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 83 Photo Sharing 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 Photo Sharing Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Songclip (Audiobyte)
Songclip is the first Social Music API, offering a SaaS technology platform for integrating licensed music on social and digital platforms.
Founder(s): Andy Blacker, John vanSuchtelen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content Delivery Network, Developer Tools, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Photo Sharing, SaaS, Social
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Brightwheel
Brightwheel is the first all-in-one software platform for preschools and childcare providers.
Founder(s): Dave Vasen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Education, Photo Sharing, Primary Education, SaaS, Software
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Loop
Private family network
Founder(s): Ankit Tharwani, Brian Gannon, Ethan Ballweber
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Hardware, Messaging, Mobile Apps, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media, Video
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Joy
Joy is the first Smart Photo Album – an all-in-one hardware, software and cloud solution for families to organize and relive their memories.
Founder(s): Alan Chan, Jacqueline Yuen, Joe Moak
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Hardware, Internet of Things, Photo Sharing, Photography
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We Heart It (WHI)
We Heart It is an image-based social networking platform that focuses on visual inspiration and expression.
Founder(s): Fabio Giolito
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Photo Sharing, Social Media, Social Network
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Cluster
Cluster Labs is a mobile application that allows its users to create albums and share photos with friends and family members.
Founder(s): Brenden Mulligan, Frank Barbieri, Taylor Hughes
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Path
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service for building personal social networks with up to 150 contacts.
Founder(s): Dave Morin, Dustin Mierau, Shawn Fanning
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Messaging, Mobile, Photo Sharing
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Shopsy
Shopsy is a mobile application that enables Instagram users to purchase products they discover on Instagram.
Founder(s): Andy LeSavage, Billy Mauro, Chris Quinn, Kevin Chugh, Laura McCann, Lisa Morales-Hellebo, Rakshith Krishnappa, Steve Mu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Ediscovery, Fashion, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Search Engine
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Snappr
Snappr is the one-stop-shop for visual content creation, including the largest on-demand photographer and photo editing marketplace
Founder(s): Ed Kearney, Matt Schiller
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Photo Editing, Photo Sharing, Photography, Software
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Muzy
Muzy is a customizable blog allowing its users to post, edit, create, and share photos, animations, and collages through a mobile app.
Founder(s): Andrew Chen, Ido Darnell, Matt Rubens
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Animation, Blogging Platforms, Mobile Apps, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Heirloom Technology, Inc.
Heirloom enables people to beautifully preserve and gather around shared memories.
Founder(s): Evan Owski
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Apps, iOS, Photo Sharing, Social Media
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Momunt
Momunt is a platform that automatically organizes all nearby public visuals shared on social networks.
Founder(s): Masha Belyi, Ryan Sheffer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Location Based Services, Photo Sharing, Photography, Software
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Lumific
Lumific is a photo editing and photo curation software.
Founder(s): Desmond Chik, Jonathan Wills
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Computer Vision, Image Recognition, Internet, Photo Editing, Photo Sharing, Photography, Semantic Search, Software
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Polygram
Polygram is a artificial intelligence platform and photo sharing social network.
Founder(s): Fabien Mansoubi, Faryar Ghazanfari, Marcin Kmiec
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Photo Sharing, Social Network
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Seahorse
Seahorse is a brand new platform to store, share and enjoy photos among specific groups of friends, families and colleagues.
Founder(s): Daniel Undurraga, Oskar Hjertonsson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Photography, Private Social Networking
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Hango
Capturing the entire music festival experience.
Founder(s): Brandon Bright, Phong Le, Ryne Heath
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, B2B, Lifestyle, Location Based Services, Messaging, Music, Photo Sharing
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Splore
Splore is a mobile application that enables community members to follow hashtags to access the best photos from around the world.
Founder(s): Christopher Karimian, Mahdi Ali, Samy Abbas
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Photo Sharing
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Snapfish
Snapfish is a photo sharing and hosting service that allows individuals to create customized digital prints and gifts using their photos.
Founder(s): Bala Parthasarathy, Raj Kapoor, Shripati Acharya, Suneet Wadhwa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Skylight Frame
Skylight is a touch-screen photo frame that you can update by email, anytime from anywhere.
Founder(s): Michael Segal
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Hardware, Internet of Things, Photo Sharing
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Canviz
Canviz is a digital canvas for displaying art and photography. It’s also a site for collecting, discovering and sharing great content.
Founder(s): Colin Zablocki, Joyce Pan, Matt Waters
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Art, Digital Signage, E-Commerce, Home Decor, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media
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Bluurp
Bluurp is a social media app for social media influencers and music artists. Your influence. Your voice.
Founder(s): Darell Austin Jr., Kevin Rivers, Robert Ceki
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Blogging Platforms, Music, Photo Sharing, Search Engine
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Spectafy Labs
Building community powered apps, currently focused on “Spark”
Founder(s): Eric Watson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Crowdsourcing, Location Based Services, Photo Sharing
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CrowdAlbum
CrowdAlbum brings together and displays the content that event attendees share to their social media accounts.
Founder(s): Adam Watson, Tracy Chan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Software
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5by
5by scours the internet for the best videos, and hand-delivers the ones you want to watch. It’s curated, free, and awesome.
Founder(s): Greg Isenberg
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, E-Commerce, Internet, Photo Sharing, Photography, Video
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Paps, Inc
Paps is a group and channel based video messaging app. You can instantly send photos, videos and gifs to your groups or public channels.
Founder(s): ilker delen, Suleyman Onay
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Information Technology, Messaging, Mobile Apps, Photo Sharing, Video, Video Chat
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PicYou
PicYou is a website providing users with a platform for instantly sharing photos online.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing
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Snapwave
Snapwave is a community platform that combines music and photography to create visually engaging music experiences for its users.
Founder(s): Akshay Kolte, David Blutenthal, Jan Kukka
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Content Marketing, Music, Music Streaming, Photo Sharing
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Ukky
Ukky offers iOS-based mobile app that helps parents create visual stories using photos, videos, and text and share them with others.
Founder(s): Michel op ‘t Landt, Pieter-Pleun Korevaar, Rene Sijnke
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Computing, Mobile, Photo Sharing
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Dayflash
Dayflash is a free photo & video sharing application and social networking platform that inspires public self-expression and creativity.
Founder(s): Anthony Morgan, Rupali Renjen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media, Social Network
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DailyBooth
DailyBooth was a photoblogging website that enabled its users to take photos of themselves.
Founder(s): Jon Wheatley, Nghi Nguyễn, Ryan Amos
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Industrial Engineering, Media and Entertainment, Photo Sharing, Public Relations
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Streamnation
The first media center in the cloud
Founder(s): Jonathan Benassaya
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Photo Sharing, Photography, Video Streaming
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Storia
Storia is a social network for collaborative visual storytelling
Founder(s): Moody Fayed, Rostem Hairedin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, Photo Sharing, Private Social Networking, Publishing, Social Media
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Zno
Zno provides photo albums intended to offer high quality albums with the low price and the fast turn-around time.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Customer Service, Photo Editing, Photo Sharing, Photography, Product Design
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Cloudup
Cloudup is a photo, video, and document sharing service.
Founder(s): Guillermo Rauch, Thianh Lu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Document Management, iOS, Mobile, Music, Photo Sharing, Video
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Butter
Butter is an app to make new friends through photos and messaging.
Founder(s): Dan Flanegan, Duncan McLaren, Kelsey Greenberg
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Messaging, Mobile, Photo Sharing
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Divvyshot
Divvyshot is a photo-sharing platform that enables users to share full resolution photos with friends.
Founder(s): Samuel Odio
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Social Network, Web Hosting
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Nimses
Nimses is an algorithm-based social media app where social influencer’s influence can be turned to capital and goods.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Cryptocurrency, Messaging, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Social Media
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Storyo App
Storyo App is an AI-based storytelling application that gathers user data and photos into ready-to-share video stories.
Founder(s): Filipe Vasconcellos, Leonel Duarte, Manuel Costa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Mobile Apps, Photo Sharing, Social Media, Software
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Fridge
Fridge is a website enabling anyone to set up a lightweight, single-serving social network and organize their private online groups.
Founder(s): Alex Chung
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Computer, Infrastructure, Photo Sharing, Social Network, Software, Windows Phone
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Retronaut.co
Retronaut is a photographic time machine.
Founder(s): Chris Wild
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Photo Sharing, Social Media
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imgfave
Discover and share amazing images.
Founder(s): Gabe Ragland
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet of Things, Lifestyle, Photo Sharing, Photography, Web Design
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Reflex
Reflex allows you to capture, tag and share pictures and videos in just 1 click
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media
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1000memories
1000Memories allows people to organize, share, and discover old photos and memories and set up family trees.
Founder(s): Brett Huneycutt, Jonathan Good, Rudy Adler
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Online Portals, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Olla
Olla.Your Social home. Chat! Share memories! Discover what’s trending!
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Messaging, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media
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Oneminute
1 minute view of the world as it happens
Founder(s): Alex Kwon, Isaac Rosenberg
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Photo Sharing
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Cooliris
Cooliris develops visually immersive media and communication experiences for mobile and web consumers.
Founder(s): Austin Shoemaker, Mayank Mehta, Soujanya Bhumkar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Messaging, Mobile, Photo Sharing
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Doot
Doot is a mobile app that provides users the ability to send messages, including video, and audio and memory sharing.
Founder(s): Srujan Akula
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Location Based Services, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Social Media
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Hipstamatic
Hipstamatic, pioneers of the vintage mobile photo, creators of mobile products for creative people
Founder(s): Lucas Buick, Ryan Dorshorst
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Art, Mobile, Photo Editing, Photo Sharing, Photography, Printing, Software, Video
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Cambassy
Cambassy is an app that allows you to view places in the eyes of people from your country
Founder(s): Ahmed Alzalabani, Omar Alrabiah
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Business Travel, Photo Sharing, Social Media, Social Network, Travel, Video
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Gophoto
Scans photos, negatives & slides to DVD.
Founder(s): John Schmitt
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Email, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Compfight
Compfight is an image search engine tailored to help locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, and research.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Photography, Search Engine
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Picwing
Picwing is a photo sharing platform that enables users to share their photos through print and email.
Founder(s): Edward Kim, Enrique Rodriguez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Photography
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Bunchcut
Better rich media collaboration at work
Founder(s): Alex du Preez, Jan Pickard, Nat du Preez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Collaboration, Freemium, Photo Sharing, SaaS
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Xoopit
Xoopit is an email organizational tool that enables users to retrieve meaningful content from their archived email.
Founder(s): Bijan Marashi, Jonathan Katzman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Email, Photo Sharing, Search Engine
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ZangZing
ZangZing is a photo-sharing startup allowing users to store and share their photos from multiple services on one platform.
Founder(s): Joseph Ansanelli, Kathryn Corro, Mauricio Alvarez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Photography
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Gramfeed
Gramfeed is an Instagram web client providing mobile photo sharing services.
Founder(s): Rakshith Krishnappa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Snapixel
Photo Sharing & Stock Photography
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Photography
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NewHive
NewHive is a web platform and DIY self-publishing tool that encourages users to develop their creative expression.
Founder(s): Abram Clark, Cara Bucciferro, Zach Verdin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, News, Photo Sharing, Software, Web Design
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Clixtr
Clixtr is a location-based photo sharing platform allowing users to create geo-tagged events and upload mobile photos in real time.
Founder(s): Romain Lacombe
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: iOS, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media
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Tiny Pictures
Tiny Pictures is an online platform for users to upload, store and share photos with friends.
Founder(s): John Poisson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Peekshare, Inc.
Share more than Hello! Peekshare is a content-driven messaging app. Users can share photos with friends and others in their local area.
Founder(s): Morgan McQuown
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Messaging, Photo Sharing, Private Social Networking, Social Media
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Hot Shot Media
Hot Shot Media is a social networking and photo sharing platform that develops social projects and creates global interaction.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Social Media, Social Network
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Canvis
Canvis is a cloud software that provides photo documentation and communication.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Messaging, Photo Sharing
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Qui.lt
Quilt is a real-time scrapbook where users can share their memories with friends.
Founder(s): Austin Cooley, Niko Cunningham, Shane Mooney
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Location Based Services, Mobile, Photo Sharing
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NoshList
Share what you eat with your friends, see what’s good everywhere. http://nosh.com
Founder(s): Alex Cornell, Brian Peterson, Craig Walker, John Rector
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Photo Sharing, Social Network
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Picktor
Photo Management
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing
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Fabric
Fabric is a personal location-based journal that catalogs the user’s experiences and interactions.
Founder(s): Arun Vijayvergiya, Nikolay Valtchanov
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Location Based Services, Photo Sharing, Social Media
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Funtigo Corporation
Funtigo Corporation provides an online photo sharing service, enabling users to edit, and resize images through their website.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Photography
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Snow Cherry
The vision is to create the world’s most creative & playful community for sharing photos.
Founder(s): Malcolm Scovil
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Digital Media, iOS, Photo Sharing
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Wallpaper Wizard
Wallpaper Wizard is a desktop background application for mac users.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content Delivery Network, Creative Agency, Photo Sharing
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Ryne
Ryne is a travel social network.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Social Media, Travel
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Trunx
Trunx is a photo app that lets users snap, organize and store forever.
Founder(s): Jeff Chen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Infrastructure, iOS, Location Based Services, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Photo Editing, Photo Sharing, Software, Video
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Stellashare
Stellashare is a private platform to share photos and videos.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Photo Sharing, Security, Social Media
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SocialPOV
SocialPOV is a social engagement platform focused on using data, workflows, and analytics to create customized experiences.
Founder(s): Ilya Bakshee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Apps, Photo Sharing, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Software, Video Streaming
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Outpic
The Community ENTerprise Operating System (CentOS) is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Crowdsourcing, Events, File Sharing, Photo Sharing, Photography, Social Media, Video
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Panols
Split Panoramas for Instagram.
Founder(s): Juan Arreguin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, iOS, Photo Editing, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Throwpile
photo blogging platform
Founder(s): Sierra Katow
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Blogging Platforms, Data Visualization, Photo Sharing, Photography, Web Hosting
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picplz
Picplz is a photo sharing app that enables its users to make a profile and share their pictures on the web.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Location Based Services, Photo Sharing, Social Media
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Tiiny
Tiiny is a mobile application that enables users to share tiny photos and short video clips which instantly appear in a stream of photos.
Founder(s): Kevin Rose
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Photo Sharing
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Photerra
Photerra is a mobile application that collects geo-located photographs.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Photo Sharing, Software
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Inflikr
Inflikr is a Flickr browsing app.
Founder(s): Emmanuel Boudrant
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Photo Sharing, Photography
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Opuss
Opuss is a social publishing platform focussed on created content on mobile devices.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content, Mobile, Photo Sharing, Publishing, Social Media
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Duelr, Inc.
Duelr is an innovative web platform specifically designed in order to rate photos as well as videos in no time.
Founder(s): Christoph Wehrli
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Photo Sharing, Video, Web Apps
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