Top Tech Startups in California, US in 2026

Lively is the modern HSA experience built for those seeking stability in the ever-shifting and uncertain healthcare landscape. Lively is committed to helping every HSA maximize its potential through intuitive design, accessible support, and ongoing education.

Postman is the leading API platform, used by 17 million developers and 500,000 organizations worldwide. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so developers and teams can create better APIs—faster. Postman is a global company with headquarters in San Francisco, a large office in Bangalore (where the company was founded), and distributed team members on four continents. Postman is privately held, with funding from Insight Partners, CRV, Nexus Venture Partners, Coatue, Battery Ventures, and BOND. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on Twitter via @getpostman.

Blend makes the process of getting a loan simpler, faster, and safer! With its digital lending platform, Blend helps financial institutions including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank increase productivity and deliver exceptional customer experiences. The company processes nearly $2 billion in loans daily, helping millions of consumers gain access to the capital they need to lead better lives. Founded in 2012 by a group of former Palantir engineers, Blend has raised $685 million from leading venture investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Canapi Ventures, Capital One Ventures, Coatue, 8VC, Emergence Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Temasek, and Tiger Global Management.

Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. By combining comprehensive insurance coverage and cybersecurity tools, Coalition helps businesses manage and mitigate digital risks. Coalition offers its Active Insurance products in the U.S., U.K., and Canada through relationships with leading global insurers, as well as cyber capacity through its own carrier, Coalition Insurance Company. Coalition's Active Risk Platform provides automated security alerts, threat intelligence, expert guidance, and cybersecurity tools to help businesses worldwide remain resilient against cyber attacks. Headquartered in San Francisco, Coalition is a distributed company with a global workforce that collaborates digitally and in office hubs. Coalition is also home to Coalition Security Labs, our research and innovation center providing cybersecurity education and insights designed to help our policyholders and the broader security community face the evolving cyber threat landscape.

Pulse provides software and support to enable top-tier global healthcare practices to attract patients and coordinate care, travel and payment. Our end-to-end solution includes digital marketing, messaging, scheduling, telehealth, EHR, practice management, payments, and analytics.

The idea of building a personalized firearm is decades old; the challenge is designing a Smart Gun that is ultra-reliable, simple to use, and easy to maintain. At Biofire, we are building a home defense weapon that just works when you need it, every single time. We’re laser-focused on quality and safety in everything we do, and we have the experience to back it up. In past roles, Biofire employees have built satellites, cars, medical devices, rockets, robots, supersonic jets, fire rings, and, of course, firearms.

Vend is a SaaS payments company leveraging AI and automation to elevate parking into a first-class mobility vertical

Aview empowers content producers to seamlessly scale, globalize and monetize their media worldwide.

DISCO is the leading provider of ediscovery solutions for law firms, corporations, and government agencies. With technology and services that automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law, DISCO empowers lawyers and their teams to effectively manage discovery processes. DISCO is the ediscovery choice of leading U.S. law firms including litigation boutiques and AmLaw, Fortune 500 companies, as well as government agencies around the world. Ready for an ediscovery upgrade? Request a demo at demo.csdisco.com.

The world doesn't need another company just because. We promised only to build tapouts if we could figure out a way to impact society for the better. By 2025, tapouts will prepare one million children to take on our future challenges by transforming stress into success. tapouts is a science-backed program that was developed by educators and scientists to create a fun and safe space that enables children, ages 4-16 years, to learn lessons that last a lifetime. tapouts’ experienced and caring certified coaches help kids learn to express feelings, improve self-control, build confidence, and make friends around the world on their online platform. The weekly live virtual group sessions are 30 minutes and filled with games (and prizes!) with an approach combining best practices across interdisciplinary fields such as psychology, neuroscience, and education