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Startup directory

Companies we met in person.

Every company here came to an evening, showed what it was building and answered questions in the room. Search it, filter it, read it — it is open.

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190companies listed
met at an evening
65met at an evening
cities
24cities
industries
32industries

How a company gets here

A directory is only worth the door it was let in through.

Checked at the door, met in person and approved on application are records of what happened. None of them is a rating.

  1. 01

    An evening

    A room in your city: founders, investors and operators, five running formats.

  2. 02

    Checked in at the door

    Every guest is checked against a real profile on the way in.

  3. 03

    An application

    One form, read by a person. Not a scoring script.

  4. 04

    A profile here

    Published with the evening it was met at, the date and the city.

  5. 05

    The weekly digest

    Investors approved on application read it, matched to their thesis.

  6. 06

    An introduction

    Made by us when both sides want it. Never a list handed over, never cold.

Showing 6 of 19 · 190 in the directory

PeakUp

Pre-seed

All-in-one campus app, built by three Berkeley alums, a social scheduling platform that helps college students coordinate schedules and spend more time together.

Met in person at Startup Pitch Events San Francisco: 5 Founders on Stage · San Francisco · Oct 21, 2026

Revenue generating650+ new users / 30 days
Philip C.Founding Growth Lead
Consumer AppsSan Francisco
~$570k

A personal health agent powered by AI wearables, combining continuous sensing with a trusted companion that takes real actions on your behalf.

Met in person at Startup Pitch Events San Francisco: 5 Founders on Stage · San Francisco · Oct 7, 2026

$500K ARR400 paying customers
Charles Z., Co-founder and CEOCharles Z.Co-founder and CEO
AISan Francisco
$600K

A neocloud marketplace connecting more than 20 providers, covering GPU rent, model deployment experts teams, API providers etc. We help middle size companies to get the same quality of service and pri

Met in person at Startup Pitch Events San Francisco: 5 Founders on Stage · San Francisco · Oct 7, 2026

$500K ARRtoB
Shirley H., Co-founderShirley H.Co-founder
AISan Francisco
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xspend.io

Pre-seed

xspend aggregates and analyzes multi-card consumer spending via automated bank connections or statement uploads.

77 pilot customers
Dharani N., FounderDharani N.Founder
Consumer AppsSan Francisco

Building the brain for the software-defined, autonomous fab

Ayush B.
DeepTechSan Francisco

Continuous accreditation readiness for hospital compliance teams.

Met in person at Startup Pitch Events San Francisco: 5 Founders on Stage · San Francisco · Oct 7, 2026

Kristen C.
HealthTechSan Francisco
Bootstrapped

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