At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 13 CivicTech companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top CivicTech Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Smarking
Smarking turns parking data into instant actionable insights.
Founder(s): Maokai Lin, Wen Sang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Parking, Predictive Analytics, Software
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GlobeIn
GlobeIn empowers artisans around the world by helping them access the global marketplace.
Founder(s): Liza Moiseeva, Ruzabuburuza Yeah, Vladimir Ermakov
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Social
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Change.org
Change.org is social change platform with over 150 million users worldwide.
Founder(s): Ben Rattray, Mark Dimas, Rajiv Gupta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Internet, Non Profit
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RideAlong
RideAlong is a software tool that gives patrol officers key information about people with mental illness.
Founder(s): Katherine Nammacher, Meredith Hitchcock
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, GovTech, Information Technology, Internet, Law Enforcement, Software
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Be Heard
Send official messages to government representatives as a VERIFIED constituent.
Founder(s): Aidan McCarty, Liam McCarty
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Government, GovTech, Politics, Social Entrepreneurship
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PoliScribe
The Operating System for Government
Founder(s): Greg Bybee, Jian Dong
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, CRM, Email, GovTech, SaaS, Software
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Civic Links
Civic Links is a social service company helping those in need navigate and access relevant government benefits and support.
Founder(s): Kara Duggan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Government, GovTech, Social Assistance, Software
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Beacon
Beacon builds tools to help people discover opportunities for impact in their own backyards and beyond.
Founder(s): Rose Jackson, Tom Chavez, Vivek Vaidya
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Funding Platform, Mobile Apps, Politics, Software
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Collective Impact
Collective Impact is a community for civic and social responsibility programs.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Communities, Non Profit, Personal Development
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San Francisco Civic Center
San Francisco Civic Center is a special assessment district conceived and organized by a group of concerned Civic Center property owners.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Social
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Mustard Square
Mustard Square deals with SaaS and custom digital products development on asset management, site surveys & tech support.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Asset Management, CivicTech, SaaS, Software
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Code for San Francisco
Code for San Francisco is an all volunteer run community organization
Founder(s): Allen Meyers
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Social Media
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Nextdoor
Nextdoor is the neighborhood network.
Founder(s): Adam Ginsburg, David Wiesen, Madison Bell, Nirav Tolia, Prakash Janakiraman, Sarah Leary
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CivicTech, Communities, Internet, Mobile Apps, Private Social Networking, Social Media, Social News
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