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 64 Ride Sharing 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 Ride Sharing Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Zum
Zūm provides child transportation for school districts and busy families.
Founder(s): Ritu Narayan, Vivek Garg
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Child Care, Children, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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HyreCar
HyreCar is a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that allows anyone to rent their idle cars to Uber and Lyft drivers safely and reliably.
Founder(s): Abhishek Arora, Anshu Bansal
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Marketplace, Peer to Peer, Rental, Ride Sharing, Small and Medium Businesses
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DigiSure
DigiSure is the global leader in marketplace trust, safety and insurance for mobility.
Founder(s): Mike Shim, Paul Smith, Praveen Rao
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Auto Insurance, Car Sharing, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Fleet Management, Marketplace, Mobile, Ride Sharing, Sharing Economy, Software
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CARVI
CARVI offers Vision-based Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) + Contextual Data Platform based on Driver Behaviors and 3D road data
Founder(s): Kevin Eunsu Lee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Computer Vision, Fleet Management, InsurTech, Mapping Services, Peer to Peer, Rental, Ride Sharing
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Faction
Faction is a Silicon Valley startup that develops driverless solutions based on light electric vehicles.
Founder(s): Ain McKendrick
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Logistics, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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inDriver
inDriver is the world’s fastest-growing ride-hailing service.
Founder(s): Arsen Tomsky
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile Apps, Rental, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Ridecell
Ridecell provides car-sharing, ride-sharing, short-term leases, and autonomous vehicle fleet services for car rental companies.
Founder(s): Aarjav Trivedi, ArunKumar Elangovan, Steve Dickerson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Car Sharing, Fleet Management, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Adway
Adway is the only mobility based advertising and data platform that uses projection to turn any car-body into a media display.
Founder(s): Alexander Krylov, Trexton Todd
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Marketing, Ride Sharing
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Wingz
Wingz offers peace of mind while traveling through predictable cost, confirmed availability, pre-booked, hassle-free, trusted drivers.
Founder(s): Christof Baumbach, Frederic Gomez, Geoff Mathieux, Jeremie Romand
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ride Sharing, Transportation, Travel
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Autzu
Introducing drivesharing – the future of sustainable and efficient urban transport
Founder(s): Darren Martinelli, John Gabriel
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Car Sharing, Hardware, Ride Sharing, Software, Transportation
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Averon
Averon is the developer of the Direct Autonomous Authentication (DAA), the first fully automatic, secure mobile identity standard
Founder(s): Lea Tarnowski, Wendell Brown
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Mobile, Ride Sharing, Security
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ACTON
ACTON creates micro mobility package that amplify the power of the human body, reduce traffic, and manages urban fleets efficiently.
Founder(s): Janelle Wang, Peter Treadway
Location: Livermore, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, CleanTech, Last Mile Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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HopSkipDrive
HopSkipDrive is a vehicle for hire company focused on shuttling kids to school.
Founder(s): Carolyn Yashari Becher, Janelle McGlothlin, Joanna McFarland
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Child Care, Children, Information Technology, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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ChargeWheel
ChargeWheel operates an on-demand charging solution for operators of electric vehicles and micromobility fleets in California.
Founder(s): Muhammad Huzaifa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Energy, GreenTech, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Scoop Technologies
Scoop brings commuters together in convenient carpools by partnering with their employers.
Founder(s): Jonathan Sadow, Robert Sadow
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Zimride
Zimride is a secure ride-sharing platform for companies and universities.
Founder(s): John Zimmer, Logan Green, Marcus Cohn, Matt Van Horn, Rajat Suri
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ride Sharing, SaaS, Social Network
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Pickmeup
Pickmeup designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that allows passengers to book a safe and affordable ride in minutes.
Founder(s): Michael Okaredje
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Last Mile Holdings
Last Mile Holdings is designed to be an alternative mode of transportation for when traveling too far to bike and too close to drive.
Founder(s): Dale Seiden, Donald Ratner
Location: Oxnard, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Fleet Management, Last Mile Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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See Jane Go
Based in Orange County, CA, See Jane Go offers a women-driving-women trusted alternative to traditional ride hail.
Founder(s): Cassandra Miller Gray, William Jordan
Location: Laguna Hills, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Ride Sharing, Women’s
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Ridvy
Ridvy develops a ride sharing and delivery app.
Founder(s): Joshua Blancett
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Delivery Service, Ride Sharing
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Onibag
OniBag app allows its users to reserve personal delivery for parcels, boxes, luggage, sport gear, and other consumer items.
Founder(s): Nick Roman
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Delivery, Ride Sharing, Shipping, Tourism, Transportation, Travel
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Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc.
Beyond Lucid Technologies connects Fire & EMS agencies with the care continuum in-real-time, and tracks data over time — including COVID-19
Founder(s): Christian C. Witt, Jonathon Feit
Location: Concord, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Emergency Medicine, First Aid, Government, Health Care, Public Safety, Ride Sharing, Software
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OpenRide
Long-distace ridesharing company that connects drivers and passengers traveling between cities, states, and beyond.
Founder(s): Joel Usher, Owen Scott, Phil Schleihauf
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Ride Sharing, Travel
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Neighbor Technology
A neighborhood carpool app for your kids, driven by parents.
Founder(s): Danny Bin
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Children, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing
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InADrive Inc
InADrive: the free ride share video app
Founder(s): Sreten Zivkovic
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Apps, Digital Marketing, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Sharing Economy, Video Advertising
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Elife Tech
Global ground transportation platform handling customer specialized needs
Founder(s): Gang Ye, Yuanfa Deng
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation, Travel
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ZIRO
Socially responsible ride-sharing service that treats drivers fairly and charges riders less.
Founder(s): Jai Rangwani, Santosh Sarma
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising Platforms, Automotive, Consumer Applications, Internet, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Software, Travel
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Zip2Airport
A disruptive innovative company to provide airport transportation.
Founder(s): Asif Lalani
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Collaborative Consumption, Ride Sharing, Transportation, Travel
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Miler
Miler.me is a ride-sharing platform that connects trusted drivers with passengers who travel the same way.
Founder(s): Marcello Sano
Location: Byron, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Ride Sharing, Travel
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WeDriveU
WeDriveU is a leader in transportation solutions specializing in corporate, university and hospital shuttles serving 9M U.S. passengers.
Founder(s): Dennis Carlson
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Employee Benefits, Facilities Support Services, Last Mile Transportation, Professional Services, Ride Sharing, Sustainability, Transportation
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Bounce
Bounce is a ride-share company that provides personal customer service via text, email, phone, and social media.
Founder(s): Mark Potter
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Information Technology, Ride Sharing, Software, Transportation
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Fleek
Fleek is a ride-sharing application used to assist in booking and renting transports.
Founder(s): Joel Kasr
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Mobile, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Cpeedy Inc
Transportation, E-Commerce , Professional Services.
Founder(s): Aamir But
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Courier Service, E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Information Services, Information Technology, Ride Sharing, Software, Transportation
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Torch
Torch is a agile growth marketing agency based in San Francisco.
Founder(s): Jeremy O’Briant
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Consulting, Delivery Service, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Ride Sharing, Same Day Delivery
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Berymo
Berymo is the most affordable rideshare service that transports you anywhere in your town with a flat fee.
Founder(s): Akin Nefesogullari, Ali Goklukay, Sefik Bayindir
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Hovr
Hovr is a transportation company.
Founder(s): Breezy Baldwin
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Social Network, Transportation, Travel
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HUMAN
Ride with drivers, not robots!
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Software, Transportation
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RideSVP
RideSVP is a carpool platform where travelers and commuters planning to drive can offer up their vacant seats for others to book.
Founder(s): Antoine Lejeune, Hafidha Benyahia, Michael Bautista, Pierre Baud
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Car Sharing, CleanTech, Collaboration, Ride Sharing, Service Industry, Smart Cities, Transportation
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Tagsi Inc
Safest ride service built on ride share platform designed for most vulnerable riders like kids and seniors
Founder(s): Prashant Varshney
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Car Sharing, Child Care, Children, Elder Care, Elderly, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Sharing Economy, Transportation
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Level 5
Level 5 is developing a self-driving system for the Lyft network to ensure access to the benefits of this technology for millions of riders.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Product Blast
Product Blast connects brands to consumers
Founder(s): Edward Choudhry, Emma Polster
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Penetration Testing, Product Research, Ride Sharing
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WEBTAXI, INC. dba GIG
Our GIG SaaS platform allows drivers to work independently with passengers bypassing taxi companies.
Founder(s): Dmytro Nehurytsia, Dmytro Rakitianskyi
Location: Novato, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile Apps, Rental, Ride Sharing, SaaS, Transportation
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Ridebidz
Ridebidz is a developer of a ride sharing mobile application designed to browse and find cabs, drivers and commercial freights.
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Location: Calabasas, California, United States
Industries: Internet, iOS, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing
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POOT
POOT is a ride-sharing mobile app for the public transportation industry.
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Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing
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Carticipate
Carticipate offers a location-based mobile social network for sharing rides and carpooling.
Founder(s): Steffen Frost
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Navigation, Oil and Gas, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Split Rides
Split Rides provides on-demand ride-hailing services.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Public Transportation, Ride Sharing, Service Industry
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Pronto Vending
Pronto provides a network of micro-retail endpoints that can be embedded anywhere and managed on our digital platform.
Founder(s): Brian Rodgers, Donn Van Dusen, Satnam Dhillon
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Digital Signage, E-Commerce, Facilities Support Services, Retail Technology, Ride Sharing
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RidePIN
Dial for Uber, Lyft & Taxi services!
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Ride Sharing, Telecommunications, Transportation, Travel
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Rukub
Rukub brings together people who want to carpool to long-distance destinations.
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Location: Clovis, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation, Travel
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Fijo
Fijo is a user-friendly technology platform that connects consumers to independent rideshare and drivers.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Delivery, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Lime
Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
Founder(s): Adam Zhang, Brad Bao, Caen Contee, Charlie Gao, Kazuma Furuki, Toby Sun
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Last Mile Transportation, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Rydite, Inc
Rydite is a college ride-sharing application that is design to help connect students to travel with together.
Founder(s): Kareem Khattab, Masoud Ardestani
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Social Network
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SocialDrv
SocialDrv is a platform that enables shared transportation services, connecting users with others traveling from and to airports.
Founder(s): Anil Merchant, Imran Merchant
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Getzigo
Getzigo – as a company, and as a platform – provides mobile apps and vehicles which facilitate on-demand transportation worldwide
Founder(s): Astor Birri
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Curve Unit
Curve Unit is a social organization dedicated to the progress, growth, and livelihood of female motorcycle riders.
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Location: Newark, California, United States
Industries: Cycling, Ride Sharing, Women’s
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Onward Rides
Onward is a health-system-ready ride share alternative for low acuity patients in need of minor physical assistance.
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Location: San Leandro, California, United States
Industries: Health Care, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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RIDESHARE 2.0
RIDESHARE 2.0 is an environmentally friendly ride sharing service which connects peers.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Mobile, Ride Sharing, Social Media
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RidePear
Carpooling App. The smart way to get there.
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Location: Davis, California, United States
Industries: Car Sharing, Internet, Ride Sharing, Social Media, Software
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Move Smart
Move Smart is a smart assistant for transportation that selects the most convenient option within cities.
Founder(s): Lukasz Zgiep, Michal Stawski
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation, Travel
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Glow
Glow is an e-scooter company that focuses on expanding transportation options in Worldwide
Founder(s): Adan Baliña
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Last Mile Transportation, Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing
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Ridepad
Ridepad is an entertainment system for your rideshare vehicle.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Ride Sharing
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Lyft
Lyft designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides.
Founder(s): John Zimmer, Logan Green, Matt Van Horn
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Software, Transportation
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Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Founder(s): Garrett Camp, Travis Kalanick
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Logistics, Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Bird
Bird designs a vehicle sharing platform that provides affordable transportation solutions to communities across the world.
Founder(s): Travis VanderZanden
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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