San Francisco Startups List

Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.

56 consumer internet Startups View all

Parser.run

Data as a service.
Simple, custom web scraping tools for researchers, growth hackers, marketing & sales teams.

Coffee & Power - consumer internet e-commerce development platforms

Coffee & Power

Making work social
Coffee & Power offers an online marketplace where people can buy and sell small jobs. Co-founded by Philip Rosedale, former CEO and founder of Second Life, C&P enables a new breed of mobile workers to connect in a way that’s fast, low-friction, and fun. The innovative ...

Hitpost - consumer internet mobile sports tablets

Hitpost

Acquired by Yahoo!
TechCrunch says our app "turns you into a sports reporter." The Huffington Post calls Hitpost "a nationwide sensation for sports fans." We make crowd-powered sports coverage, and our apps are the fastest sports channel in the world. They're personalized to ...

Limk - consumer internet big data content discovery distribution

Limk

Smarter Content Recommendations
Limk is a content distribution and discovery platform that helps websites grow traffic while reaching highly engaged audiences. Websites can bring qualified new users—those most likely to engage—to their own sites by exposing their content on contextually similar ...

Invitation codes

The referral community
Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

8tracks - consumer internet mobile social media music

8tracks

Internet radio curated by people | 8m MAU, 30m monthly hours
8tracks is an internet radio platform curated by people. 8tracks "DJs" (roughly 1% of listeners) upload music or pick from SoundCloud to create and sequence an online "mix" of 8 or more tracks; they add cover art, a title and tags to classify the mix by genre, ...

StartupList - consumer internet social media advertising lead generation

StartupList

The social network to drive traction for early stage startups.
StartupList gets startups early adopter traction and user engagement.

NewHive - consumer internet digital media social media publishing

NewHive

THE MULTI MEDIA PUBLISHING PLATFORM
NewHive is a publishing platform for multi-media art. We provide tools formerly limited to seasoned web developers, so that every person has the ability to create rich, interactive web pages and interstitial, multimedia art.

Argoz - consumer internet e-commerce fashion subscription businesses

Argoz

IDEO for Fashion + Subscription Apparel
Argoz has already sold 10k pairs of argyle socks ONLINE in just 12 mo! Fashion forward brand selling quality unique products. We design our own products -- Creating brand loyalty & maximizing profits. Using our proprietary algorithm, we are able to predict fashion ...

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NowBoarding ✈️

Invite-only mailing list.
We search the best weekend and long-haul flight deals so you can book before everyone else.

CruiseWise - consumer internet online travel social travel travel

CruiseWise

Cruise Search Simplified
CruiseWise is a category killer in the last untouched travel vertical. Our mission is to radically simplify the process of searching, comparing, and booking cruises online. Think "Kayak.com" for cruises. Cruise is the fastest growing industry ($30B) in the travel ...

IFTTT - consumer internet business productivity productivity software

IFTTT

Put the internet to work for you.
IFTTT is a service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement — if this then that.

Perkville - consumer internet loyalty programs deals local businesses

Perkville

Perkville is a leading provider of customer loyalty programs to small businesses.
Perkville is a San Francisco-based company that empowers any business to create a cardless loyalty program in minutes. Perkville is used in 2,000 locations including retailers, restaurants, gyms, salons, spas and more all around the world. Investors include Keiretsu ...

Priceonomics - consumer internet big data social commerce data mining

Priceonomics

The Price Guide for Everything
Priceonomics is the price guide for everything. We've built price guides for things like phones, computers, bicycles, cars, calculators, and just about everything. We develop canonical product lists and then index transactions on the web to determine the market ...

Listly - consumer internet social media publishing social commerce

Listly

Listly helps bloggers and publishers engage audience with continuously evolving lists
Listly exists because humans love numbered lists. To quote Hubspot's Halligan & Shah “Our species is drawn to numbered lists” via their book Inbound Marketing. Fact: List posts get viewed and shared more than other content. Analytics drive publishers to create ...

42Floors - consumer internet real estate marketplaces commercial real estate

42Floors

Discover and create your dream office
42Floors was founded in November of 2011 with the vision of making it easy to discover and create your dream office space. Based in San Francisco, California, the 42Floors team is made up of experienced entrepreneurs and engineers with a passion for making the ...

Yog - consumer internet virtual worlds fitness personal health

Yog

Race other runners in real-time
Each year, runners spend $1.5 billion (growing 11.5% annually) to race. Yog gives them access to this same experience every time they lace up their shoes. Running is great for its simplicity, but it becomes boring without the social support and competition of ...

Gil Penchina Backers Fund I - consumer internet enterprise software big data

Gil Penchina Backers Fund I

One investment, guaranteed access to all Gil Penchina syndicate deals
One investment, guaranteed access to all deals done by the "Gil Penchina syndicate" which focuses primarily on consumer internet and software startups. The first fund will cover my next 10 deals. Investors will be invited to subsequent funds as they are created.

HealthRally - consumer internet social media personal health crowdfunding

HealthRally

Crowdfunding for personal health motivation
HealthRally is a crowdfunding platform that lets friends and family motivate one another to achieve health goals with money and rewards. Every rally has a significant reward that the leader gets if they reach their goal like a spa day, an iPad, or a charity-focused ...

CareLinx - consumer internet marketplaces baby boomers elder care

CareLinx

Caregiver Marketplace: Disrupting the $100B+ in-home care market. AARP Winner!
CareLinx is a professional caregiver marketplace that is disrupting the +$100 Billion in-home come care service delivery market. CareLinx is saving families over $10,000 a year compared to traditional agencies. CareLinx eliminates the need for traditional brick ...

Foodzie - consumer internet e-commerce food and beverages subscription businesses

Foodzie

Marketplace for Artisan Food (Acquired 2012)
Foodzie is an online marketplace where food lovers delight in the discovery of new and interesting products from small-batch foodmakers.

Frenzoo - consumer internet mobile internet social games

Frenzoo

3d mobile games for women.
Based in San Francisco and Hong Kong, Frenzoo creates 3d mobile games for women. Our debut game Style Me Girl was downloaded over 1 million times in the first 2 weeks, hitting the #1 free RPG position in iOS and #1 free game on Amazon appstore. All our Me Girl™ ...

Wello - consumer internet fitness marketplaces health and wellness

Wello

Personal training anytime, anywhere
Wello connects consumers with fitness professionals over LIVE, INTERACTIVE video for individual and group workout sessions. Imagine working out with a personal trainer in your living room using just your laptop or tablet. Wello matches clients with the right ...

Red Tricycle - consumer internet mobile marketplaces parenting

Red Tricycle

Connecting Families With Awesome
Red Tricycle is launching the first marketplace connecting parents with awesome things to do. Armed with over 1 M users in 9 US cities, 6k vendors, and strong consumer trust, Red Tricycle is poised to disrupt a broken model and make it easier for parents to plan ...

Everest - consumer internet mobile social media photo sharing

Everest

One life. Many journeys.
Your life is more than your last photo. On Everest, every Journey tells a story about a different part of your life. So you can express yourself more meaningfully, and interact with others around shared interests. Tell stories! Journeys on Everest allow you to ...

LikeIt - consumer internet mobile social media online dating

LikeIt

A fun way to discover people, places and things.
Likeit.com is a fun way to discover people, places and things. Log-in with Facebook to share your favorite music, movies, books, hobbies and more across Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Photobucket, Flickr, Foursquare and Goodreads. Experience people discovery ...

JungleCents - consumer internet e-commerce fashion online shopping

JungleCents

Daily deals matched with industry leading publishers through editorials
JungleCents works with publishers to create new ways to monetize by matching content with daily deals. Transforming traditional publisher advertising by targeting ecommerce deals through editorial content. While brands have used traditional banner ads for clicks, ...

Plate - consumer internet mobile restaurants tablets

Plate

Smart Menu Network
Paper menus have been the norm for centuries. The rapid rise of tablets will change this. Our first product is "smart menu" technology that replaces all of a fine restaurants' menus and wine lists with any tablet - iPad, Android, etc. Consumers get a superior ...

Homejoy - consumer internet hospitality collaborative consumption cleaning

Homejoy

Get your place professionally cleaned.
Homejoy is a fast-growing San Francisco-based tech startup focused on making it easier for people to get home services, starting with house cleaning. Funded by some of the best investors (and engineers), including Andreessen Horowitz, Max Levchin, Paul Buchheit, ...

Fooducate - consumer internet mobile mobile coupons health and wellness

Fooducate

Weight watchers for the new generation
* Fooducate is a food recommendation engine: 1. empowers people to choose healthier groceries at the supermarket. 2. allows brands to communicate with consumers at the point of decision. * Phase one: 5 star iPhone app, 500k downloads: http://bit.ly/fdctapp 1. ...

Bloc - consumer internet education

Bloc

Bloc provides online, mentor-led bootcamps in web, mobile, and design.
Bloc provides online bootcamps in web development, mobile development, and design. Bloc courses are taught by experienced mentors who guide students through our project-oriented curriculum. Mentors help students build a portfolio of work with real developer and ...

Upshift - consumer internet transportation collaborative consumption same day delivery

Upshift

Your next car fits in your pocket.
Upshift is driven to enable greater freedom than car ownership using fewer resources to unlock our congested cities, regenerate the planet and turn parking into parks. 88% of people moving to cities don't own cars but they all have smartphones and are increasingly ...

AttorneyFee - consumer internet legal price comparison local search

AttorneyFee

We're making legal services affordable for everyone!
AttorneyFee is like Mint for legal services. We help people find attorneys that fit within their budget and manage their legal expenses.

Heirloom - consumer internet digital media social media publishing

Heirloom

Create, share and preserve media with stories.
Heirloom provides a world-class platform for creating, sharing and preserving stories online. Use photos, videos, notes and more to create stories in just minutes. Invite contributors to collaborate and create stories together. Share your stories publicly (Story ...

WA.TT - consumer internet clean technology social games energy efficiency

WA.TT

Klout for Energy (Greenstart '11)
WA.TT, the "Zynga of Energy" is making the game of going green! We are making energy, one of the largest markets in human history and vital to our everyday lives, a big game. Imagine within 60 seconds of visiting WA.TT seeing all of your energy (from coal to ...

Meldium - consumer internet enterprise software small and medium businesses

Meldium

Account & password manager for teams (YC W13)
Meldium is the simplest way for teams to access the cloud tools they need. By aggregating and monitoring accounts across any web service, it frees your people from tedious account management. Unlike other "IT management" tools, it is designed for anyone to use. ...

Hint - consumer internet mobile location based services big data

Hint

Context-aware mobile search. Hint helps you know what to do next by leveraging your data.
Hint is a context-aware, mobile search engine that helps you enjoy life while never missing important messages. Hint predicts and anticipates what you'll do next, and then assists you in doing our recommendations, whether it be making a dinner reservation or ...

Glamping Hub - consumer internet online travel online reservations adventure travel

Glamping Hub

Leading Reservation Platform for Luxury Camping Accommodations
Glamping Hub is the leading portal to luxury camping destinations around the world. Created by an international team of travel aficionados and tech experts, GlampingHub.com features the most unforgettable 'glamping sites' that our team has discovered across the ...

MyHealthTeams - consumer internet social media health care health and wellness

MyHealthTeams

Facebook-Meets-Yelp for Chronic Health Communities
50% of Americans have a chronic health condition. When you are diagnosed with a disease, it should be easy find others in your shoes and learn from them, but it's not. We solve that with condition-specific social networks where it's easy to find referrals, advice ...

ReadyForZero - consumer internet financial services payments finance

ReadyForZero

Tackle any debt faster and track your credit online - automatically.
ReadyForZero.com creates award-winning online tools for tackling debt and managing credit - automatically. With $200 million in debt paid down, our tools are a proven way for consumers to make better financial decisions. ReadyForZero is the only platform that ...

Bright Funds - consumer internet financial services social commerce nonprofits

Bright Funds

Unlocking Billions of Giving Through the Workplace
Bright Funds provides companies of any size a fully integrated, scalable employee engagement platform for workplace giving built for a new generation of donors who wish to give more – and more effectively – to the causes they care about.

140Fire.com - consumer internet enterprise software video advertising

140Fire.com

Mark Cuban backed 140Fire is the fastest growing video ad tech company of 2011
140Fire is the fastest growing interactive video ad technology company of 2011. Our DataRoll product adds interactive elements to video campaigns which: o Help understand viewers o Measure ad effectiveness o Increase ad engagement ...

Viatask - consumer internet mobile social media location based services

Viatask

Let others run your errands
Viatask is a social errand-running platform. It connects users who don't have time to run their errands and those who are looking to make some commission by completing tasks for others in their neighborhood. The customers are those who don't have time to complete ...

FOODIA - consumer internet mobile social media food and beverages

FOODIA

Inspired by food.
FOODIA. Who knows?

Notehall (Acquired by Chegg 6/11) - consumer internet information technology e-commerce education

Notehall (Acquired by Chegg 6/11)

Document Marketplace for College Students
Update: Notehall Acquired by Chegg in June 2011; Notehall is an interactive learning platform for students to buy and sell class notes, study guides and knowledge in specific subjects. This way the most relevant/real-time information can be learned in the most ...

KidAdmit - consumer internet mobile marketplaces parenting

KidAdmit

Giving your kids every opportunity
KidAdmit is a fast growing marketplace for children’s programs - from every dance, sport, art class & music lesson to birthday parties, camps & even school. Parents spend BILLIONS of dollars on education & activities but the process has remained laborious & inefficient. ...

Hygeia Personal Care Products - consumer internet consumer goods parenting teenagers

Hygeia Personal Care Products

The definitive product and education guide for teen girls as they develop.
The biological growth, development and education of girls signifies one of the most important transition in their lives, yet it is still one of the most uncomfortable topics in our society to broach. Our mission is to empower girls with the right products at ...

Spoondate - consumer internet mobile location based services bridging online and offline

Spoondate

Meet online. Eat offline.
Meet and eat with people who love the food you love. Spoondate lets users share their food cravings. For example: "I'm craving a sushi at Zushi Puzzle." Members in the same area can request to join for a meal, or search for others who are interested in specific ...

Nothing Magical - consumer internet ios web browsers mac

Nothing Magical

We make simple products people want.
Currently, Nothing Magical works on an iPhone application called Shares (http://getsharesapp.com) and a blogging platform with mobile applications called Roon (http://roon.io). Nothing Magical previously worked on Cheddar (http://cheddarapp.com). It was a simple ...

Grocerize - consumer internet advertising platforms groceries recipes

Grocerize

The best way to buy groceries - for the 348M people who spend $1.4 trillion.
Grocerize makes recipe shopping a breeze. Grocerize closes the loop between meal inspiration and food procurement by connecting shoppers at the point of relevance with local grocery retailers and food brands. Grocerize is disrupting the $60b grocery market.

YBUY - consumer internet e-commerce consumer goods

YBUY

Try the best products in the world before you buy
YBUY is a membership club that curates the best products for our customers' lifestyles and then lets them try them in their homes before they financially commit.

HotPrints - consumer internet social media photo sharing textbooks

HotPrints

FREE Photo Print Publishing
HotPrints aims to disrupt the photo print publishing industry ($2B market) with its FREE print products. Photo publishing is a high-end market with an average price of $40 per photo book. HotPrints brings this market to the masses by lowering cost and time ...

Twimbow - consumer internet social media social media monitoring

Twimbow

A Colorful Social Media Dashboard
Twimbow is a web application that helps any social media user to engage their network of friends more effectively, by organizing and enriching their conversations online Twimbow is a social media dashboard tha lets users focus on what really matters for them, ...

Dish.fm - consumer internet mobile restaurants reviews and recommendations

Dish.fm

Dish.fm shows the best dishes at any restaurant based on analysis of millions of reviews
Dish.fm is an easy way to order the best dishes in any restaurant with confidence. Dish.fm creates the menu of the future with photos, ratings of dishes, and reviews. In one quick glance, learn what is the best dish, drink or dessert to order based on the results ...

unseat.me - consumer internet sports ticketing collaborative consumption

unseat.me

Social StubHub- Sell Your Tickets to Your Friends
You have tickets; your friends want them. Until now the only option was to meet on the street to make the exchange. unseat.me gives ticket buyers and sellers an easy way to export listings from popular marketplaces like StubHub into their existing social networks. ...

Deal Decor - consumer internet e-commerce

Deal Decor

Group-buying for furniture that can beat Amazon's prices by 30-60%
Deal Decor is going to disrupt the $80B furniture industry. By leveraging the power of group buying and cutting out the middlemen, Deal Décor has developed a smarter way to shop for furniture. Customers save 30-70% off beautiful, high-quality furniture that ...

Tackk - consumer internet digital media k 12 education curated web

Tackk

Pages for Everything
Create, chat and share with Friends. Tackk is the most engaging way to interact on a platform. Users can create beautiful pages and engage their audience to help them contribute. Events, stories, photo galleries, classroom projects...the opportunities are limitless!

Hunybe Labs - consumer internet social commerce productivity software collaborative consumption

Hunybe Labs

A better way for groups to make decisions, together.
Decision-making is messy. Hunybe rescues you with a way to connect with friends, family or coworkers to: -- gather ideas -- enable voting around the things your group cares about most -- use email instead of fighting it -- identify the best options The business ...

Cortex - consumer internet mobile social media ios

Cortex

Share fast
At Cortex, our mission is to change the way people share information across the web. We are the fastest platform to share articles, links, videos, images, music to your social network friends and family. Our team consists of Ex-Googlers and top creative engineers ...

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