City by the Bay and tech hub of the Western universe, San Francisco is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of northern California. Companies aim to attract and keep the kind of top talent that drives the future here.
These 17 businesses in the Bay Area each recently closed funding rounds that grew the companies by 50 million dollars or more – which means they’re potentially going places, and soon. The money will most likely be used by these companies to accelerate growth, kick off new sales and marketing efforts, and hire new employees.
Industry: Finance
Total Funding: $447.8M
Carta is building a global ownership management platform to help companies, investors, and employees manage their equity. Its mission is to create owners and replace stock markets. Having executed on building successful products for companies and VCs in the private market, Carta is now building products that provide liquidity to shareholders. The company raised $300M during its most recent funding round.
“They work hard, want the best for you and make you feel like you are a valuable part of the company.”
Carta employees rated their overall culture an A+
Carta is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Professional Services
Total Funding: $172.3M
Globality is the first end-to-end platform that revolutionizes the way businesses buy and sell services. Using innovative AI technology built upon a constantly-expanding knowledge foundation with millions of data points, Globality ensures a level playing field so companies get the best service providers at the right price for every project. The company raised $100M during its most recent funding round.
Globality is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Social Media
Total Funding: $408.2M
Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth has been a source of inspiration and a guiding principle for Nextdoor since it was founded. Nextdoor is the world’s largest social network for the neighborhood. It enables truly local conversations that empower neighbors to build stronger and safer communities. The company raised $123M during its most recent funding round.
“People who are highly collaborative and want to see you succeed. They are also very smart and driven, but not selfish.”
Nextdoor is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Food and Beverage
Total Funding: $687.5M
Impossible Foods develops a new generation of meats and cheeses made entirely from plants. The company selects specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate the experience of meats and dairy products. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $300M.
Impossible Foods is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Enterprise Software, Big Data
Total Funding: $205.9M
Confluent offers a streaming platform based on Apache Kafka that enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams. By leveraging the Apache Kafka technology, Confluent Platform lets leaders in industries such as retail, logistics, manufacturing, financial services, technology, and media move data from isolated systems into a real-time data pipeline where they can act on it immediately. Confluent raised $125M during its most recent funding round.
“Smart, humble and empathetic. Diverse perspectives and experience levels.”
Confluent is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Autonomous Vehicles
Total Funding: $92M
DeepMap is solving the HD mapping and localization and big data management challenge for L4/5 autonomous vehicles. The company has a world-class team from Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Baidu Maps. The company raised $60M during its most recent funding round.
DeepMap is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce
Total Funding: $197M
Hims is an e-commerce wellness brand made for men with products for skin care, erectile dysfunction, and hair loss. With a telemedicine approach, Hims allows customers to get diagnosed and treated at a lower cost and with greater convenience. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $100M.
Hims is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Neuroscience
Total Funding: $158M
Neuralink is developing the capabilities of the brain through technological augmentation. The idea is that a “neural lace” would be surgically connected to a human brain and allow a user to interact with a computer without the bandwidth challenges that come with current input methods, including keyboards, mice and trackpads. Neuralink raised $51M during its most recent funding round.
Neuralink is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Artificial Intelligence
Total Funding: $1B
OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company that aims to carefully promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit, rather than harm, humanity as a whole. The organization aims to “freely collaborate” with other institutions and researchers by making its patents and research open to the public. It recently raised $1B during a funding round.
OpenAI is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Health Diagnostics
Total Funding: $373.3M
Outset is a pioneering medical technology company that always puts the patient before the machine. Its human-centered model is designed to dramatically improve not only the care experience – for patients, families, providers and physicians alike – but also cost-efficiencies for providers. Outset Medical raised $132M during its most recent funding round.
Outset Medical is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Transportation
Total Funding: $95.7M
Scoop dramatically improves the daily commute by offering convenient and enjoyable carpooling. Scoop partners with employers of any size, enabling them to offer an impactful carpool solution to their workforce. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $60M.
Scoop Technologies is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Big Data, Analytics
Total Funding: $283.7M
Segment provides the customer data infrastructure that helps businesses put their customers first. Using Segment, companies can collect, unify, and connect their first-party to over 200 marketing, analytics, and data warehouse tools. During its most recent funding round, Segment raised $175M.
“Very kind and humble people.”
Segment is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Communications Infrastructure
Total Funding: $120.7M
SendBird is building the most scalable and powerful chat API in the world. The company has customers from over 150 countries around the world serving a truly wide-range of use cases across communities, marketplaces, on-demand services, games, and live-video streaming. SendBird raised $102M during its most recent funding round.
SendBird is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Wireless
Total Funding: $111.7M
Tarana Wireless offers wireless transport solutions for non-line-of-sight (NLoS) and line-of-sight (LoS) operations. It combines ubiquitous coverage, unprecedented capacity and scalability, zero-touch provisioning and operation, and the lowest total cost of ownership. The company raised $88M during its most recent funding round.
Tarana Wireless is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Cyber Security
Total Funding: $222.5M
Vectra is the leader in network detection and response – from cloud and data center workloads to user and IoT devices. Its Cognito platform accelerates threat detection and investigation using artificial intelligence to collect, store and enrich network metadata with the right context to detect, hunt and investigate known and unknown threats in real time. Vectra raised $100M during its most recent funding round.
“Good leadership and company culture. Very talented team and cutting edge tech.”
Vectra AI is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Logistics
Total Funding: $1.3B
Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its freight service includes an online dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $1B.
“CEO is a visionary who wants to take big swings and is dedicated to learning the skills needed to make those successful.”
Flexport employees rated their overall culture an A-.
Flexport is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Professional Services
Total Funding: $423.2M
Thumbtack is an online marketplace that connects millions of people with local professionals for their projects. It operates a platform where people can hire talents and professionals like instructors, painters, photographers, and many more. Thumbtack raised $150M during its most recent funding round.