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 25 Geospatial 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 Geospatial Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
StreetLight Data
StreetLight Data is a data analytics company transforming urban planning and transportation design with the power of geospatial data.
Founder(s): Laura Schewel, Paul Friedman, Rich Miller
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Enterprise Software, Geospatial, GovTech
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Enview
Enview is a 3D geospatial analytics company providing automated data analytics to the energy industry and government agencies.
Founder(s): Krassimir Piperkov, San Gunawardana
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computer Vision, Energy, Geospatial, Machine Learning
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CITYDATA.ai
CITYDATA provides mobility intelligence and citizen apps for smart cities.
Founder(s): Apu Kumar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Geospatial, GovTech, Information Technology, Machine Learning
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Capella Space
Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-demand 24/7 SAR data for government and commercial customers.
Founder(s): Payam Banazadeh, Uri Tintore, Will Woods
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Geospatial, Image Recognition, Information Services
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Bountiful
Bountiful is an agtech company that helps farmers understand what impacts crop production in the field and at scale.
Founder(s): Megan Nunes, Michael Bertino, Tomas Svitek
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Geospatial, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Software
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Bluefield Technologies
Precise, always-on methane leak detection via microsatellites (http://bluefield.co)
Founder(s): Yotam Ariel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Geospatial
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MapJam
MapJam provides map publishing tools to personalize, brand, and add important context to maps.
Founder(s): Huw Griffiths, Jack Gonzalez, Scollay Petry
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Geospatial, Search Engine
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CrowdAI
CrowdAI enables organizations to create and deploy custom models for visual AI and a code-free platform.
Founder(s): Devaki Raj, Nicolas Borensztein, Pablo Garcia
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Geospatial, Image Recognition, Machine Learning
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AmigoCloud
AmigoCloud is a geospatial platform that helps you collect, manage, analyze, visualize, and publish your location data.
Founder(s): Ragi Yaser Burhum, Victor Chernetsky
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Geospatial, GovTech, Information Technology, Location Based Services, Software
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Navagis
Navagis is a Google Enterprise Partner focused on software development and consulting for an organization’s geospatial visualization
Founder(s): David Moore
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Enterprise Software, Geospatial, Software
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Airphrame
Airphrame is an unmanned vehicle technology startup developing an aerial imaging and mapping service for commercial markets.
Founder(s): Bret Kugelmass
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Digital Signage, Geospatial, Navigation, Robotics
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LOTaDATA
LOTaDATA curates geospatial ground truth data sets on a global scale.
Founder(s): Apu Kumar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Geospatial, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Mobile
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Kinetica
Kinetica combines historical and streaming data analysis with powerful location intelligence and AI for instant results.
Founder(s): Amit Vij, Nima Negahban
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Database, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Software, Geospatial, GPU, Machine Learning, Software
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Mapsense
Mapsense helps people explore location-based trends faster than ever before, so anyone can tame the growing tidal wave of geospatial data.
Founder(s): Erez Cohen, Mikey Watts
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Geospatial, Location Based Services, Web Hosting
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Voxelmaps
Voxelmaps creates a 3D model of the planet, with 10cm positional accuracy, with full photographic and semantic detail.
Founder(s): Andrey Trifonov, Peter Atalla
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Geospatial, Mapping Services
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Ai4 Technologies, Inc.
REAL-TIME REMOTE SENSING INTELLIGENCE
Founder(s): Tero Heinonen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Software, Geospatial, Machine Learning, Sensor
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LocalData
LocalData makes digital tools to collect and analyze information about urban infrastructure.
Founder(s): Alicia Rouault, Matt Hampel, Prashant Singh
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Geospatial, GovTech, Information Services, Information Technology, SaaS, Software
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Eprazel
Eprazel is transforming the antiquated process of commercial real estate valuations through the use of data science and machine learning.
Founder(s): Bill Fisher
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Commercial, Commercial Real Estate, Geospatial, Machine Learning
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InstaGIS
InstaGIS (500 Startups ‘13) equips local gov with data-driven tools to understand citizens and drive meaningful, proactive engagement.
Founder(s): Fernando Ovalle, Ignacio Canals, Julian Garcia
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Data Visualization, Geospatial, Government, SaaS, Software
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Fract
Business Intelligence Gone Spatial – GeoSpatial AI Data Analytics
Founder(s): Kateryna Sytnyk, Mike Mack
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, Geospatial, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain Management
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Alanax
Alanax develops software and cloud services to design and control complex wireless networks.
Founder(s): Bob Glitch, Brian Barritt, Matt Sommer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Geospatial, Simulation, Software
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Municon West Coast
Municon West Coast is a structural and geotechnical instrumentation monitoring service provider company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Civil Engineering, Geospatial, Service Industry
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Farallon Geographics
Farallon Geographics is a San Francisco based professional services firm that helps clients use geographical and location information to
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Geospatial, Information Technology, Open Source, Software
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3D Groundworks
3D Groundworks provides photography, 3D modeling, 3D scanning, imaging, visualization, and metrology services for the real estate sector.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Data Visualization, Drones, Geospatial, Photography, Real Estate
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Planet
Planet is an aerospace and data analytics company that builds small satellites and delivers information about the changing planet.
Founder(s): Chris Boshuizen, Robbie Schingler, Will Marshall
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Analytics, Big Data, Geospatial, Software
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