Top California Retail Startups (177)
Mixbook is an award-winning design platform that gives people unrivaled creative freedom to tell their stories through beautiful, personalized photo goods. Since our start, we’ve helped more than 6 million people create one-of-a-kind books, cards, prints, and calendars, earning over 35,000+ 5-star reviews and becoming the #1 rated photo book service in the US. Our platform blends trend-forward design with a...
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Million Dollar Baby Co. started in 1990 and is proudly family-owned and operated in Los Angeles. Since then, MDB has grown to 7 distinct brands of children’s furnishings ranging in style, aesthetic, and price, while carrying some of the industry’s most eco-conscious and award-winning designs. We can be found in retailers like Target and Amazon, and specialty retailers like Pottery...
Our lives are the sum of a million little moments, and we believe every single one has the potential to be extraordinary. Balancing product and purpose, we design clothes that spark joy and inspire togetherness. Made from proprietary Lunaluxe™️ and Soluxe™️ bamboo fabrics, our cloud-soft sleepwear and daywear are designed to laugh, play and snuggle in. With our headquarters in...
Petra Brands is a global brand incubator shaping the next generation of consumer products across beauty, wellness, pet care, party, and lifestyle. We build design-forward, culturally relevant brands that move fast and connect deeply with today’s consumer. With a presence in five countries, Petra combines in-house design, global manufacturing, and data-driven innovation to bring meaningful, sustainable products to market. Our brands...
Huckberry is a lifestyle brand for active and adventurous guys. We're a team of 150+ based in Austin, TX with additional offices in San Francisco, CA and Columbus, OH. Over a million and a half young, active professionals trust us as their leading resource for emerging brands, gear, and lifestyle inspiration. We're independent (read our story here: Bit.ly/TheHuckberryStory), and have been...
RISE OF THE NEW ? iconic tailored clothing and footwear with an edge. artfully designed and curated from our 4th studio.
Frank & Eileen was born in 2009 when former engineer Audrey McLoghlin sought to reinvent the button-up for women —a category previously focused solely on men. Inspired by Audrey’s Irish grandparents—our brand namesakes, Frank & Eileen—we have grown slowly and intentionally from our best-Italian-fabric-in-the-world-obsessed beginnings. Now a globally recognized fashion brand, Frank & Eileen is a certified woman-owned, women-led business...
Automating Retail Simbe Robotics builds automation solutions for the retail industry. Simbe’s first product, Tally, is the world’s first fully autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution; one that provides retailers unprecedented visibility and insight into the state of merchandise in their stores. Tally works in concert with retail associates by arming them with information to ensure the store’s products are always...
At Tower 28, we’re all about creating a safe space for your skin, while still having fun with makeup.
Welcome to Fewer, Better. Fewer, better is the philosophy behind everything we do. We create timeless collections for the modern woman through meticulous design, carefully selected fabrics and simple functionality. Each piece is made with integrity and kindness from the highest-quality materials and created by skilled craftsmen throughout Europe, South America, China, and the United States. Cuyana is driving dynamic changes in the...
Founded upon years of Noble Prize-winning organic molecular chemistry research, the cutting-edge skincare technology at the core of our brand enables unprecedented precision and efficacy. We create with intention and deep respect for the natural world by adhering to the global principles of green chemistry. We take our commitment to nature and sustainability to all stages of products' development, from R&D...
Three Decades of Leadership In The Fashion Industry Founded in 1985 by Frank Zarabi, FAM Brands provides innovative fashion, design, brand development, and distribution solutions to a wide range of retail and wholesale clients and partners. Our unique performance materials and versatile apparel designs-along with our competitive pricing strategies-have enabled us to become leaders in apparel industry. Our ability to thrive,...
MeUndies is a Los Angeles-based underwear & loungewear company best known for its softer than soft basics. Founded in 2011, MeUndies disrupted the $110B underwear industry when it launched the first online underwear subscription. Through the years the brand has inspired a passionate community of undie-obsessed individuals with its bold products.
The Bouqs Company is an online flower retailer founded by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar that delivers flowers and plants fresh from eco-friendly, sustainable farms to doorsteps nationwide. Tabis, a brand and strategy executive formerly with Disney, and Montúfar, a third-generation farmer, started The Bouqs Company in November 2012 to radically disrupt the $100B global floral industry through a...
VICI started in 2012, in the aftermath of the recession. As working women, we knew that we could boost other women’s confidence with fashion. Our mission has remained the same ever since! VICI removes the obstacles that make stylish clothing unreachable for so many women. Our pieces are affordable and easy to mix + match. They look equally good in...
A national food and beverage sales management company providing broker, merchandising, and business intelligence services. Critical mass is the point at which a growing company becomes self-sustaining and no longer needs additional investment to remain economically viable. The term is derived from nuclear physics, where critical mass is defined as the smallest mass that can sustain a nuclear reaction at...
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...
