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 54 Freelance 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 Freelance Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Wonolo
Wonolo is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate labor needs.
Founder(s): AJ Brustein, Jeremy Burton, Yong Kim
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Local, Marketplace, Staffing Agency
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Torre
The global matching network for work
Founder(s): Alexander Torrenegra, Andrés Cajiao
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Human Resources, Recruiting, Social Network
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Braintrust
Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects skilled tech experts with clients.
Founder(s): Adam Jackson, Brian Flynn, Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski, Shirley Yang
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Freelance, Human Resources, Internet, Marketplace
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Turing.com
Turing is an information technology company that enables start-ups, businesses, and organizations to hire software engineers.
Founder(s): Jonathan Siddharth, Vijay Krishnan
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Information Technology, Software, Software Engineering
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Contra
Contra is a networking platform that gives users the freedom and opportunity to work independently.
Founder(s): Ben Huffman, Gajus Kuizinas
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Freelance, Information Technology, Internet, Professional Networking
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Bonsai
Bonsai is an online freelancing platform that helps companies and independent talent work better together.
Founder(s): Matt Brown, Matt Nish
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Employment, Financial Services, Freelance, Payments
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Worksuite Inc. (formerly Shortlist)
Worksuite is the leading platform for managing and engaging your freelancers.
Founder(s): Joey Frasier, Martin Konrad
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Human Resources, Service Industry, Software, Staffing Agency, Supply Chain Management, Virtual Workforce
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YouTeam (YC W18)
YouTeam is the world’s first marketplace for on-demand engineering staff augmentation.
Founder(s): Anton Mishchenko, Yurij Riphyak
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Human Resources, Recruiting, Software Engineering
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Indy
Indy is a productivity platform for managing independent business, from contract creation to getting paid and everything in between.
Founder(s): Jonathan Ramos, Sebastian Alyn Gyr
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Productivity Tools, SaaS, Software
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Cobalt Marketplace
Cobalt connects creators to designers, engineers and manufacturers to launch their own D2C products – all from one platform.
Founder(s): Darren Wilson, Elle Shelley Black
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Freelance, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Marketing, Shipping
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Superside
Superside is an always-on design company that delivers great design at scale to Enterprise teams.
Founder(s): Fredrik Thomassen, Håkon Heir, Jing Kjeldsen, Sondre Rasch
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Business Intelligence, CRM, E-Commerce, Freelance, Graphic Design, Information Technology, Internet, Online Auctions, Software, Web Design
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Brybe Marketplace
Comprehensive Digital Services Marketplace for Freelancers, Influencers, and more.
Founder(s): Igor Fedenkoff
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Collaborative Consumption, Content Creators, Digital Marketing, Freelance, Marketing, Marketplace, Outsourcing, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Marketing
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AfriBlocks
A global Pan-African freelance marketplace and collaboration platform.
Founder(s): Roger Roman, Tongayi Choto
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Marketplace, Virtual Workforce
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Dribbble
Dribbble is a global community where the world’s top designers share, grow, and get hired.
Founder(s): Dan Cederholm, Rich Thornett
Location: Walnut Creek, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Graphic Design, Product Design, Professional Networking, Recruiting, Social Network, Software, UX Design, Web Design
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Simbi.com
Simbi provides a community virtual currency for freelancers and independent workers to turn their unbooked hours into real economic value.
Founder(s): Carlos Argüello, Kjerstin Erickson, Nick Zhebrun
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Freelance, Marketplace, Social
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Willa
Willa is a fintech startup solving freelancers’ biggest pain: getting paid on time, every time.
Founder(s): Aron Levin, Kristofer Sommestad, Peter Blom, Stefan Pettersson
Location: Venice, California, United States
Industries: FinTech, Freelance, Internet, Payments
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Elance
Elance, an Upwork company, is an online service for finding and hiring leading freelancers from more than 180 countries.
Founder(s): Beerud Sheth, Srinivas Anumolu
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Peer to Peer, Professional Services, Web Development
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Indiez
Indiez helps businesses build successful products. You’ll get to work with a team of top 1% tech talent for you with guaranteed delivery.
Founder(s): Nitesh Agrawal
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Developer Platform, Freelance, Product Design, Service Industry, Software, Software Engineering, Virtual Workforce
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NextSpace
NextSpace is a collaborative co-working community of freelancers, independent professionals, and remote workers.
Founder(s): Jeremy Neuner
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: B2B, Communities, Coworking, Freelance
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CloudPeeps
CloudPeeps is an all-in-one platform, marketplace and community that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work.
Founder(s): Kate Kendall, Shala Burroughs
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Marketplace
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TAP
Perks and benefits for independent contractors.
Founder(s): Catherine Savitch, Daniel Gerow
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, InsurTech, Software
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Stoovo
We help you earn more to meet your goals and have your back on rainy days.
Founder(s): Hantz Févry, Pierre Frederic Mombeleur, Semih Korkmaz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Freelance, Sharing Economy, Staffing Agency, Virtual Workforce
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WorkMob
WorkMob is a platform for developers to share, showcase, and find quality freelance gigs.
Founder(s): Matt Sornson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Freelance, Internet
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The EventWork
The EventWork is an events industry platform, where businesses connect with talented freelancers.
Founder(s): Jamie Klein, Noha Salah
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Events, Freelance
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Zoondy
Zoondy is a work 3.0 solution for people to sell or auction their skills, expertise and talents.
Founder(s): Gordon Gooch
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Freelance
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Plenty Finance
Anxiety-free budgeting for freelancers
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Software, Freelance, Personal Finance
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goodgigs
A marketplace for creative freelancers to use their skills for good, and get paid for it!
Founder(s): Dale Wilkinson
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Graphic Design, Internet, Marketplace, Professional Services, Social Entrepreneurship, UX Design, Web Design
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Melody Nest
Melody Nest is a music industry freelance marketplace that connects musicians, producers, and DJs looking to build their career.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Marketplace, Music
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OutVoice
OutVoice offers a one-click freelancer payment solution.
Founder(s): Issa Diao, Matt Saincome
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, Financial Services, Freelance, Payments
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Courial
Courial is a technology company that connects couriers with individuals and businesses requiring delivery services.
Founder(s): Herb Coakley
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Courier Service, Delivery Service, Freelance, Service Industry, Software
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LD Talent
Motivated Vetted Developers. 5 Hour Free Trial. Transparent Budget Control. Productivity and Responsiveness.
Founder(s): Girija Mittagunta, Gobi Dasu
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Education, Freelance, Human Resources, Real Time, Recruiting, Software, Software Engineering, Training
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SandyLane
SandyLane provides marketing, process automation, data management, and custom SQL queries services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Email Marketing, Freelance, Information Technology
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Swipefin
Completely mobile, one swipe tax prep tool, designed so independent contractors can save time and thousands of dollars on their taxes.
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Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Mobile Apps, Real Time
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EnviroLinx
Online platform to connect environmental professionals with companies in need of their services.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering, Freelance, GreenTech, Internet, Sustainability
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MyClyq
Hire trusted freelancers and find freelance jobs faster by utilizing your network.
Founder(s): Kevin Wu, Vadim Verdyan
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Social Network, Staffing Agency
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OdeCloud
Talent marketplace, digital workspace and machine learning enabled community for independent technology consultants
Founder(s): Ahad Arain, Osar Iyamu, Vanielle Lee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Freelance, Information Technology, Management Consulting, Private Social Networking, Project Management
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Hiyaar
A platform for hiring and collaborating with freelancers.
Founder(s): Jethro Magaji, Rabo Bature
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Productivity Tools, Recruiting
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Kadrae
Freelance, Marketplace, Employment, Outsourcing, Professional Services, Peer to Peer
Founder(s): Sonia Green
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Employment, Freelance, Marketplace, Outsourcing, Peer to Peer, Professional Networking, Professional Services, Virtual Workforce
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Side Hustle
Smartphone App for side money gigs. Quit your job and get to work! Unlock your income potential with Artificial Intelligence technology.
Founder(s): Ali Sina
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Affiliate Marketing, Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Freelance, Machine Learning, Sharing Economy
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Skilltapp Inc.
Skilltapp matches independent contractors with companies looking for project-based workers, based on proprietary algorithms.
Founder(s): Eric Polin, Marissa Spano, Miishe Addy
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Human Resources, Mobile Apps
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Popcrn
Popcrn is a social marketplace that connects freelance creatives to clients and collaborators.
Founder(s): Alfred Muteti, Allan Muteti
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, Freelance, Marketplace, Media and Entertainment, Social Network
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Olledo
Olledo is a social marketplace comprising of a freelance hub and a social network.
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Location: Walnut, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Marketplace, Mobile Apps, Social Network
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Syrreo
Syrreo – A business management application.
Founder(s): G Riar
Location: Bakersfield, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, CRM, Freelance, Printing, Product Management, Project Management, SaaS, Small and Medium Businesses
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StudentFreelance.com
Connecting students to freelance jobs.
Founder(s): Michael Talei
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Employment, Freelance, Outsourcing
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Coloft
Coloft is a community and workspace focused on empowering entrepreneurs and startups.
Founder(s): Avesta Rasouli, Cameron Kashani Rasouli
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Coworking, Freelance
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Trendi
Trendi provides efficient marketplace for freelancers.
Founder(s): Jinny Oh
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Marketplace
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Editcetera
Editcetera is a freelance union for publishing professionals that refers editors and writers to businesses and offers workshops & training.
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Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: E-Learning, Freelance, Publishing, Training
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Kimemasu
Kimemasu provides business consulting and freelance services to various organizations, businesses, and industries.
Founder(s): Michael Easton
Location: Clovis, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, Freelance, Management Consulting, Project Management
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Workstir
Workstir connects consumers seeking local service providers with contractors, freelancers and other local resources.
Founder(s): Duncan Winter
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Local, Service Industry
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VirtualProlance
VirtualProlance is new innovative idea in the freelancing industry to make work from home, beach or park.
Founder(s): Shafi MC
Location: Carson, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Virtual Workforce
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Heavypen Communications
Pubic Relations, Marketing Communications
Founder(s): Ray Wyman Jr.
Location: Anaheim, California, United States
Industries: Content, Content Marketing, Freelance, Public Relations, Video Editing, Web Development
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FVCproductions
FVCproductions is a freelancing company providing technical mentorship, web services, and speaking engagements.
Founder(s): Frances Coronel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Web Development
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13bit consulting
iOS development services based in San Francisco
Founder(s): Tyler Casselman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Freelance, iOS, Software
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Upwork
Upwork is the world’s work marketplace, connecting millions of businesses with independent talent around the globe.
Founder(s): Odysseas Tsatalos
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Freelance, Marketplace, Peer to Peer, SaaS
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