Top Tech Startups in Southern California in 2024

The ROSTR Group is a media and technology company building products that are helping to connect and modernize the music industry. Founded in 2018 by two former Spotifiers - Mark Williamson and Adam Watson - the company began with ROSTR, its flagship product, a comprehensive industry directory and relationship mapping tool. The platform has quickly become a go-to resource for tens of thousands of music professionals around the world. Since then, the company has launched a series of new products designed to help the the music industry work better, including: Jobs by ROSTR, a music industry job board that doesn't suck. Data by ROSTR, providing data to help companies make better decisions. Stack by ROSTR, a curated directory of essential music industry tools and resources. ROSTR Insider, a resource for exclusive industry news, trends, and intel. New Industry Friday, a new music industry newsletter you'll actually want to read, every week Our mission is to help connect and modernize the music industry through cutting-edge technology, data intelligence, and software you'll actually want to use. At its core, much like Google organizes information, The ROSTR Group organizes the music industry, bringing structure and transparency to an often complex and opaque space. We believe that by doing this we can make the industry more accessible, transparent and connected than ever before.

Wonder Sciences has created an end-to-end solution that is transforming mental healthcare: Wondermed, a SaaS Platform that Provides Access to Novel Mental Healthcare to Providers for their Patients. - Provider platform: empowers physicians, therapists, and clinics with cutting-edge tools for comprehensive mental healthcare. - Patients platform: provides unmatched mental healthcare and tailored tools for every individual patient. Their research arm drives forward clinical research through scientific studies and AI data analyses, building evidence-based psychedelic protocols optimized for mental health.

At Cobalt Robotics, our indoor robots work together with remote human operators to keep our customers safe. We patrol 24x7 to help prevent break-ins, detect massive leaks and give our customers visibility over their space, their assets, and their data. We partner with businesses across every industry, including Fortune 50 tech companies and automakers. Cobalt's team is comprised of renowned technologists and security professionals, and backed by world-class investors such as Sequoia, Coatue, and Bloomberg Beta. In 2019, Cobalt was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times. We’re looking for people who want to make an impact with us and help build a company that is known for its excellence in engineering, passion for progress, and dedication to customers.

LoanSnap invented the world’s first smart loan technology that uses AI and machine learning to analyze a person’s entire financial picture, and shows them how to benefit with a smart home loan. With LoanSnap, people can stop losing money to lenders who only focus on interest rates and feel confident their home loan is the best option for them now and in the future. Want to join us? Apply to our jobs here!

Everyset makes film & TV productions more environmentally sustainable and less expensive to produce. The founders were inspired to find a better way to manage the operational challenges they faced while working in production at television studios. The platform has a network of 100,000+ SAG-AFTRA and non-union members that have been sourced that work on thousands of productions.

Exergy recovers water at “Point of Use”(POU) at 1/3 of current cost with <18 mo. ROI. POU eliminates need for fresh water, wastewater, and their treatment. Our first product, EthorCEL®, uses patented "electro-membrane" separation technology (U.S., PCT, and other patents). Our customers are the largest users of water worldwide; companies in wet process manufacturing, such as semiconductor,  disk drive, solar, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and pharmaceutical companies. They spend billions making water for use, and then throw it away after one use - this is done continuously, while making high tech products. The existing market for pure water is estimated at $16 Billion per year and the industrial wastewater market is estimated to be in excess of $300 Billion annually. Exergy delivers technologies to make the concept of "closed-loop Factory" a reality. We can no longer waste resources and expect to continue to have access to the latest tech products.

Classroom education in India has stifled many brilliant minds. With Unacademy, India's largest education platform, we are changing that. In a span of 6 months, over 300,000 students have benefited from over 2,400 online lessons and specialised courses on cracking various competitive examinations, on our platform. We have on board some of the top educators in the country, including Kiran Bedi, India's first woman IPS officer and now the Governor of Pondicherry. With over 2 million views every month, we are touching the lives of people in the remotest corners of the country. Our success stories include thousands of students who have cracked toughest of examinations, improved their ability to speak and write better and increase their knowledge. Our vision is to partner with the brightest minds and have courses on every possible topic in multiple languages so the whole world can benefit from these courses. India is home to 19% of the world's youth and we are empowering them to take on the world in a manner that classrooms will never do.

Since launching in 2009, Grindr has grown into the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. We have millions of users who use our location-based technology in almost every country in every corner of the planet. And we’re still evolving. Today, Grindr proudly represents a modern LGBTQ lifestyle that’s expanding into new platforms. From social issues to original content, we’re continuing to blaze innovative paths with a meaningful impact for our community. At Grindr, we’ve created a safe space where you can discover, navigate, and get zero feet away from the queer world around you. Keep connecting.

Clocky is the only alarm clock that runs away beeping to get you out of bed on time. Nearly 50% of people "abuse the snooze." Clocky will let you snooze once but then he will jump off of your nightstand and run away beeping, determined to get you out of bed. Never Oversleep Again. We're a popular consumer products company building the innovative products for the home! One of our biggest products is Clocky, the popular alarm clock that runs away beeping. Check us out at clocky.com and new products you work on will be part of our larger umbrella consumer brand.

We provide a platform for small businesses to manage their online presence.