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 20 NFC companies in California, United States. 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 NFC Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Identiv
A global security technology company that establishes trust in the connected world, including premises, information, and everyday items.
Founder(s): Scott Austin
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Cyber Security, Developer Platform, Hardware, Identity Management, Internet of Things, Network Security, NFC, RFID, Security
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Fit Pay
FitPay’s platform provides a phone-less and app-less experience.
Founder(s): Chris Orlando, Michael Orlando, Scott Stevelinck
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Electronics, FinTech, NFC, Payments
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Proximiant
Proximiant is an iPhone and Android app that allows shoppers to get digital receipts, receive coupons and deals directly to their phones.
Founder(s): Edwin Evans, Fang Cheng, Thomas Ahn
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Information Technology, Mobile, NFC
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Droisys
Droisys is leading innovative company working on technologies like gamification, Artificial Intelligence, app development, etc.
Founder(s): Amit Goel
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Gamification, Machine Learning, Mobile Apps, NFC, Software
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Vivotech
ViVOtech is an end-to-end enabler of next-generation NFC mobile payments, loyalty and marketing solutions.
Founder(s): Jorge Fernandes, Kerry Brown, Mohammad Khan
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Mobile Payments, NFC, Software
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TableTime
TableTime is a B2B SaaS startup. We provide the foremost data collection and reporting platform for the restaurant industry.
Founder(s): Cecil Worsley IV, Pete D’Abrosca
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, B2B, Food and Beverage, Information Technology, NFC, Restaurants, SaaS, Software
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Props Social
Augmented user owned social app using multi-authentication, Cryptocurrency back-end and BLE & NFC Stickers.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Communications Infrastructure, Communities, Cryptocurrency, NFC, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Network
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Mobilis
Mobilis develops unified IP switching, B/OSS, and IN and VAS solutions for wireless and wireless broadband communication operators.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Billing, Messaging, Mobile, Mobile Payments, NFC, Payments, Point of Sale, Software
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SocialTagg
Better Networking. Better Events.
Founder(s): Jeffrey Mock, John Baumbach, Karim Varela, Tim Feng
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Events, Mobile, NFC, QR Codes, Social Media, Software
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Tagstand
Tagstand mission is to help brands and hobbyists integrate NFC technology into innovative marketing.
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Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Marketing Automation, NFC, Software
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BlueWave Communications
Wireless Application Service Provider, Enterprise Mobile, Cross Platform Application Development
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Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Messaging, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, NFC, QR Codes, SMS, Wireless
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BadgeIn
BadgeIn is a startup helping local business spots into getting loyalty of customers.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Loyalty Programs, NFC
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Keyrious
Keyrious (the key to curiosity) is the new luxury.
Founder(s): Emily Baum
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Jewelry, NFC, RFID
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Crystal Innovations
Crystal Innovations develops the Flash Crystal, which is a device that can be used to initiate the wireless transfer of various media types
Founder(s): Rocky Gray
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Data Storage, Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Music, NFC
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ProfitMissile
Fintech software development
Founder(s): Abhishek Kumar, Ashish Payasi, Vinay Singh
Location: Walnut, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Lending, Mobile Payments, NFC, Software, Software Engineering
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DASH7 Alliance
DASH7 Wireless Networking Alliance
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Location: San Ramon, California, United States
Industries: Internet of Things, Mobile, NFC, RFID, Wireless
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Innercell (Twych Innovation, Inc.)
Innercell delivers critical safety alerts and valuable digital content by encoding the information directly into the products people buy.
Founder(s): Dan Jordan, Minda Wilson
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Information Services, NFC, Retail Technology, RFID
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TagMii
TagMii is a digital loyalty platform for all customers to earn rewards while providing marketing and analytics solutions to SMB owners
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Analytics, Loyalty Programs, NFC
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TranZfinity
Accelerates Adoption of Contactless/NFC
Founder(s): Jeff Miles, Jesse Adams, Rob Canterbury
Location: Carlsbad, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Mobile Payments, NFC
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Admetry
Admetry is a Mobile Engagement Management platform
Founder(s): Bob Mitton, CK Chinnaswamy
Location: Pescadero, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, Advertising, Mobile, NFC
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