Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Content companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Content industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top San Francisco Content Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
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Reddit is an online platform that enables users to submit links, create content, and have discussions about the topics of their interest.
Fastly
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Fastly helps digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering secure and online experiences.
Contentstack
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Contentstack develops a cloud based content management system intended to power omnichannel content.
Automattic
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Automattic develops publishing platforms, including the WordPress.com website and the VIP WordPress.com cloud version.
Sitecore
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Sitecore is a customer experience management company that provides multichannel marketing automation software and web content management.
MURAL
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MURAL is a digital workspace for visual collaboration
Netlify
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Netlify is a unified platform that automates code to create high-performant, easily-maintainable sites, and web-apps.
Beacons
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Beacons is an online website platform for creators.
Substack
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Substack is a subscription-based newsletter publishing platform for independent writers.
Pantheon
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Pantheon is the WebOps platform where marketers, designers and developers drive results with WordPress and Drupal websites.
Hipcamp
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Hipcamp unlocks access to private land for camping and outdoor recreation.
Primer
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Primer is an internet company that helps companies understand massive stores of text data using AI.
Spire Global
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Spire Global Inc. is a space to cloud data analytics company utilizing satellites to provide maritime, aviation, and weather tracking.
SocialChorus
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SocialChorus is the workforce communication platform that transforms the digital workplace to mobilize the enterprise.
Gumroad
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Gumroad owns and operates an online service through which users can buy and sell digital goods such as design templates and source codes.
AspireIQ
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AspireIQ is an influencer platform that helps the next generation of e-commerce brands scale.
Healthline Media
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Healthline Media is the 2nd largest and fastest growing consumer health publisher in the world, reaching 85 million people a month.
Catch&Release
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Catch&Release is end-to-end content licensing platform that enables brands and advertisers to license content from anywhere on the internet.
ENDLESS
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Endless purpose is to connect the unconnected, enhancing the development and education of all people in emerging markets.
vidIQ
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vidIQ is a YouTube audience development and management suite that provides applications and solutions for marketers.
HOOKED
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HOOKED is redefining entertainment for the Snapchat generation.
Songclip (Audiobyte)
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Songclip is the first Social Music API, offering a SaaS technology platform for integrating licensed music on social and digital platforms.
Onclusive
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Onclusive empowers communications teams with media monitoring and PR analytics software and services.
The Nudge
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The Nudge is a text-based planning service used to help people explore their city.
Blue Wire
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Blue Wire is a hyperlocal sports podcasting network made up of journalists, former athletes, and influential fans.
Linqia
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Linqia is the only influencer marketing company that delivers guaranteed influencer ROI for the enterprise.
Moovweb
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Serverless infrastructure that delivers sub-second React websites
Holloway
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Holloway publishes comprehensive practical Guides, each researched, written, and refined by experts.
Livefyre
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Livefyre helps companies engage consumers through a combination of real-time content, conversation and social curation.
VigLink
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VigLink is a platform for monetizing content-driven commerce for publishers, bloggers, forums, social networks and apps.
Vyrill
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Vyrill’s AI platform offers user generated video – discovery, intelligence, licensing, and content marketing tools for social commerce.
Cloudwords
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Cloudwords unleashes powerful project management capabilities to speed time to market for global campaigns and localized content.
Vidible
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Vidible is a multi-platform, programmatic video exchange platform for discovering and distributing video content.
Jemi
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Jemi is a platform meant to help content creators sell experiences and merch to their fans.
Capiche
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We’re on a mission to end information asymmetry in business software.
Sendwithus
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Sendwithus is a cloud-based communications management platform that enables Enterprises to maximize their email potential.
Visually
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Visually is the content creation platform that enables businesses to connect with their audiences through premium visual content
StudySoup
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StudySoup is an exchange where students can upload or download class notes.
Tailor-ED
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Tailor-ED allows teachers to provide an engaging and effective learning experiences for students.
Desmos
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Desmos is software for developing and sharing educational content.
Matter
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Matter is a social reading app for articles, blogs, and newsletters to help users find better content online.
The H Hub
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The H Hub is a community of 40,000 photographers and videographers. They make content for growing Food & Beverage brands.
Federated Media
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Federated Media is an integrated media company that drives engagement for brands through pure native content and advertising solutions.
Scoop.it
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Scoop.it automates the content marketing process and provides insights on how to generate better results from content.
Built.io
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Built.io Flow is a cloud integration platform that focuses on quick and easy enablement of integration workflows for enterprise companies.
Kapwing
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Online editor for modern videos, GIFs, and images
SpaceVR
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SpaceVR is a virtual reality (VR) experience in zero gravity floatation, delivering cinematic, virtual space, therapy and super learning.
Yours
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Yours is a blockchain-based social network where users can earn bitcoin.
POWr
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POWr has become the web’s leading plugin library and has helped over 8 million small businesses grow.
Bizzit, Inc.
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Collective Sales Intel (SI) with My SI — Launching in 2021 out of a year in beta
eXo Platform
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eXo offers an extensible platform with social tools and enterprise portal functionalities that enable its users to connect and collaborate.
Bold
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Bold is a a publishing and editing platform for enterprise.
Upbeat
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Upbeat is a software-powered next-generation PR agency that focuses on media marketing for various companies.
True Anthem
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True Anthem is an AI-Powered Content Distribution Platform for publishers and media companies.
Watchwith
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Watchwith is a native digital video ad solution TV networks and premium video publishers use to monetize audiences beyond commercial breaks.
Immigo
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The easiest way for creators to monetize and engage their learning community.
Otto Radio, Inc.
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Transform the time on everyday tasks into opportunities to be entertained and stay informed about the things they care about most
Maker
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Maker is a platform designed to elevate the digital experience of any site.
Trapit
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Trapit is the platform for authentic employee advocacy and social selling.
NOMO Ventures
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NOMO Ventures invests in companies seeking direct monetization models, as opposed to companies built on content or advertising.
Waggle.tv
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Waggle creates wonderful connections between animals and the people who love them.
Tagflix
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Tagflix SMART VIDEO is where content becomes the rocket fuel for e-commerce.
Reading Rainbow
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Reading Rainbow is an interactive application delivering digital media content that is both educational and entertaining.
Creator Cash
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Creator Cash provides insights on earnings and revenue and helps creators manage their youtube channels.
Limk
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Limk is a content distribution and a discovery platform, helping websites grow traffic while reaching highly engaged audiences.
Buy Me a Coffee
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Buy Me a Coffee makes it easy for creators to accept donations and membership from their fans.
Publet
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Publet is a content marketing solution that amplifies B2B white papers and collateral through social and mobile to generate sales leads.
POPSUGAR
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PopSugar is an online network of websites that offers updates, trends, and tips in entertainment, fashion, parenting, fitness, and shopping.
TastemakerX
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TastemakerX enables users to create and share their music playlists in social networks.
Smart Moderation
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Smart Moderation is an AI solution that keeps the online world clean and free from abuse.
BearBuzz
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BearBuzz builds an influencer marketplace that moves things along much more quickly than today’s negotiation slog.
XtGem
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Content Network in South East Asia (and mobile website platform)
Pressful
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A simple way to showcase your brand, start up, or announce your news with a journalist video interview.
VSporto
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Connecting true sports fans with unlimited quality audio content of their favorite teams.
Sidelines
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Sidelines lets users follow their favorite teams and share opinions, photos, videos, and articles with their friends and other fans.
ArtMap Inc. (AMI Publications)
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This digital storytelling company is building 15+ community driven publications, such as HackerNoon.com & ExtraNewsFeed.com.
MobSoc Media
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MobSoc Media provides news and original content videos for a variety of consumer interest topics.
Baaz Inc.
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Baaz Inc. is a social media platform specially created in the Arab world for the Arab world with a global appeal.
Inside Warehouse
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Inside Warehouse is an ecosystem that allows suppliers of products to sell directly to the end-consumer through content publishers’ sites.
Alexa.com
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Alexa.com, a subsidiary of Amazon, provides brands, marketers, and agencies with a full suite of SEO and competitor analysis tools.
Stampsy
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Stampsy is an online platform that allows its users to share, curate, and discover visual content that tells a story.
Haul
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We’re all about helping people find, buy, and even sell cool things with a whole community of like-minded people
Bring a Trailer
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Bring a Trailer is a website featuring vintage cars currently for sale.
OutCast
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OutCast is a communications + marketing agency. We put emerging companies on the map and help market leaders chart new growth.
hi5
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Hi5 is a social networking site that allows its users to create, upload, and share content with other members.
Curious Fictions
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Curious Fictions is an uncluttered, mobile-friendly site where readers can find stories.
