San Francisco Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Josh Williams
Investor
Designer / Entrepreneur; Co-founder @gowalla; Former PM @facebook;
Maker of the finest margarita in Noe Valley.
George Ishii
Current Co-founder and Head of Design of @betterworks. Co-founder of @geni.com and @yammer. Pre-IPO @paypal, software engineer Adobe, @kiva Fellow.
Rahul Vohra
Investor
CEO of @rapportive. Computer Scientist, Gamer, Entrepreneur.
http://blog.rapportive.com
Kevin Hale
Investor
Partner at @y-combinator. Founded @wufoo (Acquired by @surveymonkey).
http://roundedbygravity.com
Craig Mod
Investor
Writer, designer. Previously product designer for @flipboard. Advisor for @medium, @955dreams. Mentor at @500startups & @designer-fund. Investor in @oyster, @editorially, @tokyo-otaku-mode, @timbuktu-labs. 2011 TechFellow. 2012 MacDowell fellow.
http://craigmod.com/journal/
Satya Patel
Investor
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Graham Jenkin
Investor
Product, Design, COO @angellist
http://grahamjenkin.com/blog
Bobby Goodlatte
Investor
Startup investor and product designer. Formerly @facebook
http://bobbyg.me
Mischa
Investor
Design @angellist · @university-of-chicago '12
Chad Hurley
Investor
Co-Founder & Former CEO of @youtube; Founder & CEO of @MixBitApp.
Sina Shekou
Investor
Current: @sparked-1. Past: President, LeaseStar and SMB Division at @realpage, Founder @propertyware to @realpage, CRM @Oracle and early team @salesforce.com
Frédéric della Faille
Investor
CEO at Frontback. Previously founded a leading belgian digital agency and a social network for creative people. PhD in graffiti.
http://frontback.me/fredd
Philip Rosedale
Investor
Founder @coffee-power, @linden-lab • Worked at @real-networks, @realnetworks • Studied at University of California, San Diego
http://www.lovemachineinc.com/blog/
Jason Putorti
Investor
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
Yves Behar
Investor
Founder Chief Designer fuseproject, CCO @jawbone, Co-Founder Kease, Creative Co-Founder OUYA
Kyle Sollenberger
Investor
Co-founder, VP Design @seesaw-decisions-corp. Previously of @cotweet. Entrepreneuring, Advising, and generally working on things.
http://kylesollenberger.com
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
Ryan Merket
Investor
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Kai Gradert
Investor
Designer @angellist · UX/Design @adobe-1 Lightroom mobile · Previously @google · Founder @cheers · Owner @hingeheads
Janice Fraser
Founder, @luxr-co. Leader in the Lean Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of @adaptive-path.
http://blog.luxr.co
Mike Macadaan
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Brent Fitzgerald
Founding team card.io (sold to PayPal). Founding team Sifteo. Also MIT Media Lab, Stanford SymSys.
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
Maria Alegre
Investor
Co-founder and CEO @chartboost
http://blog.chartboost.com/
Paul Stamatiou
Designer at Twitter.
http://paulstamatiou.com
John Manoogian III
Investor
Founder, CTO: @140-proof, advisor to startups. Coder / designer since forever.
Have raised money from @bluerun-ventures , @founders-fund, and @sv-angel.
http://blog.jm3.net/
Jeffrey Wescott
Passionate internet entrepreneur. Relentlessly pragmatic and solution focused. Passionate about data-informed design, lean thinking, and agile development.
http://jeffreywescott.tumblr.com/
Joel Gascoigne
Investor
Co-founder and CEO at @buffer. Took idea to revenue in 7 weeks. Now used to share 500K posts/day, with $4.3m ARR. Blogger, speaker, advisor. @angelpad alum.
http://joel.is
Brenden Mulligan
Investor
Entrepreneur, designer, & developer. Co-founder of Cluster. Creator of @onesheet (acquired), TipList, MorningPics, PhotoPile, @artistdata (acquired).
http://www.startingup.me
Kenn R
Investor
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
Julian Bialowas
Lead Designer @everest. Previously: Founder of 16HOURS Magazine and 365q. Adventure Photographer, Designer & Explorer.
http://exposure.co/julian
Chris Messina
Investor
Invented the #hashtag. Previously designer at Google. Advisor to @tagboard, @neonmob, @urban-airship, @tonx-coffee, @get-satisfaction, @babylist.
http://chrismessina.me/b
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
John Shahidi
CEO and Co-Founder of Shots.
Join Shots today! shots.com/app
Bubs / Darius A Monsef IV
Investor
Founder CreativeMarket + COLOURlovers
Founder & Board of Hands.org
MSFT / YC Alum. Advisor + Investor.
http://www.Bubs.co
Patrick Riley
Investor
Founder / CEO of @ark (YC W12) @university-of-california-berkeley Ph.D. in CS focused on search. Previously worked at leading search and social media companies as Product & UX Director.
BJ Heinley
Founder / Inventor - Dipity.com
Investor at STAG - Provisions for Men
Founder - @base-fine-art-gallery
Founder - @verde-camp
Board Member - Texas Sculpture Group
Matte Scheinker
Investor
Chief Product Officer at @hightail-2. Formerly VP of Consumer Experience at @aol & Sr. Dir. UED for Communications & Communities at @yahoo.
Roger Wagner
Investor
Software designer, programmer, former owner of rare book auction house, private pilot, active in K-12 educational technology.
Vítor Lourenço
Investor
Co-founder @diagram. Advisor @expa. Former @Twitter’s first Designer.
Tim Chae
Investor
EIR at @500startups. Founded @postrocket. Tech Entrepreneurship and Design at @babson-college College. Lifetime student in building companies.
http://www.timchae.com
Aaron Hall
Investor
Founder of @boatbound & avid boater. @university of Arizona. 3 previous exits.
http://thehalltruth.co
Jonathan Woolf
@500Startups Mentor, Founder at @assistant-to, Marketing Machine, Product Enthusiast, User Experience Designer
Ti Chang
Founder @crave , @incoqnito • Worked at @trek-bicycle-corp @zeo • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @Royal College of Art
Noah Hayes
Investor
Co-founder & VP of Product @radius-4 and Advisor @better-voice
Jason Culbertson
Investor
I design products and create brands. Creative Director @ Rewarder. Former Creative Director @yammer. Mentor @ Startup Monthly. Advisor @ Soldsie and @ringadoc.
http://www.theprettyui.com
Gary Chou
Investor
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
Daniel Goldfarb
Investor
Partner at Greenstart
Adam Michela
Investor
Designer & Developer · Made things at @dropbox, @facebook, @gowalla, @new-york-times, etc.
Dan Parham
Investor
Co-founder @neighborland. Product Designer. Former Director of User Experience @yahoo.
http://www.danparham.com
Joshua Scott
Investor
Co-founder @shyp. Dev & design background. Previous: Lead product & UX designer at @attachments-me, @ibm, startup founder.
http://joshuascott.quora.com/
Garrett Gee
Set genius world record for Tetris at 13. Collegiate soccer for @brigham-young-university at 20. Now going to try this startup thing.
http://garrettgee.me/blog/
Martin Ringlein
Investor
Veteran creative director and entrepreneur, holding extensive experience building and managing creative teams within start-ups, in-house and agency cultures.
Vlad Margulis
CEO and Co-founder at Hot5. User Experience and Product @airbnb, @pandora, @google, @adobe
Chris McCann
Community @greylock-partners. Founded @startupdigest @grouptie. Mentor @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20
Alexa Andrzejewski
Cofounder of @foodspotting-part-of-opentable. Formerly a UX consultant at @adaptive-path & Lextant.
Nathanael Smith
B.A. University of California Los Angeles School of Design | Media-Arts. Former Entrepreneur at Startup Chile.
Currently UX/UI Designer and Co-founder at URX
Tim Van Damme
Investor
Designer at @dropbox. Previously at @instagram and @gowalla.
http://maxvoltar.com/
Gino Zahnd
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
Eric Bieller
Co-founder of @sqwiggle. Previously Lead UI Designer at @tapjoy and Head of Product at @urthecast. I make web things.
http://www.ericbieller.com
Dean Fankhauser
Founder of @nuji. Previously worked at @yahoo, @havas and various digital agencies in @london and abroad in @strategy and @user Experience Design
http://blog.nuji.com
Morgan Springer
Cofounder + Product Lead @sprig . Designer @Catapult Design, @tellme-networks (via @microsoft). Stanford Symbolic Systems, Fulbright.
Howard Marks
Investor
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Matthew Moore
Investor
Founder & iCEO @crowdmob, @thrivesmart • Worked at @google, interned at @ibm Extreme Blue • BS in CSE from @university-of-california-san-diego
Vinay Ramani
Lead product teams at Adobe, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Openwave. Mobile, Web, Developer Platforms guru. 3 jobs in 1: CEO, UI Designer, Front End Engineer
Cat Perez
Founder @healthcarelove , @doctory • Worked at @the-climate-corporation, @paypal • Strong design and product background
Jennifer Bilotta
Founder @avocado • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Jeremy Richardson
Co-Founder & Director of Product @womply; Formerly @mixpanel, @apple, and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Marwan Roushdy
Co-Founder @complex-polygon @tag
George Hayes
UX Designer who worked at Netflix, redesigned their web search; Worked at Yahoo! and prototyped an AR mobile app; UC Berkeley I School Masters; UPenn Undergrad.
http://bit.ly/ZA0V71
Nicholas (Nick) Thomas
Investor
Founder @finicity-1 , @nordmark-group • Worked at @3com, @USRobotics, @Megahertz • Investor @visually, @circa, @myrooms • Studied at @BYU, @UofU
http://nicholasthomas.wordpress.com
Sina Khanifar
Investor
Currently a tech activist. Co-Founder at @opensignal and @repeaterstore.
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
Paul Veugen
Co-founder @human. Founded @usabilla. Product guy, designer, and data junky. Avid cyclist.
http://pave4.com
Jeffrey Kalmikoff
Designer of things. Husband. Total weirdo. Avid fan: scary movies, loud music, lists. Helping Authors be awesome at @blurb . Past life: @threadless
http://www.callmejeffrey.com
John McGuire
CEO. Background in Big Data and various behavioral psychologies as applied to sports. Worked at @nortel-networks. Went to @university-of-limerick.
Suresh Venkateswaran
VP of Product & Tech - StaffRanker, multichannel commerce, retail & Internet Media. Strong product background(PayPal/eBay, Yahoo!), MBA Pepperdine
Alexander Wolfe
Head of Product Design & Front End Development. I love building great products with incredible user experiences. I have successfully managed teams and grown startups into thriving companies with world class products.
Eoghan McCabe
CEO of @intercom
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.
Wiebke Poerschke
Designer and Co-founder at Hothouse Labs leading design and research. Passionate about all things User Experience.
http://stitchapp.com
Dave Baggeroer
Co-Founder of @blockboard (acquired by Klout), Consulting Professor at @stanford-university dschool, mobile product designer
Justin Kruger
Software Architect, Designer and Leader at heart. For a decade developed, games, frameworks and SDKs. A true polymath that loves to learn and solve problems.
http://jdavid.net
Jason Aramburu
Investor
Founder @edyn. Founder re:char. Forbes 30 under 30. Ashoka Fellow. Echoing Green Fellow. Gates Foundation Grantee. Studied Ecology @princeton-university
http://decarbonize.tumblr.com
Ben Mathes
@angellist, @greylock-partners, @rockyou when it was #1, @athenahealth at IPO. @brandeis-university CS Masters 2 years early.
http://blog.benmathes.net
David Lee
UI Designer & Fullstack developer, previously at Punchtab and Pulse; recently launched PvshApp.com
http://hollandaise.me
Brian Truong
Investor
Currently @rothenberg-ventures. Previously @bessemer-venture-partners and @downtime. Studied Biology/CS @harvard-university.
Loren Baxter
founder & designer at stealth startup. formerly @readyforzero. mentor at @designer-fund .
Ian Nieves
(Apple, LEGO, Samsung, eBay/PayPal, CMU)
Founding Partner @untangle (CMEA, Rustic Canyon Partners)
Founder StuCo (@carnegie-mellon-university)
MS BS Computer Science BS Economics @carnegie-mellon-university
Naveed Lalani
Founder & CEO @portable-boutique-inc, Advisor @thiel-fellowship. Formerly - CSO @donornation , Co-Founder @rally, Investor @Oha.na (Acquired by Facebook).
http://naveedl.tumblr.com
Vitaly M. Golomb
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
Josh Brewer
Previously Principal Designer @twitter, Director of UX @socialcast. Advisor/mentor at The Designer Fund.
Chris Lloyd
Founder Assembly, Minefold • Worked at @opera-software • Studied at @university-of-sydney
Alex Halliday
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Adam Benayoun
CEO & co-founder at @binpress, @500startups, Formerly @lionite, @octabox. Animation at Minshar School of Arts. Strong UI/UX & Design. Sales & Marketing drone.
http://www.binpress.com/blog
caitlyn mccarthy
Visual Designer at 23andMe. Past: Gilt, Bonobos, HowAboutWe, Chloe & Isabel, Beauty Army, JewelMint.
Rikk Carey
Eng/prod designer+leader+coder. Deep in consumer internet/mobile, social, u/x, 2d/3d, games. Founder @plaxo Worked @egroups-com @yahoo! @silicon-graphics
Danny Trinh
Worked at @path, @digg
Sean McCullough
Just a dude making it happen.
William Hsu
Investor
Director at HireVue, ex-founder @codeeval (Acquired 2012), @textbo (Acquired 2011)
Matt Crumrine
Founder | CEO | Product Lead // @ Atmospheir
Greg Cooper
Designer at Stripe. Lead Designer straight out of High School. Had a #1 trending topic on @twitter with Tweet O'Clock.
http://gre.gs
Dominik Balogh
Co-founder at @m-dot, CEO, interface designer. Focusing on post-PC era UX. Previously co-founded @powerybase-1, also worked at McCann-Erickson as art director.
http://dominikbalogh.com
Miha Rebernik
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
Michael Jackson
UX designer, JavaScript/Ruby developer. Worked at Path, now at @twitter.
Nick Punt
EdTech entrepreneur - @edsurge Founder & President, former VP Products at @uversity-1, Stanford MBA/MA Education.
Joe Preston
Design extraordinaire with a passion for product and business
Walter Punsapy
Worked at @edmodo, @yahoo, @raptr, @trialpay, @razorfish.
Des Traynor
Co-Founder at @intercom-1. Co-founder of Exceptional (acquired). Director at Contrast (design consultancy). Popular writer & regular conference speaker.
http://insideintercom.io
Dave Feldman
Designer, product manager, coder. Co-founder of Emu. EIR at CrunchFund. Alumnus of @yahoo and @aol. @harvard-university CS 1998. Lover of food, drink, and travel.
Mark Strehlow
Advisor. Creative thinker. Accomplished designer. Former head of UX @flip-video. Led teams at @cisco @yahoo, @vuze, @razorfish. Passion for all things simple.
http://mstrehlow.posterous.com/
Om Pathipaka
UX Designer at Aol, Inc
Jesse Thomas
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Nick Baum
Investor
Founder @whereberry • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @dartmouth-college
Ivan Kim
Co-founder of Simpler. Formerly, COO @tinyco. Designer at MailChimp. Parsons @the-new-school School for Design.
Derek Minter
Founder @honeybadgr • Bitcoin • Previously @google, @Coderwall, @appdynamics, @virool • Studied at @point-loma-nazarene-university
http://honeybadgr.com/blog
Dave Lu
Investor
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania
Christopher Lam
Product Designer @taskrabbit. Working on Billie Labs. Formerly @mozilla and @amazon.
https://medium.com/@whoischrislam
Alex Baldwin
Designer @thoughtbot, co-creator @hack-design, alumni @500startups @techstars
Jeremy Blalock
Investor
Berkeley EECS Undergraduate. Software engineer & designer @synack. Former Founder, Chief of Product @outline . Lead Designer & CTO at Politify.
Chris Grant
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com