San Francisco Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Dave Helmreich
Investor
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Sheel Mohnot
Investor
Co-Founder @thistle-1. Built @feefighters, sold to @groupon then ran BD there. Early @kiva. Prev: @bcg, @carnegie-mellon-university, @university-of-michigan.
Prashant Shukla
Investor
Sr. Product Manager @metromile • Worked @bain-company, @obama-for-america • Econ, Env Econ, Business @university-of-california-berkeley
Janice Fraser
Founder, @luxr-co. Leader in the Lean Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of @adaptive-path.
http://blog.luxr.co
Sean Jacobsohn
Investor
Co-President of @harvard-business-school Angels. Venture Partner at Emergence Capital. Former VP of BD at @cornerstone-ondemand and @wageworks (both had IPOs).
http://www.emcap.com/people/sean-jacobsohn
Jonathan Lowenhar
COO at @taulia; first VP Loyalty Marketing for Harrah's Entertainment. Former ceo/co-founder of @trooval.
http://eshippunchdrunk.wordpress.com/
Lee Jacobs
Investor
Partner @havoc VC (@silicon-valley + @earth ). Founder & fmr. CEO @colingo. Advisor @angellist Mentor @500startups. Before BD @comcast / @plaxo. Grad @upenn.
Brian Sugar
Investor
Director Everlane
Founder/CEO POPSUGAR
VP/GM @2wire (sold AT&T)
Founder/CEO @SugarMedia (sold 2Wire)
Chief Web Officer @bluelight-com
VP eCommerce at @j-crew
Richard D. Titus
Investor
Founder @prompt-ly @razorfish (LA), @schematic, Digital business unit leader @bbc & @DailyMail Pre-IPO investor: @facebook, @tesla-motors @razorfish Entrepreneur, coach, angel, Chairman, Board member, CEO, adventurer, documentary filmmaker, & raconteur.
http://www.rxdxt.com
Daniel R. Odio
Investor
I make things happen. Need to close partner deals? Need a COO or other CXO? Need to build a sales team for your startup? I've done it + much more. #Growth
http://www.DanielOdio.com
Jeremy Downs
Investor
Worked at @facebook, @paypal • Studied at @stanford-university
Justin Darcy
Investor
Alliances at Salesforce. Track record meeting aggressive revenue targets in startup and F500 companies. Investor in over 30 startups. FundersClub Angel Panel.
Wes Bashiti
Investor
1st startup out of high school. Strong business and ops background. founding member 2x startups.
John Houston
Investor
Think 'Hand of the King' but with more operations/sales/hugs and less intrigue/violence. Head of Sales Operations & Strategy @sunrun.
Dave Liu
Investor
Co-Founder, EVA Automation; Founder, Liucrative Endeavors • Advisor, Entrepreneur, Financier, Investor • @harvard-business-school, @university-of-pennsylvania
Ashutosh Jhaveri
Investor
Run Business Development at Facebook, VP of Products at @snaplogic, Chrome distribution at @google, Windows at @microsoft, built products at @microstrategy
Jon Nathanson
Investor
Tech columnist @Slate. Content. Marketing. Growth. Led branded content @walmart, launched mobile @20th-century-fox, founded @mixblendr, made TV @nbc Universal
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bet.html
Aneesh Reddy
Founder and CEO @capillary-technologies-1, Angel @tynker @studypad-inc @antfarm @verious-inc
Carl Fritjofsson
Investor
Founder @wrapp, @adprofit • Worked at @creandum, @bearingpoint • Investor @leap-transit, @onbeep • Studied at @uppsala-university, @university-of-melbourne
Ciara Trinidad
USF grad. Customer Success at Lever, Inc.
http://ciaratrinidad.com
Roger Wagner
Investor
Software designer, programmer, former owner of rare book auction house, private pilot, active in K-12 educational technology.
Kevin Gibbon
Investor
Co-founder, CEO of @shyp . Canadian.
Brian Zisk
Investor
Founder @sf-musictech-summit , Future of Money & Technology Summit, SF MusicTech Fund, Future of Music Coalition, San FranZiskGo!, Green Witch (sold to CMGI) ++
Mana Aynechi
Investor
Insikt Ventures --> Square -- > Visa
Nick Frost
Business Development Manager at @mattermark Founder of @startuplist, Former VP of BizDev & Sales at @advsor. US Navy Veteran
http://nickfrost.org
John Milinovich
Founder @urx • Worked at @google, @yahoo • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles and @y-combinator
http://www.jmilinovich.com
Tim Jones
Investor in @buzzient. Founder and CEO of @buzzient. Founder and Managing Principal of @tbj-investments, LLC. Early investor in mobile and social innovation.
http://www.buzzient.com
Sarah Cone
Investor
Associate @illuminate-ventures, angel investor (@elepath, @fluidinfo, @transcriptic), ex-CEO/founder of social news start-up, ex-GOOG, ex-Omidyar Network, ex-AMZN, JD @uc-berkeley-2
Paul Veradittakit
Investor
Venture Investor at @pantera-capital
Maria Alegre
Investor
Co-founder and CEO @chartboost
http://blog.chartboost.com/
Ben Sardella
Current: CoFounder Datanyze
Advisor: Yesware & LaunchTrack
Mentor: Launchpad LA
Past: Pioneered the SaaS sales model for Netsuite / VP of Sales KISSmetrics
Zach Noorani
Investor
Associate @ Foundation Capital
Paul Sebastien
Investor
Investor, Board Member, Advisor • VP @udemy • @rock-health-v5-fund • @estimote @skykick @faraday-bicycles @stowaway-cosmetics @tapulous @selfieclub
Somik Behera
Investor
PM @nicira @vmware, Early Engg. @vmware, Founding Member @openstack-1 Quantum. Broad '1.0' Engg. & Biz exp. @stanford-university MS&E @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 CS
Michael Cardamone
Managing Director, Acceleprise SF. Started SF Ent Tech Meetup. Early BD at Box.
http://www.acceleprise.vc/category/blog/
Marvin Liao
Investor
Venture Partner @500startups. Worked at @yahoo, @alibris • . Board or Advisory Board Member @ 8 companies. Mentor @ 20 Accelerator programs across globe.
http://marvin.entreprenor24.se/
Dietrich von Behren
Investor
VP, Digital Media and Investments for A+E Networks. Prior, founder/CEO of @parentsclick-network, Inc., acquired by @Lifetime Entertainment in 2008.
Roy Andrew Ng
Investor
COO Cloud @sap, BizOps @successfactors, Head of West Coast Software Investment Banking @goldman-sachs, Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Victor Young
Investor
@uwaterloo Alum. CEO & Founder @flinja. General Partner @X-Fund, Engineer by trade, built largest insurance eApp and CRM, hired over 500 people, Grew ARR to 50M
Mike Kofi Okyere
Investor
Work @issuu Worked @google, @admob, @criteo • Studied at @iu @cal • Investor
Jonas Lamis
Investor
CEO & Co-founder of @sensai-corporation. Co-founded @rally and @Techranch. MBA + Engineer.
http://jonaslamis.com
Shane Walker
Investor
Consumer growth hacker: web, social and mobile.
Brian Martinez
Founder/COO at @madesolid (@y-combinator W14) Previously Founder/CEO at @tioki. B.A. Business/Entrepreneurship - UC Santa Barbara. Worked at @adroll and @cbiz
http://blog.madesolid.com
Matthew Work
Investor
@earthweb, @alexa-internet, @compete, CEO & Co-founder @discovery-mining, CEO & Co-founder @cohuman @pivotallabs @sprint.ly
http://blog.cohuman.com
Konstantin Popov
Founder @biart-company, @cappasity-inc
Shadiah Sigala
Cofounder & Head of Customer @honeybook. Previous @activehours. Studied public leadership @harvard-university, @pomona-college.
Daniel Blake Saltman
Investor
Serial Entrepreneur with focus on consumer web.
Founded several companies (3 acquired, 1 VC backed). Been working on startups for over a decade
BrightBytes
Specialize in managing technology strategies and new product portfolios.Founder BrightBytes • Worked at @zynga, @moody-s • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Zachary Auger
Investor
Founding employee and head of SaaS @quid. Seven years experience in building, selling and supporting B2B SaaS products in Silicon Valley.
http://zacauger.com
Matthew Schwab
Co-Founder @bloomthat • Former Advertising Executive for @apple at @media-arts-lab • Worked at @zurich-investment-company + @sony-pictures-entertainment
Chris Petrovic
Investor
Senior digital exec, entrepreneur, advisor, mentor. Over 15 years of industry experience; Strong business and strategy acumen - all about growing revenue.
http://www.bravenewmediaworld.com
Jason Rand
Worked at @ning, @Cake Financial • Studied at @colgate-university
Allen Nance
Investor
Investor @springbot, @whatcounts • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Luis Arbulu
Investor
VC Director @samsung-electronics MD at @hattery. Prev head of @google.org investments; BoozAllen consultant. @wharton-school MBA; Fulbright and Kauffman fellow. Food (mostly cheese) and tech geek
Saji Johnson
Investor
MP of Anicca Ventures, BofD of Snibbe Interactive, xEIR of Inspirit Ventures, xCEO of Weatherista, xCEO of AdLocal (acquired by Yahoo JP), xVP Bizz Dev, Marcom
Alexander Debelov
CEO @virool. Previously, started 2 companies & int'l non-profit. Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 5 Emerging Entrepreneurs '13. YC S'12, BS @babson-college College '10.
http://virool.com/blog/
Cooper Marcus
Investor
Growth Hacker & App Marketplace expert - I make product + marketing = ultra-efficient customer acquisition. Founded 5 startups. Kellogg MBA, Angel Pad alum.
http://blog.NewRelic.com/
Niko Ralf Cunningham
Founder @caarbon • Founder @quilt, @nerd-swagger-inc • @koemei Fellow at @kauffman-foundation-1 • @harvard-university, @yale-university @columbia-university
Adam Besvinick
Investor
VC at @deep-fork-capital | Previously @wanelo, @lowercase-capital, @gumroad | @harvard-business-school + @duke-university University alum
http://ventureminded.me
Andrew Crump
Investor
CEO - @mitoo - Serial entrepreneur and UX Designer. Loosely a Mentor at Tech Stars London, 500, Seecamp and others.
https://medium.com/@Andycru_mp
Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski
Investor
Founder of @upshiftpartners Growth Stage Sales Accelerator Co- Founder @calfinder bootstrapped to 20m • Investor and Advisor. Sales Geek
http://www.upshiftpartners.com/blog
Sid Rao
Investor
CEO - Angel Fund @ Inversys. Market development and Technology background (Networking, Security,Mobile, 4G/LTE... Worked at Cisco, Motorola, @sprint, @apple..
Howard Marks
Investor
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
William Hsu
Investor
Director at HireVue, ex-founder @codeeval (Acquired 2012), @textbo (Acquired 2011)
Nate Mihalovich
VP of Biz Dev @buildingconnected, Founder of @vektr-io, Studied at @berkeley, started @rock-to-relief at 16 that generated $100K for non-profits.
Falon Fatemi
Strategy Consultant | @fundersclub | @mkii-ventures | Googler @ 19 years old, left as a YouTuber @ 26 | Ex-Head of Business Development @Firespotter Labs
http://www.falonfatemi.com
Nikhil "Nik" Kundra
Founder/CEO of @partender • @quilt Alum
BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology @emory-university and MS in Entrepreneurship @university-of-florida.
Mark Gray
Founded @PeeData (CEO) Co-Founded @squrl (CEO) and @industrynext (Managing Partner)
Spencer Chen
Currently: Leading all marketing, growth, and BD initiatives at Axiom Zen. Previously: BD & product marketing for Frontback, Mixpanel, Appcelerator, Huddle.
http://www.spencerchen.co
Zach Lawryk
Investor
Box, salesforce.com, Get Satisfaction.
Kevin Halter
Cofounder and VP of Business Development @getable • Worked at @pfizer • Studied at @tufts-university
Matt Howland
Investor
Looking to start something new. Successes as both CTO and CEO, a geek with business sense who loves to build.
Maya Farah
Investor
Current Zynga PM, Ex-McKinsey Consultant, ex-VC Associate, Harvard MBA, Computer Engineer, Consumer Tech Enthusiast
Scott Schnaars
Investor
VP Sales & Marketing for @RetentionSci. Previously ran sales teams at @badgeville. @yahoo, @webex, @Oracle & @socialtext.
http://schnaars.wordpress.com
Jeff Thomas
Investor
VP of Sales and Business Development at InfoArmy
Jon Kiehnau
Investor
Former EIR & SVP business dev; CMO; VP strategic planning; angel investor; board observer, entrepreneur, teacher. Likes laughing and agile commerce.
Michael Hoydich
Firestarter @ Think Gaming - Y Combinator S2014 // Previous: co-founder, @squrl, @industrynext
Shuja Keen
Investor
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Peter Berg
Investor
Venture lead @visa; Co-founder @october-three (private, profitable); @joby (acquired); CCA Strategies (acq by JPMorgan); BS, MS Statistics @stanford-university
http://pberg.com/blog/
Toyna Chin
I'm a serial entrepreneur with more than a decade of emphasis on women’s health and children’s education.
http://toynachin-health-technology.tumblr.com/
Montgomery Kosma
Investor
Innovator on business models, marketing & discovery in noisy long tail markets.
Tracy Lawrence
CEO/Founder @chewse, @500 Startups; Food Planner @tedx; @usc Entrepreneur of the Year
http://tracyleelawrence.com/
Christian Desert
Investor
CEO Nexway Inc., Co-founder of Net2one, investor and advisor for several start-up (Online, E-commerce)
Escp eap, 17years in Internet Jobs, from Sales to CEO
Derek Minter
Founder @honeybadgr • Bitcoin • Previously @google, @Coderwall, @appdynamics, @virool • Studied at @point-loma-nazarene-university
http://honeybadgr.com/blog
Nicolas Voisin
Founder @the-assets the Business Assets Marketplace - Former Founder & CEO @tactilize, @owni, VP @CNNum, (...)
http://nicolasvoisin.com
Matt Cantieri
Investor
Corp Dev @livefyre, M&A @yahoo, Investment Banking @morganstanley • Studied at Columbia, University of Chicago
Steve Thommes
Investor
VP of Sales, Adobe Marketing Cloud @adobe-systems Formerly Americas Platform Sales @google and Marketer Sales @doubleclick
Roger Dean Huffstetler
Founder @zillabyte • Former sales at @twilio, former @usmc • Studied at @harvard-business-school School
http://essays.zillabyte.com
Robert Rabang
Worked at @yahoo, @airbnb • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
Nick ONeill
I founded Social Times Inc. in 2007 and sold it to WebMediaBrands (parent company behind mediabistro.com) in 2010. Now I'm building my next company...
http://nickoneill.com
Matt Hersh
Investor
Head of Enterprise Sales @factual • Founding member @jetblue • Worked at @yodlee, @apple, @redpoint-ventures @originate • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles Anderson School of Management, @boston College
Christophe Daligault
Investor
VP Sales and Marketing at Open Garden.
Previously GM at @microsoft.
Various stints in advertising and media.
Jeff Pinksa
Investor
MD Private Securities Group @sharespost; worked @wells-fargo, @stifel-nicolaus-weisel, @canaccord-adams; attended @university-of-colorado-boulder
Justin Overdorff
Investor
Head of Mobile BD @yelp. Former @techstars NYC & Late-Stage VC investor @ Summit Partners. Focused on Mobile-enabled businesses. Experienced w/ BD & Product
Nash Islam
Investor
Founder @man-goes-mobile, @green-and-red-technologies • Worked at @google, @admob • Investor @caplinked, @tigertrade • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.slideshare.net/nasheetislam
Ian Johnstone
co-founder @gunbygun, formerly co-founder @blissmo, strategy consultant @pwc, political campaigns. Startup Ops/Biz Dev/Product. Passionate about tech for good
Deepak Gupta
Investor
Mentor @500startups @startx and @vegastechfund
Maggie Utgoff
VP of Operations @hackreactor • Founder @Louder • Led Social Media for Jerry Brown Campaign • Led Operations @rally • Helped @twitter grow from 20 to 250
http://mutgoff.com/
Ben Levi
Investor
Founder at @incloudcounsel, @tembo and @dashmob. Lawyered at @kirkland-ellis-llp. Schooled at @yale-university & @harvard-law-school. Mostly pleasant.
Mark Trang
SaaS company builder. CEO & Co-Founder @socialpandas. Launched Force.com & @liveperson API business. Ran @salesforce.com's AppExchange ecosystem. @university-of-california-los-angeles MBA.
Crystal M. Allison
Business Operations Leader and handy-woman who helps startups get their sh*t organized, who manages acquisitions and supports growing pains for scalability.
Jesse Thomas
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Sidhartha Palani
Product @refresh. Previously salesops & product @zocdoc, VC @highland-capital-partners, management consultant @the-parthenon-group; @harvard-business-school MBA and @duke-university engineer
Ravi Srivatsav
CEO, Founder @elasticbox. @microsoft and @ibm Alum, Director of Platform at @myspace and VP product and strategy @sgn @mindjolt
Frank Mastronuzzi
Founder, CPA, MBA. 15+ years in the online dating space including Match.com. CFO/COO/Business Development Expertise. Help grow business in a healthy way!
Mike Preuss
Investor
All things @visible - Was BD @formspring, advisor to @origami-labs-1, Managing Director of FounderDating for the Bay Area • Studied at IU
Joe Preston
Design extraordinaire with a passion for product and business
Bart Myers
Investor
Founder and CEO @countable - Direct Democracy
Sold @sidereel to Rovi Corp • Worked at @ibm • Angel Investor and startup Advisor
http://www.bartolah.com
Mark Sorenson
Founder/CEO of @social-high-rise; Founder @karmakey; Sales junky
Tom Pearson
First Account Executive at StackMob, UC Berkeley undergrad, collegiate water polo player & avid rough water swimmer.
Jim Tousignant
Serial entrepreneur; Founder @positivetalk, @multex (IPO and sold to Reuters for $200 mil) • Worked at @morgan Stanley, @Thomson Reuters • Studied at @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76238758/Jim%20Tousignant%20Resume%209.2.12.pdf
Mary E Lemmer
entrepreneur making a positive impact in the world
http://www.venturegal.com
Bradley Kam
Co-founder
Peter Thomson
Tech Exec & BizDev... At 23, developed CaseTrack software for legal • Founded 2 Startups and worked in Finance w/ Merrill Lynch • @carnegie-mellon-university-2
http://www.contractroom.com
bryan Steel
Worked at Zaarly.com, trulia.com. Share Economy enthusiast. Small Business marketing and value creation consultant.
Dave Lu
Investor
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania