Top Tech Startups in Northern California in 2024

At Common Room, we’re building more than the tools that help organizations build and nurture their communities—we’re building a whole new way of working with the people that matter most. We’re leading a new category specifically focused on the importance of community and, alongside our customers, we’re determining what a best-in-class experience for community-centric growth should look like, feel like, and what it should deliver.

The Convergent Research team helps incubate and launch Focused Research Organizations, a new model to fill gaps in the R&D ecosystem to tackle global challenges as Schmidt Futures Network’s first initiative. At Convergent Research we launch large-scale, high-impact science projects. We aim to help fill a structural gap in today's R&D system. We enable fundamental research that requires unusual levels of scale and coordination yet is not rapidly monetizable by industry.

One Medical is the fastest growing primary care practice in the country. But this is no ordinary doctor’s office. Everything we do is built around how people live today. From our office experience to the exceptional people we hire to technology that simplifies getting — and giving — care, we’re transforming healthcare and truly changing people’s lives.

Our mission is to bring people closer together through world-class immersive experiences. Groups of up to six friends freely roam the VR space together, exploring virtual worlds and relying on each other to succeed in games specifically designed to be social experiences. When guests step into our virtual worlds, they experience the world’s most advanced virtual reality. Our proprietary, patented technology combines full-body motion capture and high-quality haptics to provide unprecedented realism and complete immersion that’s not possible with home VR or other location-based VR platforms. Players experience heart-pounding, exhilarating, and unforgettably immersive gameplay when they fend off zombie hordes, enter a world of swashbuckling adventure, soar into the clouds in a space elevator or compete against one another in a futuristic combat arena – the true future of immersive entertainment. Guests choose from any of our six exclusive experiences, created by our AAA in-house development studio. Each one is designed to make participants feel like they are in the middle of a favorite action movie, with the heightened emotions that come from not just watching a film, but from actually becoming the stars of the action. Sandbox VR is perfect for outings with family and friends, including birthday parties and group events. Come experience why Sandbox VR has been rated 4.8 out of 5 Stars by tens of thousands of guests worldwide. Sandbox VR is headquartered in San Francisco, California with an office in Hong Kong. Sandbox VR’s latest round has raised over $37 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, Gobi Partners, and Craft. Individual investors include Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Kevin Durant and Will Smith.

Our mission is to accelerate progress toward a smaller, fairer, safer criminal justice system—and to do so at-scale. Recidiviz is a tech startup through and through: we take the speed and problem solving of the tech world and apply it to big public policy challenges where there is huge opportunity for impact. Using modern data infrastructure and thoughtful product design, we’ve been able to safely and permanently reduce incarceration and improve outcomes. We work side-by-side with justice-impacted communities, ecosystem partners, and leaders of the criminal justice system to build a better path forward. In addition to the revenue we earn from states, some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations—including Arnold Ventures, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Mozilla Foundation—support our work.

SuperTokens is one of the largest open source authentication projects in the world. Every web and mobile app in the world with users, requires user authentication. SuperTokens has 11K+ Github stars and was the top 20 fastest growing open source companies in 2022 as per the ROSS index by Runa Capital. We have thousands of production applications and are revenue is scaling exponentially. We're doubling our team over the next few months (as of Feb 2024) 1. We're easier to implement as we take a modular approach - making it possible to pick only the features you need for your use case. This means you need not worry about complications associated with other features (eg: SSO and OAuth if you don’t need it) and this in turn makes it easier to implement and manage SuperTokens. 2. Developer's can own and manage their user's data. 3. SuperTokens can be run on your premise for free and also has a generous hosted tier for those who dont want to manage it themselves.

Hello. we’re everlane. we launched in 2011 with a question: why would you pay $70 for a t-shirt—that only cost $7 to make? we want the right choice to be as easy as putting on a great t-shirt. that’s why we partner with ethical factories all around the world. source only the finest materials—from our premium grade-a cashmere to our vegetable-tanned italian leather. and share the stories behind every product we make with our customer—down to the cost of shipping and materials. it’s a new way of doing things. we call it radical transparency. learn more about it at everlane.com/about.

We live in a world where “connected” no longer means attached to a wire. At Reach Labs, we are introducing a new state of charging technology that cuts the cord and pulls us into an era no longer dependent on physical connections to power our lives. As WiFi did with data, Reach’s long-range wireless technology aims not just to improve charging technology, but to transform industries by enabling a new generation of devices and applications. The variety of applications for wireless charging are nearly endless -- we’re identifying areas of greatest value and building solutions. We’re interested in finding exceptional people to join us.

At Pave, we believe the world of compensation is broken, and we’re going to fix it. Pave allows companies to benchmark compensation to leaders in their industry, analyze internal compensation data and make the right adjustments, then visually communicate compensation to their employees. We’re building the world’s largest real-time compensation data platform on the path to help employers and employees navigate the murky world of compensation with clarity, equity, and accessibility. And you don’t have to just hear it from us — you can hear it from our customers: Dropbox, Hover, ModernHealth, Discord and more. Check out details about our recent Series C and acquisition in 2022: pave.com/blog-posts/announcing-paves-series-c-and-acquisition-of-option-impact

At Bottr, we are on an audacious mission, one that resonates deeply with the enchanting world depicted in the movie "Her." Imagine a future where everyone, regardless of their background or circumstance, has access to a personal assistant, not just any assistant, but one that is your confidant, advisor, and friend — a companion who knows you inside out, like a cherished character from your favorite film. Our vision extends beyond the realm of traditional personal assistants. Our digital companions are designed to be your on-demand entertainer, your trusted family doctor, your financial advisor, your travel planner, your life coach, your relationship guide, your tutor, and, above all, your unwavering companion through life's journey. They are here to enrich your life, bringing joy, guidance, and companionship to every aspect of your existence. We invite you to join us on this remarkable journey as we strive to make the world a better place, one personalized digital companion at a time. Together, we will redefine personal assistance and create a future where everyone can experience the magic of having their very own "Her"-like companion—a friend who listens, understands, and enhances the tapestry of life. Are you ready to embark on this extraordinary adventure with us? Together, we will shape a future where personal assistance knows no bounds, just as in your favorite movie "Her."