Top Tech Startups in Southern California in 2024

Genies is Gen Z’s leading avatar technology company empowering humans to create their own avatar ecosystems. Genies provides tools that allow users to create their own avatars, avatar wearable fashion lines, avatar worlds, and avatar interactive experiences in web3. The company has 99% celebrity avatar market share through its partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as their “official avatar and digital goods provider with thousands of Genie creators including Justin Bieber, Migos, Cardi B, and J Balvin. Our avatar marketplace “The Warehouse” built with Dapper Labs, allows creators to design and sell their avatar ecosystem creations (i.e. avatar fashion lines) to the masses. Genies has raised $200M from investors such as Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Breyer Capital.

CookUnity is the first-ever chef-to-consumer platform. Connecting a diverse group of talented chefs with busy food lovers, we’re elevating the at-home dining experience. On a quest to unlock the world’s best food creators and bring their meals to the masses, CookUnity is home to more than 35 of NYC and LA’s most talented chefs. Through a weekly subscription, consumers can select from a robust and ever-changing menu of handcrafted meals that cater to a wide variety of palates and dietary preferences. Delivering more than 3.5M meals per year and growing 5x YoY, CookUnity is also helping Chefs double their income and build their own teams under their personal brands. Believing that healthy food fuels stronger communities, CookUnity contributes to an ongoing partnership and donation with the Food Bank For New York City, the city’s major hunger-relief organization working to end food poverty across all five boroughs. A growing startup with kitchens in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, CookUnity reaches subscribers throughout the country, with ambitious expansion planned for 2021. Join Us!

Madison Reed (madison-reed.com) is an e-commerce start-up with a team of 180+ rock stars in San Francisco. We’re revolutionizing the $50B hair care market using technology (web, mobile, tablet, social) to radically innovate the user experience and business model. Madison Reed is headquartered in SF and backed by top-tier venture capital firms Norwest VP, True Ventures, Maveron and Shea Ventures.

We at Spinlaunch develop and design technology for mass accelerators. Spinlaunch was founded by Jonathan Yaney in 2014, and has since raised over $80 million dollars in funding. Our corporate headquarters is in Long Beach California. We also have a flight test facility at Spaceport America in New Mexico. We are developing a kinetic energy space launch system that lowers the dependency on traditional chemical rockets which lowers the cost dramatically.

Subject is an educational technology startup looking to disrupt this generation's classroom experience. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, SoftBank Opportunity Fund, Owl Ventures, and others, our rapidly-growing LA-based team is empowering a global community of students with access to on-demand, delightful learning that truly engages. Subject is the only video based, for credit platform designed specifically for high school students. With more than 121 state and nationally approved courses, Subject’s focus lives in academic integrity, authentic and rigorous curriculum, and most importantly, student engagement. Subject’s courses incorporate the three main principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and feature video micro-lessons, assignments, assessments, educator insights, and data tracking. Subject is an evidence-based program, having met the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Level IV requirements. Subject's virtual school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and its courses are approved by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and University of California (UC A-G). Subject’s curriculum is NGSS and Common Core standards aligned and works directly with School Districts, Networks, and County Offices of Education to provide engaging and accredited courses. Vision - Revolutionize education by empowering all students with the ability to outperform their current trajectory. We will change the world by increasing society’s access to high quality education, improving high school graduation rates and giving our students better access to top colleges and universities. Mission - To maximize the potential of all learners and educators regardless of zip code.

The Art of Life. That's what we're all about. Tezza is a photo and video editing app and lifestyle brand empowering everyone to discover their inner artist, unlock their creative potential, and make their life their art — both online and off. Between our top-ranking app, first-to-market collage kits, and limited collection merch that sells out in minutes, we are constantly dreaming up new ideas to build the ultimate creative community. Join us as we bring the worlds of art, design and fashion together in one beautiful space! Tezza App available on iOS and Android // 3 Million Monthly Active Users Download: tezza.onelink.me/a97m/ovoq4kdi

We're hiring: flexport.com/careers. At Flexport, we believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global trade easy for everyone. Flexport is building the platform for global logistics, empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services to grow and innovate. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries every year. With offices on three continents, our team is as global as our client base. Wherever you are, whichever role you play, you’re guaranteed to share your day with passionate and resourceful team members who are in it together. Read more on our blog: flexport.com/blog.

Sensor Tower is a comprehensive mobile market intelligence platform that delivers crucial insights into the global app economy. Our flagship Store Intelligence product is an enterprise level offering that provides high-accuracy, worldwide app download and revenue estimates for Apple's App Store and Google Play. Our best-of-class research interface, which seamlessly integrates across our Store Intelligence, Ad Intelligence, and App Intelligence products, is utilized by executives and analysts alike to drive key business decisions. Our products are counted on by the app world's largest publishers, Fortune 500 companies, and financial institutions to surface emerging market trends, benchmark performance, and grow app businesses at enterprise scale.

At Veo, we're bringing the next generation of mobility sharing to cities and universities globally through our dockless pedal bike, e-bike and e-scooter systems. We also offer fat-tire bikes, cargo bikes and ADA-compliant bikes – making us the only shared mobility provider with this breadth of options. We design and engineer our own vehicles, hardware and software systems to provide a greener, healthier mode of transportation to make the communities we serve more sustainable and livable. Our mission is to offer the best combination of multi-modal sharing technology and seamless customer service, so users can unlock joy in their day. We are looking for exceptionally talented individuals who are ready to take on exciting challenges and own solutions. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL, but we are hiring across the U.S. Join us!

Ever talk to a really good AI when you call customer service? That’s (probably!) powered by us at Flip - a profitable, fast-growing startup raising our Series A. Having Flip's voice assistant makes for: ✅ Happier customers: 24/7 on-brand resolutions, with high success rates. ✅ Happier agents: instead of an avalanche of tickets, more of a 'manageable handful' :) ✅ Happier businesses: happier customers & happier agents, all while saving $$$$! Flip: where rich conversations happen and brand love is built, at scale. Check us out at flipcx.com!