Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Co-Founder and CEO at Benny; former Partner at MESA+
http://www.jacobbrody.me
Founder @status, @auctomatic • Investor @meetings.io, @rickshaw. Supporter: United.
http://medium.com/@ev
CEO and Co-founder of @pingpad. @socialtext @ratexchange @slideshare @linkedin
http://ross.typepad.com
Founder and CEO of be2 and C-Date, a profitable $60M+ business. Investor in @airhelp @auditfile @famebit @tradeshift @ubiome @mayvenn @terravion @tripping-com
Founded Shopping Express @google • Founded @mercantila (sold to @google) • Labored @epinions • Rowed @harvard-university
https://medium.com/@kibera
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/
Founder @google-shopping-express • Founder @mercantila (acq @google) • 70+ startups investor & advisor.
Founder and Executive Chairman @lookout
Online organizer and social movement strategist. Citizen journalism @the-huffington-post and strategy @purpose while incubating unPAC and Peers.org.
Entrepreneur, investor. Founder, @adforce, @wink. Worked @ Verity, @apple. Investor/Advisor: @linkedin, @cloudmark, @wikia, ICONAircraft, @brightroll, @fundly, GAINFitness
Founder @zynga
Founder and Managing Director at @rockhealth. Angel investor via @techammer. @harvard-business-school alum. Formerly @apple @intel.
Founder @buildzoom Founder @importgenius
Founder and CEO @ Zaarly.
Founder and CEO of Bolo Software. Previously ran TriplePoint PR. Angel investor, but not while I'm building Bolo.
http://www.RichardKain.com
Founder @cheezburger, @circa • Studied at @northwestern-university. Allergic to cats.
http://benhuh.org
CEO at AppScotch
Co-Founder/CTO, @schematic-labs-makers-of-soundtracking
Advisor to @threadflip; Angel to @changecoin
http://bl.ag/
Co-founder BufferBox (Acquired by Google 2012, YCombinator S'12), University of Waterloo - Mechatronics Engineer. Start-up adviser, investor.
http://www.ialsolikecake.com/
Founder @experience-project, @kanjoya • Studied at @stanford-university
Founder @shift • Worked on Product @videology • @bcg • Startup investing @comcast-ventures • Studied @stanford Graduate School of Business , @stanford
Co-founder of @postmates. Front-End / iOS Engineer
CEO/Founder @sookasa-1 • Worked at @google, @idf • EE PhD Candidate, MS @stanford-university, BS Computer Engineering @technion-israel
Founder Original Stitch, @startforce • Worked at @splashtop • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Co-founder and CEO of Everwise. Also co-founded Audium (sold to Cisco) and adMarketplace.
Co-founded @cotweet (sold to ExactTarget), @seesaw-decisions-corp (sold to @byliner-inc). At the intersection of people, products, and technology.
Founder at @bookrenter.com
Co-founder of Meraki (acquired by Cisco). On-leave from Ph.D. program at MIT, Stanford undergrad.
Founder @geneweave • Studied at @cornell-university, @university-of-california-santa-barbara
CEO of GinzaMetrics. YC S10, 500 Startups.
Ran interactive agency in Tokyo for 2 years, 6 years building ad tech for the Fortune 500. Angel investor.
http://www.ginzametrics.com/blog
Community @greylock-partners. Founded @startupdigest @grouptie. Mentor @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20
Founder, Stealth Startup
Co-founder & VP of Product @radius-4 and Advisor @better-voice
Founder @ChangeTip, Partner @bitcoin-syndicate, Geek [on a plane], team builder, creationeer, morale officer, mentor, zip line builder
Founder @soma-water, former Marketing Manager @branchout, Studied at @yale-university and @boston-college-1.
founder & designer at stealth startup. formerly @readyforzero. mentor at @designer-fund .
Founder & CEO @promoter-io, Advisor @remote-garage, Leader @appfog, launched @hp-cloud, helped build & launch cloud platforms @rackspace.
http://www.chadkeck.com
Product @myfitnesspal . Founder @sessions-2 (Acq. '13) & @we-are-hunted (acq. Twitter '11). @rock_health '12. Team @ @boxee & @startmate-exploration-fund .
http://nickcroocker.tumblr.com
Founder @bayes-impact , Former VC @thomvest-ventures
Founder @pogoseat (@angelpad S'13). Founder & CEO @yocal-music. Programmed early electronic medical record system in high school, honors @santa-clara-university
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.
Founder of Cirtru and Remid, Worked at Cisco. mini-MBA Stanford 2011
https://medium.com/@navishjain
Optimist & entrepreneur.
Founded @photojojo & @WorkatJelly.
Work hard and be nice to people. ✌️ It works.
Founder @weave, @decide-2 • Worked at @zillow, @microsoft • Double majored CS/EE at @university-of-washington
Chronic inventor, professional hackathonner, proud Glasshole. Past: Co-founder of @augur ( @techstars Boulder 2013) , dev at @microsoft , @yahoo , @ark.
http://allthepeople.net/roger-pincombe
Founder and CEO Leap Commerce, Founder CEO Hara Software (backed by KPCB/Jafco) SVP SAP, McKinsey
Co-founder of @swim • Formerly General Manager, US for @myheritage • CEO of @geni • Worked at @yammer
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
CEO @product-school. Before, CEO @floqq (invested by @500startups). CS Engineer. @ucberkeley Alumni. 3 Education Companies founded
Creative Thinker, Entrepreneur, Ex-Google, Twitter, Airbnb and Mozilla, Innovator, User Advocate, AI Researcher, Electronic Musician, Swiss Chocolate Addict.
Founder, Vendorsi. Skilled in high growth, subscription and marketplace businesses. Formerly eBay, PayPal, CheckPoint, Linden Lab, Poll Everywhere. Cornell MBA
https://medium.com/@MJB_SF