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 28 Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Umba
Umba is an African digital bank, offering free bank accounts and financial services to our customers
Founder(s): Barry O’Mahony, Tiernan Kennedy
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Financial Services, FinTech, Micro Lending, Mobile Apps
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GameMine
GameMine is a mobile game publisher that caters to different countries through a subscription-based mobile game marketplace.
Founder(s): Daniel Starr, Flaviu Rus
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Gaming, Mobile
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PayJoy
PayJoy offers credit to under-served consumers in emerging markets worldwide.
Founder(s): Doug Ricket, Gib Lopez, Mark Heynen, Tom Ricket
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Credit, Emerging Markets, Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile
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Bot MD
Bot MD is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) clinical assistant for doctors to improve patient care.
Founder(s): Dorothea Koh, Yanchuan Sim
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Markets, Health Care, Medical
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Revi
Revi provides software that enables a seamless experience that deepens customer engagement with local businesses.
Founder(s): Aakash Tyagi, Eugene Johnson, Justin Huang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Software
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Harvesting Inc
Connecting finance with farmers
Founder(s): Ruchit Garg
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Big Data, Credit, Emerging Markets, Finance, FinTech, Predictive Analytics, SaaS, Software
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Class 5 Global
Class 5 Global is a venture fund investing in the next generation of emerging market entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Joel Ayala, Youcef Oudjidane, Zach Finkelstein
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, FinTech, Transportation, Venture Capital
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Mavin
Mavin provides mobile internet strategic leadership for emerging markets.
Founder(s): Raina Kumra, Shailesh Nalawadi
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Mobile Advertising, Telecommunications, Wired Telecommunications
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Mission Ventures
Mission Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm providing investment and guidance to early-stage companies in emerging markets.
Founder(s): Douglas F. Wall, Paddy Willis
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Finance, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Jargon
Jargon is built by mobile devs, for mobile devs.
Founder(s): AJ Cihla, Albert Eloyan, Emilien Huet, Josh Deffibaugh
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Developer Tools, Emerging Markets, Enterprise Software, Mobile
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Lumia Capital
Expansion-stage VC firm partnering with forward-thinking US and European innovators expanding internationally for breakout growth.
Founder(s): Martin Gedalin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Enterprise, FinTech, Retail Technology, SaaS, Venture Capital
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EveryLayer
Faster, Better, Cheaper Broadband. Everywhere.
Founder(s): Aaron Mason, Andris Bjornson, Clark Ritchie, Kristin Peterson, Mark Summer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Infrastructure, Emerging Markets, Hardware, Internet, Software
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ENVision mobile
Data analytics on micro-retailers in emerging markets
Founder(s): Aneri Pradhan, Eric Obyesekare
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Emerging Markets, Mobile Apps, Retail Technology, Software
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Founder(s): Bill Oxley
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Law Enforcement, Legal, Venture Capital
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Exploding Topics
Exploding Topics analyzes millions of searches, conversations and mentions across the internet.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Internet
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Yaga, Inc.
Yaga, Inc. develops an advanced payment platform that enables businesses to create new revenue streams.
Founder(s): Chris Kitze, Vijay Vaidyanathan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Finance, Payments
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Startup Hive
Startup Accelerator and Incubator
Founder(s): Stephen G Barr
Location: Palm Desert, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Crowdfunding, Emerging Markets, Incubators, Loyalty Programs, Publishing, SaaS, Venture Capital
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Global Capital Markets
Global Capital Markets specialize in middle market transactions.
Founder(s): Mark S. Wilser, Stephen G. Holmes
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Financial Services, Market Research, Transaction Processing
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Rescue.io
Rescue is 911 for SMS and chat. Emergency communication for the 21st century.
Founder(s): Angik Sarkar, Justin Clegg, Mason Wooley
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Information Technology, Messaging, Public Safety, Software
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PayBrisk
PayBrisk enables businesses in emerging markets or targeting emerging markets to accept payment online through multiple payment options.
Founder(s): Selasi Tsikata, Seth Adinkra
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ad Targeting, E-Commerce, Emerging Markets, Internet, Mobile Payments, Payments
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Zeebo
Zeebo is a 3G digital entertainment and education platform offering video games, chat facilities and educational apps.
Founder(s): Reinaldo Normand
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Education, Emerging Markets
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Spectral Solutions
Unmanned Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery
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Location: Davis, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Drones, Electric Vehicle, Embedded Systems, Emerging Markets, Natural Resources, Sustainability
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Mobile-XL
Mobile-XL offers an SMS-based application that enables users to access digital content such as social media, entertainment, and news.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Mobile
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GetGlobal
GetGlobal is a live event and media platform for companies looking to expand into new global markets.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, Emerging Markets, Events
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groundtruth.io
groundtruth.io offers organization with bid data solutions and analytics that assists them in their decision making.
Founder(s): Nicholai Lidow
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Emerging Markets
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James P. Richardson CPA
James P. Richardson CPA is the successor firm of Proprietor serves as the executive in charge of all engagements of the firm.
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Location: Richmond, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Employee Benefits, Professional Services
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Bay Search Partners
Recruiting Compliance Search Employment
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Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Consulting, Emerging Markets, Human Resources, Recruiting, Search Engine
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Ascendancy
Ascendancy Healthcare offers a novel approach to the commercialization of products in China.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Emerging Markets, Health Care, Medical
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