Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Marketplace companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Marketplace 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 Marketplace Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Faire
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Faire is a company that helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores.
Opendoor
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Opendoor is an operator of an online real estate marketplace used to streamline the sales process of home buying and selling.
Forge
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Forge (formerly Equidate) is a marketplace for private equity, giving private and institutional investors access to top pre-IPO companies.
Upwork
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Upwork is the world’s work marketplace, connecting millions of businesses with independent talent around the globe.
Shef
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Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps cooks make an income by cooking and selling food to their communities.
Pacaso
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Pacaso is a proptech company that modernizes the generations-old practice of co-owning a second home.
The RealReal
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The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated and consigned luxury goods.
Underground Cellar
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Underground Cellar is an online wine marketplace to discover, buy, and store premium wines.
Turo
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Turo is a car sharing marketplace where guests can book any car they want.
Heyday
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Heyday offers a digital marketplace space built for sellers to accelerate consumer product brands.
Shift
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Shift is an online marketplace for buying and selling used cars.
Getaround
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Getaround is a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that enables car owners to rent out their cars.
Hipcamp
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Hipcamp unlocks access to private land for camping and outdoor recreation.
Outschool
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Outschool is a marketplace of live online classes for kids that connects learners, parents, and teachers together.
Prosper Marketplace
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Prosper Marketplace is an online lending platform that connects people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions.
Qualia
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Qualia is a digital closing platform used by 1000s of real estate and mortgage companies to provide simple, secure homebuying experiences.
Apartment List
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Apartment List is a smart, simple and seamless renting platform that’s dedicated to making the process fair and transparent for all.
RapidAPI
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RapidAPI is an API marketplace that enables developers to find and connect to APIs.
Vivino
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Vivino is a wine app and online wine marketplace that provides users tools to buy better wine based on their unique tastes.
Zumper
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The third largest rental platform in North America—supporting over 90m people every year and helping 1 in 3 Americans find their next place.
Atmos
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Atmos handles the entire homebuilding process, all online.
Pachama
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Pachama is a technology startup that builds a technology verified marketplace for forest carbon offsets.
Airbnb
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Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the internet.
Booksy
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Booksy is an online platform for finding and booking beauty and wellness appointments.
Roofr
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Roofr is a marketplace for roofing and utilizes satellite imagery for instant roofing estimates.
Eaze
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Eaze is an online marketplace and technology platform that helps provide legal access to cannabis through safe and convenient delivery.
Instawork
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Instawork is the on-demand staffing app for gig workers and hospitality businesses.
Hired
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Hired is a career marketplace that matches tech talent with innovative companies.
Wonolo
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Wonolo is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate labor needs.
Credible
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Credible is a multi-lender marketplace that allows borrowers to receive competitive loan offers from its vetted lenders.
Winnie
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Winnie is a marketplace for child care built on powerful data systems and backed by a trusted community of parents and providers.
Sundae
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Sundae is a residential real estate marketplace focused on helping sellers of distressed property get the best price for their home.
Peek
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Peek is a travel activities marketplace based in San Francisco, California.
Tophatter
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Tophatter is revolutionizing the e-commerce landscape with a discovery shopping app that’s truly one-of-a-kind.
Court Buddy
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Court Buddy instantly matches consumers with solo attorneys based on budget.
Chairish
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Chairish is an online marketplace for high-end home furniture, art, and decor.
SmartBiz Loans
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SmartBiz Loans is a unique combination of an online SBA loan marketplace and a bank enabling technology platform.
Peerspace
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Peerspace is a peer-to-peer marketplace for booking space for events, meetings, and productions.
BuildZoom
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Buildzoom is enabling people to live and work in beautiful spaces by transforming construction into a delightful experience.
Origin Protocol
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Origin Protocol is a blockchain platform for building decentralized marketplaces.
Soko
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SOKO is a manufacturing platform built using mobile technology to connect independent, distributed artisans to the global marketplace.
Silo
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Silo is a wholesale food marketplace that enables customers to buy and sell produce, protein, dairy, and shelf-stable food quickly.
UpCounsel
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UpCounsel operates an online marketplace for businesses to find and hire legal help based on their preferences in the United States.
MakersPlace
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MakersPlace is an authentic and unique digital creation platform powered by blockchain technology for digital creators.
StubHub
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StubHub is an online ticket marketplace enabling fans to buy and sell tickets to entertainment events.
Creative Market
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Creative Market is a marketplace for ready-to-use design assets from independent creators around the world.
Cottage
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Cottage is solving housing affordability by making it easy to build an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
Printify
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Printify is a marketplace, instantly connecting online merchants to major print on demand & dropshipping manufacturers worldwide.
Let’s Do This
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Let’s Do This is an online marketplace that features almost every endurance event on the planet.
Grabr
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Grabr is a global peer-to-peer shopping and delivery platform.
GetMyBoat
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GetMyBoat is the world’s largest marketplace for boat rentals, yacht charters, and on-the-water experiences.
SMBX
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SMBX is a funding portal and public marketplace for issuing, buying, and selling U.S. small business bonds.
Pared
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Pared is a market network for hospitality professionals.
Leap
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Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market.
Athlane
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Athlane facilitates sponsorship and endorsement deals between streamers and brands.
Queenly
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Queenly is a marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry.
Rare Bits
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Rare Bits is a zero-fee peer-to-peer marketplace to buy, sell, and discover crypto goods.
Amenify
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B2B2C platform connecting real estate properties, service provider companies, and tenants.
KiKi
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KiKi is a social marketplace that connects like-minded real people to enjoy nearby experiences. Backed by 500 Startups B25 & DU Ventures
Unilodgers
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Unilodgers is a marketplace for student accommodations and housing.
ApplePie Capital
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ApplePie Capital is an alternative financing software platform designed for franchise businesses.
Anyplace
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Live anyplace you want with flexible-term housing all over the world.
Radius Agent
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We’re an online real estate brokerage with a referral marketplace and social community focused on helping agents succeed.
Chocolate
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Chocolate is a global mobile video advertising firm. We offer two core products – Chocolate Marketplace and Chocolate Ad Mediation.
Merchbar
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Merchbar is an operator of an online marketplace used to be used for selling music band merchandise.
DataWallet
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DataWallet operates a consumer-to-business marketplace which directly links businesses with internet users.
Dawex
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Dawex is the leading data exchange technology company and the operator of the largest data marketplace.
Foundation Labs
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Foundation Labs is a developer of a blockchain-based art marketplace used for creators, curators, and tastemakers.
Storr
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The most personalized, social, and easy-to-use remote sales platform. Now available in white label.
SkySelect
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SkySelect is a marketplace for the $100B aircraft parts industry.
Movo
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Operational staff in today’s large operations need customized tools created especially for them. Movo is a human resources professional’s dream with large volumes of staff. Bring your concerns and we’ll help you build, manage and enhance the specific skills of your large workforce.
Autolist
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Autolist is a developer of a used car marketplace used to offer verified and checked used cars.
Clarity
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Clarity provides entrepreneurs with over-the-phone business expertise and mentorships.
Xapix
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Xapix provides eCommerce infrastructure to make it easy for digital-first retailers to manage brands across marketplaces.
Labdoor
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Labdoor is an online marketplace that tests and ranks supplements, providing consumers an easy way to research and buy the best products.
Getable
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Getable serves the construction rental market with mobile tools designed for construction professionals and rental equipment providers.
Clipboard Health
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Clipboard Health is a marketplace where nurses can search for jobs.
uDroppy
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SaaS enabled Marketplace that connects D2C Brands to Suppliers and Logistic Warehouses.
Educents
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Educents is a trusted resource for every child’s education.
Deliverr
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Deliverr is a startup company that provides shipping services for e-commerce businesses.
Risk Harbor
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The only objective risk management marketplace for decentralized finance (DeFi).
Via.work
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Via.work is a marketplace that connects professionals to short-term onsite work at companies around the world.
Liftopia
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Liftopia operates an online and mobile marketplace and provides a technology platform for the ski and mountain activity industry.
GlobeIn
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GlobeIn empowers artisans around the world by helping them access the global marketplace.
Revel
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Revel is a marketplace for women over 50 to host and attend small, local gatherings on topics of their choice.
Zora Labs
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Zora Labs is a marketplace for non-fungible tokens.
Itembase
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Itembase is an e-commerce API integration platform that helps service providers connect with marketplaces.
CoProcure
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CoProcure makes it easy for public agencies to save time and money by purchasing together.
Prive
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The world’s first marketplace infrastructure platform for eCommerce brands.
Smyte
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Smyte stops bad actors on marketplaces and social networks.
StudySoup
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StudySoup is an exchange where students can upload or download class notes.
Eze
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Eze is a B2B marketplace for electronics allowing buyers & sellers to trade in wholesale quantities with real-time market data.
Storenvy
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Storenvy, a community of online stores, provides an e-commerce network enabling users to shop across multiple stores.
Gigwell
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Gigwell is building the next generation collaborative gig booking platform for live entertainers and venues.
Exitround
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Exitround is a private marketplace for founders to discreetly explore strategic acquisition opportunities.
Wheelwell
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Market network for the automotive parts and services market.
Offsyte
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Offsyte is a marketplace for discovering and booking high-quality team events.
Zenlist
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Zenlist is the premier marketplace for home listings.
Asseta
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Asseta is an online marketplace for used capital equipment and parts.
