This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Publishing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Publishing 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
Top San Francisco Publishing Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Medium
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Medium is a social publishing network that connects ideas and perspectives on topics that matter.
Substack
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Substack is a subscription-based newsletter publishing platform for independent writers.
Scribd
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Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobooks, magazine articles, documents and more.
Casetext
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Casetext is an AI legal research technology for litigators, helping researchers find cases.
Inkling Systems
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Inkling is a single system that lets teams create great content, share it on any digital device, and measure how it’s being used.
Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report is a digital media company based in America, delivering digital media content on sports around the world.
MoPub
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MoPub is a mobile monetization platform that helps publishers drive more revenue from advertising and mobile transactions.
Holloway
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Holloway publishes comprehensive practical Guides, each researched, written, and refined by experts.
VigLink
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VigLink is a platform for monetizing content-driven commerce for publishers, bloggers, forums, social networks and apps.
Levo
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Levo is the largest and fastest-growing professional network for millennials.
SAY Media
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SAY Media is a digital media company that provides a technology platform and media services for brands to engage with their audiences.
Arena.im
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Arena.im is a real-time content platform for media companies. Discover, curate and distribute content to increase engagement and drive sales
Suggestic
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Suggestic operates as a personalized nutrition platform that utilizes AI to deliver food recommendations.
StudySoup
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StudySoup is an exchange where students can upload or download class notes.
Speechki
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Speechki is an audiobook recording platform that scales publishers’ audiobook inventory up to 10x thanks to synthetic voices.
Instaread
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Instaread gives key insights of books in text & audio!
Sprout
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Sprout provides a platform integrated with mobile ad networks and publishers, enabling professionals to create media HTML5 ads.
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.
Reveel Technologies, Inc.
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The first platform that provides audiences an interactive experience from print, digital, video and broadcast media. Explore, learn and buy!
adBrite
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adBrite, an advertising exchange platform, provides site-level transparency, display, and video capabilities for advertisers and publishers.
Echo
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Echo provides the industry’s first and largest provider of Real-time Engagement Products
SquareTwo
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Mobile entertainment +1. They power the real value behind points.
MaxPlay
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MaxPlay is a game technology solutions and services provider focused on advancing game development tools for game developers of all sizes.
Bold
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Bold is a a publishing and editing platform for enterprise.
True Anthem
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True Anthem is an AI-Powered Content Distribution Platform for publishers and media companies.
Deep BI, Inc.
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Predictive Customer Data Platform with real-time user scoring engine to power content, marketing and paywalls for publishers.
Granite Media
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Building a brighter future for professional media.
Sphere
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Sphere provides technology for recording, distributing and viewing 360º content.
Reading Rainbow
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Reading Rainbow is an interactive application delivering digital media content that is both educational and entertaining.
SnappyTV
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SnappyTV is a cloud-based live video platform providing social TV solutions for media companies and live stream providers.
Vicomi
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Vicomi offers a platform that provides publishers, brands and agencies with tools to measure user’s sentiments.
Inkshares
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Inkshares develops a publishing platform that connects authors with readers.
Distill
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Distill develops hiring tools and data-driven products that make the recruitment process easy for candidates and recruiters.
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.
Hyperink
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Hyperink is a self-publishing platform that allows users to curate and create books on topics ranging from technology to travel.
ArtMap Inc. (AMI Publications)
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This digital storytelling company is building 15+ community driven publications, such as HackerNoon.com & ExtraNewsFeed.com.
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.
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
Wear Your Voice
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Wear Your Voice is a digital magazine for women that covers news on issues such as LGBTQI rights, race, gender and body politics, and more.
Thayer Ventures
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Thayer Ventures (Thayer) invests in Travel Technology.