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 86 Adult 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 Adult Companies & Startups (California, United States)
EHentai
EHentai is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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CRAVE
Crave is a lifestyle brand that offers sex toys through designed, discreet, and luxurious vibrators.
Founder(s): Michael Topolovac, Ti Chang, William Araújo
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Sex Tech, Toys, Young Adults
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Lucy Goods
Lucy Goods is a nicotine alternative company that provides superior nicotine product to eliminate tobacco related harm to zero.
Founder(s): David Renteln, John Coogan
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Tobacco
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nhentai
nhentai is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Internet
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Doujin Moe
Doujin Moe is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Doujins
Doujins is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Shadbase
Shadbase is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Doujin
Doujin is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Hentaigasm
Hentaigasm is an American online video sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Sex Industry, Video Streaming
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Milftoon
Milftoon is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Hentai2read
Hentai2read is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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SpankChain
SpankChain is an adult entertainment ecosystem powered by blockchain technology.
Founder(s): Ameen Soleimani, Janice Griffith, Sergey Ukustov, Wills de Vogelaere
Location: Venice, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum
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Blue Willow Systems
Blue Willow Systems, a developer of a next-generation, cloud-based senior living community resident safety platform.
Founder(s): Vikram Devdas
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Health Care, Medical, Nursing and Residential Care
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KissHentai
KissHentai is a video sharing website and social media platform focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Video Streaming
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Stellup
Stellup is the first mobile app focused on meeting interesting new people within your university and company networks.
Founder(s): Giuseppe Belpiede, Vincenzo Belpiede
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Young Adults
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BUZZ BAR
BUZZ BAR is a food company that manufactures an alcohol-infused ice cream bar for adults.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
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The Language Express
The Language Express offers The Social Express™, software designed to teach children and young adults how to manage social situations.
Founder(s): Marc Zimmerman
Location: Encinitas, California, United States
Industries: Children, Education, Software, Young Adults
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Sobrr
Sobrr is a social networking app.
Founder(s): Bruce Yang, Vivian Xu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Social Media, Software, Young Adults
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BillMyParents
BillMyParents is a shopping system for children to purchase using their parents’ credentials via an email request and approval system.
Founder(s): Jim Collas
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Parenting, Teenagers, Young Adults
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Global Education Learning
Global Education Learning offers education products and services to young children based in China.
Founder(s): Tom Kalinske
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Education, Management Consulting, Young Adults
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RealDoll
RealDoll is said to be the home of life-size sex dolls handcrafted in the USA.
Founder(s): Matt McMullen
Location: San Marcos, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Manufacturing, Sex Industry
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CalExotics
CalExotics is a manufacturer of adult toys and novelties.
Founder(s): Susan Colvin
Location: Ontario, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Manufacturing
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Tubewisp.com
Sex.com is a website that enables users to gather, organize and share all the free porn that they find on the web.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Sex Industry, Video, Young Adults
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Kink.com
Kink.com is a Sex Industry company.
Founder(s): Peter Acworth
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Sex Industry, Young Adults
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AdSpyglass
AdSpyglass – Ad networks mediation service for publishers and website owners. Increase your income up to 100%.
Founder(s):
Location: Carlsbad, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Adult, Advertising, Advertising Platforms
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Playboy TV
Playboy TV is a premium channel dedicated to entertainment for adults.
Founder(s):
Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Broadcasting, Digital Entertainment, Sex Industry
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GameCrush
GameCrush is a social gaming site that allows users meet, match and play online games with others.
Founder(s): David Good
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Gaming, Online Games
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Senior.com
Senior.com is the preeminent resource for information, products, and services focused on meeting the needs of seniors.
Founder(s):
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Communities, Internet
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TagWorld
Tag World is a social networking site that allows adults to meet each other.
Founder(s): Alex Karelin, Clark Landry, Evan Rifkin, Fred Krueger, Ryan Rifkin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Social Media, Teenagers, Young Adults
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Sugar Knife
Classic confections with alcohol reductions
Founder(s): Jenna Keys
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Young Adults
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Sweetie High
Sweety High is an online platform for teen girls.
Founder(s): Veronica Zelle
Location: Sherman Oaks, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Media and Entertainment, Social, Social Media, Young Adults
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Mondo Media
Mondo Media produces animated short films to offer entertainment to teens and young adults.
Founder(s): John Evershed
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Media and Entertainment, Video, Young Adults
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Oracle Youth
Oracle Youth is based in San Diego, California.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Career Planning, Children, Young Adults
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Adults Marketing
Best Adult SEO marketing company for adult website. With the help of best practice, we increase your organic traffic and ranking.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Gambling, Marketing, SEO, Social Media Advertising
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One Caring Team
One Caring Team provides personalized conversations for aging adults.
Founder(s): Sonya Kim
Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Industries: Personalization, Social Network, Young Adults
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ROLIK
Life Should Be Fun! A new way to experience & shop adult lifestyle products online. Opening early 2018.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, E-Commerce, Retail, Sex Tech
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Brik
Brik Case is the World’s most customizable laptop case. Build, collaborate and express yourself!
Founder(s):
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Product Design, Retail
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LiveHit
Social Discovery/RealTime Data Analytics
Founder(s): Jeanine LeFlore
Location: Foster City, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Ediscovery, Search Engine, Young Adults
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Social Advocates for Youth
Social Advocates for Youth is a non-profit organization, that provides housing, counseling and career services to youth and families.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Industries: Career Planning, Children, Employment, Family, Non Profit, Young Adults
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Free Hookup App
Free Hookup App is the go-to hookup app for guys & girls looking for something serious or a hookup you can also hang out with.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Dating
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CpaBestOffer
CpaBestOffer specialized in offering marketing programs.
Founder(s):
Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, Adult, Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Affiliate Marketing, Dating, Publishing
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VFOLK
VFOLK is an electronic atomizer company that develops e-cigarettes and vapes for adult smokers.
Founder(s):
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Consumer, E-Commerce
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St. Barnabas Senior Services
St. Barnabas Senior Services has serves economically vulnerable older adults in Los Angeles County.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Elder Care, Elderly
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RTZ Associates
RTZ Associates is a management and coordination software, that provides software solutions to non-profit, large government agencies.
Founder(s):
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Cloud Management, Information Technology, Software
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Compass SLS and ILS
Compass SLS and ILS supports adults with all sorts of disabilities, helping them live freely in the community, and independent living.
Founder(s):
Location: Redding, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Family, Health Care, Social
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Kids In Code
An incubator to develop code + design programs for children 5-12
Founder(s): Henri Duong
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Education, Young Adults
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StoryFire
Creative Video & Writing Entertainment Platform
Founder(s): Brian Spitz, Jesse Ridgway
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Content, Content Creators, Internet, Social, Social Media, Social Network, Video, Virtual Currency, Young Adults
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West Bay Senior Living
West Bay Senior Living is a senior living management company that operates and consults for investors and equity of senior housing assets.
Founder(s):
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Asset Management, Nursing and Residential Care
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Avalon Malibu
Avalon Malibu is a mental health and addiction treatment center, that providing residential addiction and mental health treatment.
Founder(s):
Location: Malibu, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Health Care, Home Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care
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iFuse
A social Website for young adults looking to learn about their faith.
Founder(s):
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Education, Internet, Video, Web Browsers, Young Adults
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California Home for Seniors
California Home for Seniors is a website where users can find assisted living facilities near them.
Founder(s):
Location: Woodland Hills, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Communities, Elder Care
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Center for Human Services
Center for Human Services is a nonprofit that focuses on mental health, family, substance use treatment, shelter, and youth services.
Founder(s):
Location: Modesto, California, United States
Industries: Family, Health Care, Non Profit, Rehabilitation, Social, Young Adults
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Youth Services Network
Youth Services Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving youth who are victims of abuse, neglect and abandonment.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Charity, Non Profit, Social, Young Adults
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Heritage Clinic
Heritage Clinic provides mental health services to older adults experiencing substantive and persistent mental health concerns.
Founder(s):
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Health Care, Hospital
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Blowtorch
Blowtorch is a Hollywood media and entertainment studio that caters to college students.
Founder(s):
Location: Sausalito, California, United States
Industries: iOS, Media and Entertainment, Mobile, News, Social Media, Video, Young Adults
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A2MEND
A2MEND is a nonprofit organization focused on increasing the success of African American male students within the community college system.
Founder(s):
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Non Profit, Social, Young Adults
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Life Services Alternatives
Life Services Alternatives provides exceptional community living and programs for adults with disabilities.
Founder(s):
Location: Campbell, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Child Care, Elder Care, Non Profit
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Truckee Tribe Lacrosse Club
Truckee Tribe Lacrosse Club deals with the promotion and development as well as support the youth lacrosse with the help of volunteers.
Founder(s):
Location: Truckee, California, United States
Industries: Recreation, Sports, Young Adults
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Amanecer
Amanecer provides complete mental health, psychiatric and anxiety solutions to support underserved kids, adults & domestic abuse victims.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical, Psychology
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David & Margaret Youth and Family Services
David & Margaret Youth and Family Services provide educational, spiritual, and culturally diverse services to all individuals.
Founder(s):
Location: La Verne, California, United States
Industries: Children, Education, Family, Non Profit, Wellness, Young Adults
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Sunset Youth Services
Sunset Youth Services provides developmental and supportive services to young adults and families with a trauma-informed approach.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Health Care, Non Profit, Personal Development, Young Adults
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1 Sweet Life
1 Sweet Life provides support teens and young adults with type 1 diabetes.
Founder(s): Brad Lowder
Location: Kenwood, California, United States
Industries: Diabetes, Social Media, Web Hosting, Young Adults
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San Diego Youth Services
San Diego Youth Services helps children and youth with housing, adoption support, foster, mental care, and other social services.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Children, Health Care, Non Profit, Social, Young Adults
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Chroma Club
Subscription-based coloring books for adults
Founder(s): Mathieu Guerville
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Art, Subscription Service
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Latino Leadership Council
Latino Leadership Council offers programs & outreach to connect the Latino community to education, health, & development for their families.
Founder(s):
Location: Auburn, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Education, Family, Health Care, Social, Young Adults
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RegionalCenter.org
RegionalCenter.org is a site devoted to the developmental disabilities community that focuses on resource exposure.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Child Care, Health Diagnostics, Service Industry
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StreetCode Academy
Streetcode Academy Is Empowering Young People Of Color To Become The Newest Creative Force In Silicon Valley.
Founder(s): Shadi Barhoumi
Location: East Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Skill Assessment, Training, Young Adults
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Great Sunrise Marketing
Great Sunrise Marketing offers promotional products, advertising specialties and business gifts online for kids and adults.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Advertising, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce
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DRF Sports Agency
At DRF they flip the script. That is, they audition for you!
Founder(s): Gary Jefferson
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Sports, Young Adults
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EBAYC
EBAYC is a social organization that supports children and parents through intensive support, school partnerships, and after-school programs.
Founder(s):
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Children, Communities, Education, Non Profit, Social, Social Assistance, Young Adults
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Whatshudoin, Inc.
Ask people Whatshudoin? Get their mood with their reply.
Founder(s): Luai Masri
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Social Media, Teenagers, Young Adults
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Fox Family Channel
Fox Family Channel, now Freeform is a television station that targets young adults.
Founder(s):
Location: Burbank, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, TV, Young Adults
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Youth Moving On
Youth Moving On is supporting transitional-age youth through transitional housing, workforce development, and the peer resource center.
Founder(s):
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Non Profit, Young Adults
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Alternatives in Action
Alternatives in Action is a non-profit organization that prepares youth in the region for college, career, and community contribution.
Founder(s):
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Career Planning, Education, Non Profit, Social, Young Adults
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Youth Emerging Stronger
Youth Emerging Stronger provide runaway, homeless and foster youth with safety, stability, and housing.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Homeless Shelter, Non Profit, Young Adults
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Line One Laboratories
Line One Laboratories is a manufacturing fun and safe products for men and women.
Founder(s):
Location: Chatsworth, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Manufacturing, Sales
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United American Indian Involvement
United American Indian Involvement is a non-profit organization that focuses on health, substance abuse, and mental health services.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Health Care, Non Profit, Training, Young Adults
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Golden State Family Services
Golden State Family Services is a non-profit organization that offers adoption and foster services, including training and youth programs.
Founder(s):
Location: Kingsburg, California, United States
Industries: Children, Family, Non Profit, Young Adults
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Our House
Our House is an organization that provides community grief response, consultation and education for clinical and public professionals.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Child Care, Children, Communities, Consulting, Education, Non Profit, Underserved Children, Young Adults
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Living The Dream
Living the dream is a non-profit foundation that helps children and young adults living with life-threatening illnesses .
Founder(s):
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Rehabilitation, Social, Underserved Children, Young Adults
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Care Xpertz
Senior Care in Anaheim, CA
Founder(s):
Location: Anaheim, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Health Care
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HuddleTV
Online news for the YouTube generation.
Founder(s): Chris Chavkin
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Sports, Video, Young Adults
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S & J’s Glass Alley
The purpose of the S & J’s Glass Alley is to provide the area with different levels of a family entertainment bowling alley.
Founder(s):
Location: Victorville, California, United States
Industries: Family, Restaurants, Young Adults
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Guilford Family Counseling
Guilford Family Counseling provides mental health services.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Industries: Family, Teenagers, Young Adults
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Camino Pediatric Dentistry
Camino Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive dental care to children and young adults.
Founder(s):
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Children, Dental, Young Adults
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