zachklein.com
Chad Keck
Founder & CEO @promoter-io, Advisor @remote-garage, Leader @appfog, launched @hp-cloud, helped build & launch cloud platforms @rackspace.
http://www.chadkeck.com
Justin Golshir
Investor
• • Hustle in my DNA
• • CEO of @justgo
• • Worked at @us-senate @lehman-brothers , @dubai-international-capital , @gi-partners
Carlos Diaz
Investor
Serial Entrepreneur, co-founder of Kwarter (2011), bluekiwi-software (sold to ATOS in 2012) & groupe-reflect (sold to Emakina in 2006).
http://carlosdiaz.posterous.com
John Hering
Investor
Founder and Executive Chairman @lookout