Just Funded Media
At Just Funded Media we track over 1,000,000 recently funded startups and over 3,800,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Consumer funded companies in California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Consumer Companies & Startups (California)
First Person
First Person is a premium brain health & cognitive performance company centered around functional & psychedelic mushroom product innovation.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Consumer Goods, Dietary Supplements, Nutraceutical, Wholesale
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Thatch
Thatch is the #1 e-commerce platform for travel creators.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Travel
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Genomelink
Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market, and do research with it.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Biotechnology, Consumer Software, Genetics
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Cradlewise Inc.
Cradlewise offers a smart cradle with responsive rocking and integrated contactless baby monitoring.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Baby, Child Care, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Hardware, Health Care, Internet of Things, Parenting
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Orbillion Bio
Orbillion Bio produces meat from the highest quality, heritage animals.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Koko
Koko makes a device to monitor the health and safety of older adults in a completely passive way–with no wearables required.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Elder Care, Health Care, Home Health Care
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Queue
Platform for creatives building an online business and finding new clients.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: B2B, Collaboration, Consumer, Internet, Marketplace, SaaS, Software
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Wispr AI
Wispr AI is developing neural interfaces for the mass consumer market.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Wearables
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Sunnyside
Sunnyside provides healthier drinking habits and avoid the negative effects of alcohol
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Health Care, Personal Health, Psychology, Wellness
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Une Femme Wines
Une Femme makes women-made wines for celebrating life’s big wins: the dream job, the IPO, the smashing of yet another glass ceiling.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Internet, Wine And Spirits
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VOX
VOX – VOX Music Player and the unlimited cloud-based music storage Loop.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Cloud Management, Consumer Electronics, Music, Software
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ZON
Welcome to ZON, a technology solution company catering to the charging demands of mobile device consumers.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Mobile, Solar
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Plural.com
Plural is reinventing the way the world “works”.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer Applications, Information Technology, Internet, Marketplace, Professional Networking, Skill Assessment, Social Network, Software
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Bitmo
Mobile rewards and payment app that leverages data to better connect brands and consumers
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Advertising Platforms, Affiliate Marketing, Business Intelligence, Consumer Research, Digital Marketing, Loyalty Programs, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, Retail Technology
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Hitch
Hitch offers storage products that make carrying daily essentials simple and sustainable.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Lifestyle, Sustainability
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Kyoku
Kyoku is a foodtech brand that makes personalized nutrition for endurance athletes.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Dietary Supplements, Fitness, Food and Beverage, Personal Health
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Misha’s Kind Foods
Misha’s Kind Foods is a plant-based food and lifestyle brand that produces non-dairy spreadable cheese.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Organic Food
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Coco
Coco is on a mission to reinvent remittances.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Assistive Technology, Consumer Goods, Mobile Apps, Social Assistance
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Tot Squad
Tot Squad is a marketplace connecting new parents to services like babyproofing, sleep and lactation consulting.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Baby, Children, Consumer, E-Commerce, Family, Home Services, Marketplace, Parenting, Retail
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MyMarkit Inc.
World’s First Transactional Blockchain
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Banking, Blockchain, Consumer, E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet, Supply Chain Management, Virtual Currency
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Sunflower Labs
Sunflower Labs builds consumer products to design insightful home security.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Drones, Physical Security, Robotics
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Revioly
Revioly is an AI shopping assistant that helps consumers make informed purchasing decisions.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Consumer Reviews, Consumer Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning, Marketing, Natural Language Processing
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Bruvi
Bruvi® reinvents single-serve coffee, with patent pending brewing technology and proprietary, eco-friendly B-Pods®
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Coffee, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
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ELSI Skin Health Inc. (dba Dr. Elsa Jungman)
We are redefining how women treat their skin. Research first, skincare second. First Microbiome-Friendly Skincare.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Biotechnology, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics, Health Care
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CRS Group
The proven leader in CreditAPI technology. Our companies build Software and Data products for the Credit and Finance Industry.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Big Data, Consumer, Financial Services, Lending, Software
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TuringSense
TuringSense is a Silicon Valley-based pioneer in wearable sports technology,
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, eSports, Virtual Reality
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Birch
Birch is democratizing credit card rewards by helping consumers maximize rewards with every purchase.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Credit Cards, Finance, FinTech, Personal Finance, Travel
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Vestaboard
Vestaboard develops an internet-connected display intended to help design and provide information through wall-hanging screens.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Commercial, Consumer Electronics, Home Decor, Internet of Things
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100Plus
100Plus is the fastest-growing Remote Patient Monitoring Platform for doctors to manage their chronic patients to avoid episodic care.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Fitness, Health Care, Software, Wellness
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Melixir
Melixir is a cult beauty brand rooted in Korean skincare rituals backed by science.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Beauty, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Lifestyle, Retail, Sustainability
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Zorachka
Zorachka is an innovator of disruptive technologies.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Blogging Platforms, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video Streaming, Virtual Reality, Virtual World
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Omura
Omura is a next generation heat-not-burn platform for the consumption of whole flower cannabis and hemp CBD.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Cannabis, Consumer Goods
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Backpack
Backpack is a website that connects travelers and shoppers globally.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Travel
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Global Belly
Global Belly the first influencer and content driven marketplace where consumers can shop for their favorite food products.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Marketplace, Social Shopping
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Sleepyhead
Sleepyhead delivers comfort through our premium mattress toppers that are tailored to fit college student’s needs.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Furniture, Green Consumer Goods, Hardware, Lifestyle, Retail
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SmartCatch
SmartCatch is a digital monitoring device that enables fishermen to maximize their catch.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Impact Investing, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Sustainability
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Happyō
Happyō is a social video game that helps people to feel happier uniting them through real life actions
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: B2C, Consumer Applications, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Social Media, Social Network, Video, Video Games, Wellness
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Safe Catch
Safe Catch is a brand with the technology to assure purity in every fish.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Hempacco
Hempacco is a manufacturing company producing innovative, filtered hemp smokable products.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Machinery Manufacturing, Manufacturing
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Dose of Roses
Dose of Roses is a luxury floral and gifting brand with unique products that make someone’s day special
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Flowers, Lifestyle
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PrivacyHawk
Privacyhawk is a mobile app that empowers everyone to take back control of their privacy.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer, Database, Privacy, Software
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Capiche
We’re on a mission to end information asymmetry in business software.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Communities, Consumer Reviews, Content, Internet, News, Price Comparison, Social Network
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QwikLeaf
QwikLeaf is a cannabis investing platform focused on generating income streams for investors.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Consumer Goods, FinTech, Retail
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Roga
The next generation of wearables to treat anxiety
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Health Care, Medical Device, Personal Health, Wearables, Wellness
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Dandelion Chocolate
We make amazing bean to bar chocolate in San Francisco
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Marketing, Restaurants
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Waka Coffee
Delicious instant coffee and tea, made for the 21st century.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Coffee, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
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Minnow
Minnow is a single-source approach to streaming built to help consumers discover the best content across all their subscriptions.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Applications, Data Visualization, Enterprise Applications, Market Research, Media and Entertainment, Software, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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19Labs
Bringing The Clinic to you. Solution for Healthcare Providers that brings together Telehealth, RPM and smart diagnostic devices
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Health Care, Wellness
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Chirp Microsystems
Chirp’s ultrasound 3D sensing technology combines ultralow power, small form-factor with intelligent firmware, enabling new UI/UX for IoT.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: 3D Technology, Consumer Electronics, Manufacturing, Sensor
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SPARE CS, INC
Software solutions for cash management
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Android, Banking, Consumer Software, Digital Marketing, Financial Services, iOS, Peer to Peer, Point of Sale, Software, Virtual Currency
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Miso Robotics
Miso Robotics develops and manufactures artificial intelligence-driven robots that assist chefs to make food at restaurants.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Machine Learning, Robotics
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Zero Grocery
Zero Grocery provides a convenient zero-waste grocery delivery service.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Delivery Service, Grocery, Waste Management
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Encantos
Encantos is a web3 platform empowering creators to help kids love learning
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Apps, Children, Consumer, Content Creators, Digital Entertainment, EBooks, Education, Subscription Service, Video
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Atmos
Atmos develops a home building platform to assist in the creation and design of customized houses.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Construction, Consumer, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Real Estate
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Honeycomb
Social app for saving family memories
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Family, Media and Entertainment, Social Media, Software
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Popl
Popl allows users to share their social media and contact info with a tap.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Social Entrepreneurship, Software
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RangeMe
RangeMe is revolutionizing how retailers and brands work together.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Internet, Retail, Software
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Change Foods
Change Foods is a producer of animal-free cheese and dairy products.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Biotechnology, Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Sustainability
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Yours
Yours is an early stage consumer-tech startup that creates personalized skincare based on the user’s skin, lifestyle, and environment.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Beauty, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics, Health Care, Lifestyle, Machine Learning, Wellness
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talkshoplive
talkshoplive is livestream commerce company.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Video Streaming
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Basepaws
Basepaws is a pet genetics company.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Biotechnology, Consumer, Pet
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Kindra
Kindra, a modern wellness brand for menopause essentials.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Personal Health, Women’s
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Aura Bora
Aura Bora is a maker of craft sparkling water that features herbs, fruits, and flowers.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Retail
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Harper Wilde
Harper Wilde owns and operates an online portal for shopping lingerie.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Fashion, Lingerie, Women’s
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Instreamatic
Voice Marketing Platform
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Audio, Consumer Research, Customer Service, Digital Marketing, Speech Recognition
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Spintly
Wireless cloud based access control platform
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Computer, Consumer Electronics, Product Design
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Youper
Youper combines telehealth and artificial intelligence to make mental health care accessible for everyone.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer, Health Care, mHealth, Women’s
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Silk and Sonder
Silk and Sonder offers a monthly subscription program that includes a hand-curated journal with pages for mental health.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Personal Health, Social, Wellness
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Emme
Emme is a healthcare technology company with a mission to put women’s health in women’s hands, starting with birth control.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Health Care, Medical, Medical Device, Personal Health, Wellness, Women’s
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Mad Rabbit
Mad Rabbit is a California-based tattoo aftercare brand that offers natural products for skin and tattoo maintenance.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Cosmetics
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Cheese
Cheese Financial provides banking services for Asian communities and offer no cash bank fees, cashback, deposit bonus, and FDIC insured.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Banking, Consumer Software, Financial Services
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Manufactured
Manufactured manufactures, finances and distributes products in 20 industries across 25 countries.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, Internet, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management
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Miso Robotics
Miso Robotics develops and manufactures artificial intelligence-driven robots that assist chefs to make food at restaurants.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Machine Learning, Robotics
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Preemadonna
Preemadonna is the maker of Nailbot, a patented nail robot and intelligent manicure product line disrupting the $15B nail care industry.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Beauty, Consumer, Hardware, Mobile, Robotics
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Maker Wine
Maker Wine connects modern wine drinkers to craft wines from best-in-class producers via an industry-leading Can Club subscription.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Subscription Service, Wine And Spirits, Winery
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Tap Systems
Tap Systems is a developer of a wearable Bluetooth keyboard designed to help users type by tapping fingers on any surface.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics, Software, Virtual Reality, Wearables
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LoanHero
LoanHero provides financing for the important things in life, empowering merchants to extend instant financing at the point of sale.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Financial Services, FinTech, Point of Sale, Retail
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Yobs
Instantly record, transcribe and analyze Zoom interviews to hire better, faster.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Software, Developer APIs, Human Resources, Information Technology
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Key
Key is helping a generation stuck renting get on the homeownership ladder while providing property owners with superior real estate returns.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Lending
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BORN
BORN is the world’s first private B2B platform that connects a global network of design-led lifestyle brands and retail buyers.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Beauty, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Information Technology, Interior Design, Marketplace, Product Design, Retail Technology, Sporting Goods
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Fit Pay
FitPay’s platform provides a phone-less and app-less experience.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, Electronics, FinTech, NFC, Payments
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Autio
A mobile app that entertains listeners with bite-sized audio stories about history, landmarks, culture, & natural wonders for travel.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Audio, Consumer Software, Travel
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Core
Core provides a meditation experience device that uses haptics and biofeedback to guide progress and personalize techniques.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Health Care, Personal Health, Wellness
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Phonic
Phonic is the go-to platform for voice and video research.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Research, Innovation Management, Market Research, Product Research, Software
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Faculty
Faculty is a modern grooming company that creates products, routines, and habits to feel good in one’s skin.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Beauty, Consumer Goods, Men’s
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Compose.AI
Accelerate your writing time by 40% with AI-powered autocompletion
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer, Email, Messaging
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BIOME
Rewilds your life
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Landscaping, Wellness
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nFlux AI
nFlux AI is a unified integrated interface where users can acquire information efficiently and effectively
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Consumer Research, Product Research
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AVOCADO
AVOCADO marketplace enables consumers to shop their favorite speciality groceries online.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Grocery, Marketplace, Predictive Analytics, Retail, Shopping
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Spotlite
Spotlite creates a fun, safe, and good-vibe social content space for tweens, teens, and kids.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Children, Consumer Applications, Digital Entertainment, Photo Sharing
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Wisy
Image recognition platform to revolutionize new ways to see retail
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Grocery, SaaS, Sales
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Glass Imaging Inc.
Revolutionary photography technology
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Photography
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Thematic
Thematic is a customer insights platform
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Reviews, Customer Service, Text Analytics
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Juicebox
Juicebox is making a more pleasurable world by providing 1-on-1 sex, dating, and relationship coaching anonymously via an app.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Software, Health Care, Wellness
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Blue Studios
We build tools and software to onboard families into Web3.
Last Funding Round: Pre-Seed
Industries: Consumer, Cryptocurrency, Media and Entertainment
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Mimiq
Mimiq Inc. (formerly Smart Mimic) is a Silicon Valley company that develops fifth-generation, long range, connected consumer devices.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Hardware, InsurTech, Internet of Things, Wireless
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MYGNAR
MYGNAR is the developer of GNARBOX, a rugged backup device for professional content creators.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Computer, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Photography, Software
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Renewal Mill
Renewal Mill is a next generation ingredients company that upcycles byproducts from food manufacturing into high-quality ingredients.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Biotechnology, Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
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PHION Technologies
PHION Technologies offers a platform that provides enterprise, industrial, and consumer applications.
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Communications Infrastructure, Consumer Applications, Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things, Software
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Waggit
A health & safety monitor providing key indicators to help detect health conditions early, improving/possibly extending dogs’ lives
Last Funding Round: Seed
Industries: Big Data, Consumer, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Health Care, Internet of Things, Pet
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