Top California Digital Media Startups (432)

Cie is a venture studio that serves as an innovation lab and accelerator for bold entrepreneurs who want to transform disruptive ideas into thriving ventures. Cie blends Silicon Valley DNA with the business maturity of serial entrepreneurs, seasoned venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 executives. Combined with the team’s strategic and operational expertise in technology, product development, brand building, and customer acquisition,...

As the trusted choice for digital agencies, SaaS platforms, and web professionals, Duda powers over 1 million websites worldwide. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that enable users to efficiently create pixel-perfect, feature-rich websites at scale.

VSCO is on a mission to champion photographers so they can make it. We place human creativity at the heart of new technology. Our editing and business tools honor and elevate the timelessness of the creative process while enabling our members to find community and success in exciting and innovative ways. VSCO maintains a rich and authentic creative environment that serves...

Optimal is a performance marketing agency on a mission, to bring together the best data, technology, and people to achieve our clients’ marketing goals. Brand, campaign, or cause: we maximize performance at every moment. We are not only digital media strategists – we’re award-winning industry leaders, with deep knowledge spanning all things digital: from advertising and paid media to marketing and...

Hedra is an AI native platform for multimodal creation. The platform is built around their own cutting-edge proprietary video model, Character-3, which is the first multimodal model in production. Alongside Character-3, the platform also brings other leading foundation models into one ecosystem spanning generative images, video, and audio. Prosumer and enterprise users leverage Hedra to generate content ranging from viral...

Philo is a streaming television service that's reimagining the TV experience for the modern viewer. Founded by a group of technology and product enthusiasts, we set out to build the future of television by combining the best of modern technology with the most compelling medium ever invented—delivering the TV experience we've always wanted for ourselves. At our core, Philo provides an...

Golden Pet Brands is leading America’s pet health revolution by making longevity-focused nutrition simple for pet parents, and rewarding for pets, through product excellence, education, and storytelling.

Academia.edu is the world’s leading platform for researchers and scholars to share their work, discover research and connect with fellow academics globally. Our bold vision: to democratize and accelerate the world's research, enhancing the speed of scientific discovery and technological progress for the benefit of everyone. We imagine a world where accessing academic papers is effortless, keeping track of cutting-edge...

Proto is the leader for inclusive multilingual contact centre automation. Governments and businesses use Proto's AI Customer Experience (AICX) platform to ensure local language service, long-term operational efficiency, and citizen protection. Proto deployments are powered by its HermesAI™ engine for local and mixed languages.

OpusClip is the #1 AI video clipping and editing tool that turns a long video into social-ready shorts with one click. Trusted by over 12 million creators and businesses, we envision a world where everyone can authentically share their story through video, with no expertise needed.

MarketerHire’s mission is to make expert marketing accessible to everyone. Our platform gives companies on-demand access to a global network of amazing, pre-vetted marketing talent and it is used by early-stage startups, billion-dollar unicorns, and Fortune 100 companies alike. By giving all companies access to amazing marketers - entrepreneurs and enterprises can focus on building great products. We are also contributing...

AfroTech is an online platform that connects Black professionals within the tech industry, offering news and resources for career development.

Designed for unlimited discovery and unmatched safety, Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids. Reaching more than 50 million children in homes and classrooms, Epic fuels curiosity and reading confidence in kids to explore their interests and learn in a fun, safe, kid-friendly environment. Our award-winning service is built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books, audiobooks...

Gallery Media Group is a modern media company defining the cultural zeitgeist. Gallery Media Group is focused on building media brands that truly matter to the end consumer through distinct editorial missions, voice, and aesthetic. Our overall mission is to 'Make Positivity Louder.'​ Gallery Media Group includes women’s lifestyle brand PureWow, that is dedicated to making a woman’s life more beautiful, manageable,...

We empower districts with accredited middle and high school original credit, credit recovery, and multilingual courses that meet the needs of today’s learners and educators. Our platform was built from the ground up based on extensive feedback from educators and team members who understand firsthand the challenges of teaching today's digital-native students. Teachers told us they needed better ways to...

Founded by Jeremy Merrifield and Michael James Scott, DREAM THREE is a multi-platform story studio working in film, stage, audio, publishing, and immersive experiences. We focus on incubating original stories that shine a light on unheard voices to create best-in-class content for both elevated genre and prestige audiences.

Founded in 1898, Sunset is the leading Western lifestyle brand. We deliver travel ideas, home design and gardening inspiration, and recipes that celebrate the West and its bounty.

Jobma video recruiting software connects you with worldwide talent using a digital interview platform and offers an easier, faster, and smarter hiring experience.

Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and has...

Bonfire Labs is a creative studio moving brands further faster. We have long-running partnerships with some of the best brands in the world. In the parlance of our times, we’re scalable as hell. Our flexible model lets us fit process, talent, and timeline to any given project--not the other way around. Our clients like that. We like that. We think...