This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Search Engine companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Search Engine 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 Search Engine Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Algolia
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Algolia is the Search-as-a-Service platform that enables companies to deliver fast and relevant digital experiences that drive real results.
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.
Lucidworks
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Lucidworks offers the Connected Experience Cloud to some of the world’s largest brands.
Riviera
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Riviera is an innovative Executive Recruiting firm focused exclusively on software Engineering, Product and Design executive search.
me.me
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Find & share any meme. The world’s definitive meme database and network
Ark
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Ark.com is a search engine enabling users to search for old classmates, new business contacts, and friends.
Traackr
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Traackr is an influencer marketing platform providing discovery, campaign management and performance measurement.
Highlight
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Highlight is a mobile ambient awareness app that sends the user a push notification when they are near another Highlight user.
Couchsurfing
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Couchsurfing is a travel community connecting a network of travelers, adventure seekers, and lifelong learners to share their experiences.
Operator
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Operator is an online shop powered by a community of experts that offers a range of products from fashionable items and RTWs to home decors.
Swiftype
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Swiftype is a provider of SaaS-based site and enterprise search platform used to fully customize the search experience on websites.
BetterDoctor
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BetterDoctor, a technology company, delivers provider directory data and has a database that can be accessed through a responsive API.
AdStage
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AdStage is an advertising technology startup powering paid marketers to understand the business impact of their campaigns.
Mozio
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Mozio is an airport transfer search and booking engine that enables users to find the fastest means of getting to the airport.
Woo.io
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Woo connects candidates who are discreetly exploring new opportunities to companies with the right job for them.
Vurb
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Vurb is a local app helping consumers find local things to do and letting them save their ideas.
Yelp
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Yelp operates an online platform that connects people with local businesses.
Omni
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Omni is the fastest way for customer success, support, and sales teams to find the up-to-date answer to a customer’s question.
Ravel Law
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Ravel is a platform for legal search, analytics and visualization.
RankScience
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SEO Split Testing Platform & Services for Data Driven Companies
Shazura
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AI Visual Intelligence: image recognition & visual search through Natural Learning Fingerprints that mirror the human brain
Kngine
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Kngine is an intelligent engine that answers naturally posed factual questions and performs actions.
Insight Browser
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Insight is an iOS browser with powerful, easy-to-make extensions
MrOwl
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MrOwl is a social cloud storage platform that brings together the best of search, social, and the cloud all in one app.
Genbook
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Genbook is a leading SaaS platform enabling small businesses to schedule appointments and manage their day-to-day business admin with ease.
MyScienceWork
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MyScienceWork a global scientific platform for making your research more visible and for accessing all of science
One Codex
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One Codex is a data platform for applied microbial genomics.
MapJam
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MapJam provides map publishing tools to personalize, brand, and add important context to maps.
Airwander
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Airwander satisfies your wanderlust with free multi-day stopovers and cheap airfare | GIS creates virtually interlined flights for OTAs.
Q-Sensei
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Q-Sensei is a software company that provides an enterprise platform designed to assist in interactive metadata search.
findera
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Findera is a professional search reinvented, leveraging data science and analytics for mobile marketers.
Trestle
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Trestle provides an intranet that includes company announcements, people search, customizable employee profiles, and team interfaces.
Koemei
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Koemei is a 500Startups backed company that builds video search-as-a-service for website and apps, accessible through API and embed codes.
Sophia Search
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Sophia’s ‘Ambiance™’ technology is an artificial intelligence (AI) based e-commerce solution that solves the problem of online ad blindness.
room.me
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room.me connects roommates and rooms with a unique and proprietary matching algorithm – just like okcupid for rooms.
Synata
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Synata enables users to find files, emails, contacts and other information across software used at work.
Right Relevance
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Algorithmic topics & influencers mining (ML/NLP) at scale applied to topical information search, discovery & relevance.
blinkx
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blinkx is an internet media company that connects online video viewers with content publishers and distributors.
Skava
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Skava is one of the leading providers of mobile and multi-touch point solutions to many of top tier retailers in the US.
Venturocket
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Venturocket is an online hub connecting job seekers with suitable job vacancies.
IntelligentWeb
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IntelligentWeb provides completely AI-created SEO strategies and solutions for websites of every size.
LegalReach
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LegalReach is a network for attorneys to connect with each other and increase referrals.