San Francisco Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
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.
Janice Fraser
Founder, @luxr-co. Leader in the Lean Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of @adaptive-path.
http://blog.luxr.co
Mischa
Investor
Design @angellist · @university-of-chicago '12
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
Kyle Sollenberger
Investor
Co-founder, VP Design @seesaw-decisions-corp. Previously of @cotweet. Entrepreneuring, Advising, and generally working on things.
http://kylesollenberger.com
Josh Williams
Investor
Designer / Entrepreneur; Co-founder @gowalla; Former PM @facebook;
Maker of the finest margarita in Noe Valley.
Bobby Goodlatte
Investor
Startup investor and product designer. Formerly @facebook
http://bobbyg.me
Mike Macadaan
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Kevin Hale
Investor
Partner at @y-combinator. Founded @wufoo (Acquired by @surveymonkey).
http://roundedbygravity.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
Chad Hurley
Investor
Co-Founder & Former CEO of @youtube; Founder & CEO of @MixBitApp.
Graham Jenkin
Investor
Product, Design, COO @angellist
http://grahamjenkin.com/blog
Kai Gradert
Investor
Designer @angellist · UX/Design @adobe-1 Lightroom mobile · Previously @google · Founder @cheers · Owner @hingeheads
Rahul Vohra
Investor
CEO of @rapportive. Computer Scientist, Gamer, Entrepreneur.
http://blog.rapportive.com
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
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
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/
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.
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/
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/
Yves Behar
Investor
Founder Chief Designer fuseproject, CCO @jawbone, Co-Founder Kease, Creative Co-Founder OUYA
Julian Bialowas
Lead Designer @everest. Previously: Founder of 16HOURS Magazine and 365q. Adventure Photographer, Designer & Explorer.
http://exposure.co/julian
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
Kenn R
Investor
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
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
Roger Wagner
Investor
Software designer, programmer, former owner of rare book auction house, private pilot, active in K-12 educational technology.
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/
John Shahidi
CEO and Co-Founder of Shots.
Join Shots today! shots.com/app
Brenden Mulligan
Investor
Entrepreneur, designer, & developer. Co-founder of Cluster. Creator of @onesheet (acquired), TipList, MorningPics, PhotoPile, @artistdata (acquired).
http://www.startingup.me
Maria Alegre
Investor
Co-founder and CEO @chartboost
http://blog.chartboost.com/
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
Vítor Lourenço
Investor
Co-founder @diagram. Advisor @expa. Former @Twitter’s first Designer.
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
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
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
Brent Fitzgerald
Founding team card.io (sold to PayPal). Founding team Sifteo. Also MIT Media Lab, Stanford SymSys.
Matte Scheinker
Investor
Chief Product Officer at @hightail-2. Formerly VP of Consumer Experience at @aol & Sr. Dir. UED for Communications & Communities at @yahoo.
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.
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
Dan Parham
Investor
Co-founder @neighborland. Product Designer. Former Director of User Experience @yahoo.
http://www.danparham.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
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
Gary Chou
Investor
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
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
Martin Ringlein
Investor
Veteran creative director and entrepreneur, holding extensive experience building and managing creative teams within start-ups, in-house and agency cultures.
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/
Gino Zahnd
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
Chris McCann
Community @greylock-partners. Founded @startupdigest @grouptie. Mentor @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20
Daniel Goldfarb
Investor
Partner at Greenstart
Aaron Hall
Investor
Founder of @boatbound & avid boater. @university of Arizona. 3 previous exits.
http://thehalltruth.co
Noah Hayes
Investor
Co-founder & VP of Product @radius-4 and Advisor @better-voice
Adam Michela
Investor
Designer & Developer · Made things at @dropbox, @facebook, @gowalla, @new-york-times, etc.
Vlad Margulis
CEO and Co-founder at Hot5. User Experience and Product @airbnb, @pandora, @google, @adobe
Tim Van Damme
Investor
Designer at @dropbox. Previously at @instagram and @gowalla.
http://maxvoltar.com/
Alexa Andrzejewski
Cofounder of @foodspotting-part-of-opentable. Formerly a UX consultant at @adaptive-path & Lextant.
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
John McGuire
CEO. Background in Big Data and various behavioral psychologies as applied to sports. Worked at @nortel-networks. Went to @university-of-limerick.
Matthew Moore
Investor
Founder & iCEO @crowdmob, @thrivesmart • Worked at @google, interned at @ibm Extreme Blue • BS in CSE from @university-of-california-san-diego
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.
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
Sina Khanifar
Investor
Currently a tech activist. Co-Founder at @opensignal and @repeaterstore.
Morgan Springer
Cofounder + Product Lead @sprig . Designer @Catapult Design, @tellme-networks (via @microsoft). Stanford Symbolic Systems, Fulbright.
Marwan Roushdy
Co-Founder @complex-polygon @tag
Howard Marks
Investor
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
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
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
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
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.
Cat Perez
Founder @healthcarelove , @doctory • Worked at @the-climate-corporation, @paypal • Strong design and product background
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
Wiebke Poerschke
Designer and Co-founder at Hothouse Labs leading design and research. Passionate about all things User Experience.
http://stitchapp.com
Suresh Venkateswaran
VP of Product & Tech - StaffRanker, multichannel commerce, retail & Internet Media. Strong product background(PayPal/eBay, Yahoo!), MBA Pepperdine
Jeremy Richardson
Co-Founder & Director of Product @womply; Formerly @mixpanel, @apple, and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Paul Veugen
Co-founder @human. Founded @usabilla. Product guy, designer, and data junky. Avid cyclist.
http://pave4.com
Eoghan McCabe
CEO of @intercom
Jennifer Bilotta
Founder @avocado • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Sean McCullough
Just a dude making it happen.
Dave Baggeroer
Co-Founder of @blockboard (acquired by Klout), Consulting Professor at @stanford-university dschool, mobile product designer
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
Ben Mathes
@angellist, @greylock-partners, @rockyou when it was #1, @athenahealth at IPO. @brandeis-university CS Masters 2 years early.
http://blog.benmathes.net
Alex Halliday
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Matt Crumrine
Founder | CEO | Product Lead // @ Atmospheir
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
Josh Brewer
Previously Principal Designer @twitter, Director of UX @socialcast. Advisor/mentor at The Designer Fund.
William Hsu
Investor
Director at HireVue, ex-founder @codeeval (Acquired 2012), @textbo (Acquired 2011)
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
Vitaly M. Golomb
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
Loren Baxter
founder & designer at stealth startup. formerly @readyforzero. mentor at @designer-fund .
Danny Trinh
Worked at @path, @digg
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
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
Brian Truong
Investor
Currently @rothenberg-ventures. Previously @bessemer-venture-partners and @downtime. Studied Biology/CS @harvard-university.
caitlyn mccarthy
Visual Designer at 23andMe. Past: Gilt, Bonobos, HowAboutWe, Chloe & Isabel, Beauty Army, JewelMint.
Chris Lloyd
Founder Assembly, Minefold • Worked at @opera-software • Studied at @university-of-sydney
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
David Lee
UI Designer & Fullstack developer, previously at Punchtab and Pulse; recently launched PvshApp.com
http://hollandaise.me
Walter Punsapy
Worked at @edmodo, @yahoo, @raptr, @trialpay, @razorfish.
Dave Lu
Investor
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania
Nick Punt
EdTech entrepreneur - @edsurge Founder & President, former VP Products at @uversity-1, Stanford MBA/MA Education.
Miha Rebernik
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
Ivan Kim
Co-founder of Simpler. Formerly, COO @tinyco. Designer at MailChimp. Parsons @the-new-school School for Design.
Jesse Thomas
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
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
Chris Grant
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com
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
Michael Jackson
UX designer, JavaScript/Ruby developer. Worked at Path, now at @twitter.
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
Christopher Lam
Product Designer @taskrabbit. Working on Billie Labs. Formerly @mozilla and @amazon.
https://medium.com/@whoischrislam
Nick Baum
Investor
Founder @whereberry • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @dartmouth-college
Joe Preston
Design extraordinaire with a passion for product and business
Derek Minter
Founder @honeybadgr • Bitcoin • Previously @google, @Coderwall, @appdynamics, @virool • Studied at @point-loma-nazarene-university
http://honeybadgr.com/blog
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/
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.
Om Pathipaka
UX Designer at Aol, Inc
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.