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 38 Green Consumer 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 Green Consumer Goods Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Dividend Finance
Dividend Finance is a Technology-enabled finance platform supporting the energy transition with lending and other financial solutions.
Founder(s): Eric White, Steve Michella
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Green Consumer Goods, Home Improvement, Home Renovation, Power Grid, Renewable Energy
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Soma
Soma is a premium water filter service that includes a beautiful glass carafe and the world’s most innovative water filters.
Founder(s): Ido Leffler, Mike Del Ponte, Rohan Oza, Zach Allia
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Green Consumer Goods, Hardware, Product Design
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Dalrada Corporation
Dalrada Corporation provides innovative global solutions through science, health, clean energy, fengineering, and technology.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Alternative Medicine, Apps, Clean Energy, Enterprise Software, Genetics, Green Consumer Goods, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Staffing Agency
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Jakks Pacific
JAKKS Pacific designs, develops, produces, and markets consumer products for kids.
Founder(s): Stephen G. Berman
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Electronics, Green Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Toys
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SONDORS
SONDORS revolutionizes the the way the world views affordable electric transportation for the masses.
Founder(s): Storm Sondors
Location: Malibu, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Cycling, Electric Vehicle, Green Consumer Goods, Logistics, Transportation
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Pirch
PIRCH is a retail concept that specializes in premium lifestyle products for the home.
Founder(s): Jeffery Sears, Jim Stuart
Location: Oceanside, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, E-Commerce, Green Consumer Goods, Lifestyle
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Waiakea Water
Waiakea has partnered with PumpAid to provide clean water to disadvantaged communities.
Founder(s): Ryan Emmons
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Green Consumer Goods, Health Care, Sustainability, Water
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Sleepyhead
Sleepyhead delivers comfort through our premium mattress toppers that are tailored to fit college student’s needs.
Founder(s): Steven Van Alen
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Furniture, Green Consumer Goods, Hardware, Lifestyle, Retail
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normal
Normal is empowering small businesses to address climate change and lower their carbon footprint with an innovative robo-consultant
Founder(s): Adrian Finzelberg, Beate Czarnecki, David Aguirre Cañar, Marcelo Leopoldino
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Green Building, Green Consumer Goods, GreenTech, Recycling, Renewable Energy
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FinalStraw
FinalStraw, the world’s first collapsible, reusable straw.
Founder(s): Emma Rose Cohen, Miles Pepper
Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Green Consumer Goods, Product Design
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Back to the Roots
Back to the Roots offers gardening kits to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at homes.
Founder(s): Alejandro Velez, Nikhil Arora
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: DIY, Green Consumer Goods, Organic Food
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Intellecy Inc
Intellecy: smart water system empowers homeowners and building managers to control their water in realtime and protect against leak damage
Founder(s): Emilio Vargas, Johannes Boerhout
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Asset Management, Building Maintenance, Commercial, Consumer Electronics, Green Building, Green Consumer Goods, Smart Home
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LEVELsleep
Revolutionary Sleep Products Guaranteed and Proven To Improve Sleep
Founder(s): Edmond Routhier, JJ Abodeely, Roger A. Sramek
Location: Sonoma, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Green Consumer Goods, Home Services
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Bamboo Pipeline
Bamboo Pipeline is the single source supply solution for landscape professionals, delivering wholesale nursery plants and trees.
Founder(s): Trent Reierson
Location: Camarillo, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Green Consumer Goods
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Flux Bike
Flux electric bikes are your wheels for the modern world
Founder(s): Fernando Hamanez, Pete Leaviss
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Green Consumer Goods
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Shades of Green
Shades of Green LLC will be a Cooperative as defined in California law. Shades of Green is a dispensary that develops, manufactures & grows.
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Location: Monterey, California, United States
Industries: Cannabis, Green Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Medical
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Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is providing environmental alternatives to rigid, flexible, liner and corrugated packaging applications.
Founder(s): Christopher Tilton, Todd Gasparik, Will Lorenzi
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Environmental Engineering, Green Consumer Goods
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BayAreaRedwood.com
BayAreaRedwood re-purposes urban trees into timber products used for building materials and consumer goods.
Founder(s): Nicholas Harvey
Location: Hayward, California, United States
Industries: B2B, E-Commerce, Furniture, Green Consumer Goods, Interior Design, Manufacturing, Recycling, Retail, Wholesale, Wood Processing
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Method Products
To help people clean happy and our challenge is to make sure that every soap sent out into the world .
Founder(s): Adam Lowry, Eric Ryan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Green Consumer Goods, Home Services, Laundry and Dry-cleaning
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Topanga.io
Topanga.io is the technology-first reuse platform for sustainably-minded brands, restaurants, and consumers.
Founder(s): Adam Bailey
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Software, Enterprise Software, Environmental Consulting, Green Consumer Goods
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Tender Greens
Tender Greens is a fine casual restaurant concept serving farm-to-fork cuisine.
Founder(s): David Dressler, Erik Oberholtzer, Matt Lyman
Location: Culver City, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Green Consumer Goods, Restaurants, Travel
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Greenbutts
Biodegradable filters. 0% Synthetic. 100% Natural.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Cannabis, Consumer Goods, Green Consumer Goods, Tobacco
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Wype
Keeping your car beautiful has never been easier and greener
Founder(s): Andy Kim, Jordan Farmar, Kevin Dawson
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Automotive, Consumer, Green Consumer Goods, Mobile Apps, Service Industry
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PantryOn
Smart household appliance used to keep track of any item.
Founder(s): Fadi Shakkour
Location: Paramount, California, United States
Industries: Assistive Technology, Consumer, Consumer Applications, Consumer Electronics, Green Consumer Goods, Grocery, Hardware, Information Technology, Retail Technology, Self-Storage
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Catalyst Innovation Lab
The Catalyst Innovation Lab invests and advises companies within real estate, clean-tech, building tech, and the consumer experience.
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Location: Larkspur, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Commercial Real Estate, Green Building, Green Consumer Goods, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Smart Building
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BeGood Clothing
BeGood Clothing is the perfect fusion of San Francisco’s philanthropic culture and fashion sensibility.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Green Consumer Goods, Lifestyle
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GrowPod Solutions
Grow Pod Solutions develops new technologies for indoor farming.
Founder(s):
Location: Colton, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Environmental Engineering, Farming, Green Consumer Goods
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New Leaf Paper
Marketer and Distributor of high-quality environmentally superior paper products.
Founder(s): Jeff Mendelsohn
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Green Consumer Goods, Recycling
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Electron Wheel
Ride Smarter. Electrify Your Bike in 30 Seconds.
Founder(s): Juan Belon
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer Electronics, Electric Vehicle, Green Consumer Goods
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Looly’s
Looly’s sources optimally nutritious ingredients with uncompromising ethics from around the world.
Founder(s): Lamiaa BOUNAHMIDI
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Green Consumer Goods, Health Care, Organic Food
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Pyur Solutions
A cpg-focused, house of brands building a series of contemporary brands that cohesively addresses multiple touchpoints of daily life.
Founder(s): Nandeet Mehta
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Green Consumer Goods
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DroneQuote
DroneQuote is the only marketplace for solar and roofing utilizing drones for accurate and competitive quotes. Proudly Veteran-owned.
Founder(s): Riley Wiggins, Sinuhe Montoya
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Energy Storage, Green Consumer Goods, Home Improvement, Home Renovation, Marketplace, Renewable Energy, Solar
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Trade as One
Healthy and ethical food subscription.
Founder(s): Nathan George
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Green Consumer Goods, Organic Food, Trading Platform
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Beautimy
Beautimy is a Beauty company.
Founder(s): Melissa Lim
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Beauty, E-Commerce, Green Consumer Goods, Health Care
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Urbavore
We develop affordable, sustainable, and space efficient smart home garden systems.
Founder(s):
Location: Monterey, California, United States
Industries: DIY, Green Consumer Goods, Organic Food, Smart Home
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DewGood Inc.
Mining Fresh Drinking Water from Air for Plants and People.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Green Consumer Goods, Water
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Kit Cat Klock
Kit Cat Klock always brings a smile to everyone that discovers this classic American-made icon.
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Location: Fountain Valley, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Green Consumer Goods
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Tech New Logica
Clean technology, Research & Development, Innovation, consumer goods
Founder(s): Anton Khomenko, Febian Bahari, Oleksii Karpenko
Location: Corona, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Coffee, Food and Beverage, Green Consumer Goods, GreenTech, Sustainability
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