Top California Digital Media Startups (432)

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...

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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...

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.

Impact Theory is a first-of-its-kind company designed to facilitate global change through the incubation of mission-based businesses and the cultivation of empowering content. With a robust studio arm that includes a world-class interview talk show hosted by successful serial entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu (co-founder of Quest Nutrition), Impact Theory develops content that underscores the company mission to free people from the...

Established in 2010, 90 Seconds is a global video creation platform trusted by the world’s biggest brands, like Amazon Unilever and Deloitte, to create high-quality videos such as Customer Stories, Event videos and Company News anywhere in the world. 90 Seconds has revolutionised and built a creative community of 13,800+ Creators, equipping Brands with global or regional presence to create...

Lemonlight launched in 2014 with a mission to make marketing videos accessible to small/midsize businesses in a market that catered to large brands. Since then, we’ve become one the largest branded content providers in the world! We’ve worked with over 3,500 brands and are now serving a range of clientele from small businesses to the world’s biggest brands like Amazon,...

Pearpop is The Creator Collaboration Company. Seamlessly blending award-winning marketing technology with a dedicated full-service team, Pearpop empowers brands to collaborate with the perfect creators, driving impactful, measurable results with unparalleled efficiency.

Giant Pictures is an independent film company providing distribution for the digital age. From management of streaming channels and content libraries, to new movies and episodic series, we partner with rights owners to maximize the value of their content. Giant Pictures owns and operates specialty theatrical label, Drafthouse Films, and is the distribution and technology partner of the Tribeca Festival....

Filmless is a full-service video production company and animation studio working with the world’s biggest brands – like Google, Amazon, and Apple – to create high-quality videos anywhere on the planet. Since 2015, we’ve provided over 1,200+ companies with video production services in over 70+ countries and 160+ cities across a range of categories including promo videos, animated videos, TV commercials,...

ChannelMeter is a software platform for creator driven media companies and influencer aligned brands. We provide technology for successful creator partnerships, powerful social video analytics, and robust sales tools necessary for success in social video. Creator Networks, MCNs, Esports Teams, Enterprise Media, and Brands leverage our technology for growth, monetization, and impact.

The best place to buy and sell electric cars. Check it out at evercars.com! Based out of Silicon Valley and backed by leading investors. Led by former tech & automotive professionals from Lithia, Penske, Uber, Rivian, Carvana, Tesla, TrueCar, Longo Toyota, Boston Consulting Group, J.P. Morgan, Lyft, Shopify, Flexport, Golden Gate Capital, and more

Founded in 2009 by brothers Josh and Mike Grier as an animation and digital content creator, Ember Lab’s vision is to create immersive and evocative stories with characters that resonate and worlds that inspire. Ember Lab originally specialized in character development for advertising. The studio’s commercial work includes ad campaigns and animated shorts developed from concept to completion for The...

Rockbot is the leading media platform transforming the in-location experience for businesses and brands since 2010. Backed by Google and trusted by nearly 50,000 businesses across North America, Rockbot’s clients include Planet Fitness, Walmart, Shake Shack, and Ashley Furniture. We deliver premium content and cutting-edge technology to power dynamic audio and visual solutions including, music, TV, digital signage, and advertising....

Official TikTok Shop Partner agency making TikTok Shop a reliable sales channel for 7+ figure ecom brands