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We’ve ranked the top 26 Virtual Goods 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 Virtual Goods Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Ifeelgoods
Ifeelgoods is a digital promotions platform helping marketers incent, convert and reward their audiences with desirable gifts in real-time.
Founder(s): Dimitri Ducourtieux, Michael Amar, Scott Silverman, Suchit Dash, Vida Ha
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, E-Commerce, Loyalty Programs, Retail, Virtual Goods
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swatchbook
swatchbook is a cloud platform that revolutionizes the exploration, visualization, and sharing of materials.
Founder(s): Sinareet Aye, Thomas Teger, Yazan Malkosh
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Cloud Computing, Fashion, Home Decor, Product Design, Retail Technology, Supply Chain Management, Textiles, Virtual Goods, Virtualization
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OneAvenue
Easiest way for creators to offer membership and premium access to their fans across social.
Founder(s): Dave Kaplow, Imran Sheikh
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, Digital Media, eSports, Music, Video, Video Games, Virtual Goods
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Cropsticks by Cropmade
Cropsticks is the first product from Cropmade, a line of sustainable goods for Asian cuisine.
Founder(s): Mylen Fe Yamamoto
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Cooking, Virtual Goods
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Paymentwall
Paymentwall is a global payments platform which provides 150 local payment methods, incl. credit cards and e-wallets, in 200+ countries.
Founder(s): Honor Gunday, Vladimir Kovalyov
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Accounting, Billing, Credit Cards, Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments, Software, Virtual Currency, Virtual Goods
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PlayerAuctions
PlayerAuctions is an online platform for gamers to buy and sell digital assets such as game currency, accounts and power leveling services.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Console Games, Gaming, Marketplace, MMO Games, Online Games, PC Games, Video Games, Virtual Goods, Xbox
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Gameyola
Gameyola provides a monetization and distribution platform for casual Flash games on social networks
Founder(s): Abhishek (Abhi) Kumar, Drew Uher, Nicolas Kokkalis, Sanaz Motahari
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Social Media, Virtual Goods
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Jambool
Jambool operates SocialGold, an industry virtual monetization platform that enables developers to create and manage virtual currency.
Founder(s): Reza Hussein, Vikas Gupta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, E-Commerce, Finance, Financial Services, Internet, Social Media, Virtual Currency, Virtual Goods
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The Gift App
Virtual Gifting Company
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Location: Lucerne Valley, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Virtual Currency, Virtual Goods
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Puloli
Puloli Provides Network as a Service (Naas) for Wide Area Wireless Connectivity.
Founder(s): Kethees Ketheesan, Kevin Koehler
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet of Things, Network Hardware, Virtual Goods
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MyMiniLife
MyMiniLife allows individuals to create virtual homes on the web, and lets them import photos of real-life objects into these homes.
Founder(s): Amitt Mahajan, Joel Poloney, Luke Rajlich, Zao Yang
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Home Decor, Smart Home, Virtual Goods
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Lolapps
Lolapps develops and publishes social games and apps on social networks and mobile platforms.
Founder(s): Annie Chang, Arjun Sethi, Brian Rue, Edward T. Lu, Kamo Asatryan, Kavin Stewart
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Content, Social Media, Virtual Goods
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AdNectar
AdNectar is a virtual goods deployment system allowing social networking sites and applications to monetize their virtual goods inventory.
Founder(s): Vlada Bortnik
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, E-Commerce, Virtual Goods
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Decadent
Social platform for displaying virtual goods
Founder(s): Olive Allen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Collectibles, Gaming, Social Media, Social Network, Virtual Goods
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Unbound Technologies
Unbound is building the next revolution in user-generated content.
Founder(s): Florian Hoenig, Michael Saenger
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Digital Entertainment, Software, Virtual Goods
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Pottsgrove Farms
Pottsgrove Farms is a virtual Cannabis research overview of the perfected strain creations.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Pharmaceutical, Virtual Goods
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Worlize
Worlize is a user-generated social gaming platform for social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and OpenSocial.
Founder(s): Brian McKelvey
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Social Network, Virtual Goods, Virtual World
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Virtual Greats
MotionPoint provides users with website translation and globalization services to optimize user experiences in target markets.
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Location: El Segundo, California, United States
Industries: Virtual Goods
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Surfpin
Surfpin is a payment method enabling secure transactions for virtual goods and services via mobile phones and home phones.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Payments, Payments, Virtual Goods
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ArmoryBids
Gaming Auction site
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Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Virtual Goods
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Umlaut Audio
Umlaut Audio develops and retails customized virtual instruments and sample libraries for artists.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Music, Musical Instruments, Retail, Virtual Goods
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SnipClip
SnipClip is a digital factory that conceive, design and develop everything a digital strategy provides.
Founder(s):
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Brand Marketing, Virtual Goods
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RubyCoins
RubyCoins is a MaaS-based cross-platform offering secure in-application payment solutions for the gaming industry.
Founder(s): Jim Nguyen
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Billing, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments, Virtual Goods
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Kern Carpets
Kern Carpets is a consumer goods company located in Bakersfield.
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Location: Bakersfield, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Virtual Goods, Wood Processing
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Doubloon
Doubloon provides open API cross-platform tools for virtual economy creators to determine optimal pricing for virtual goods.
Founder(s): Chad Maue
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Freemium, Payments, Virtual Goods
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Tracer Tags
Tracer Tags is a professional services company located in Woodland Hills.
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Location: Woodland Hills, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Virtual Goods
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