Founders in California
View people on this page300 people · Source: Mira · Collected Oct 15, 2026. A–Z sample, not a market census. Stored role and match evidence; confirm current roles on LinkedIn. Inclusion and sample details.
| Name / LinkedIn | Current title | Company | Person location | Why this row |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abang Seopa | Co-Founder | Malva | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Adam Tan | Founder | TikHub.io | Cupertino, California | title matchFounder |
| Adarsh Swamy | Co-Founder | TuneToyz | San Ramon, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Aidan Steele | Co-Founder | Construction Supply West | Rocklin, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Alana Devera-Frankfather | Co-Founder | Landrum Construction & Repair Services | Roseville, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Alec Randall | Founder Principal | Episteme | San Francisco, California | title matchFounder Principal |
| Alex Eagle | Co-Founder & CEO | Aspect Build | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder & CEO |
| Alex Koshykov | Founder | Health2Tech | San Francisco, California | title matchFounder |
| Alexander James | Co-Founder | Thaeta | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Alexandra Ignatyeva | Co-Founder | NutriNavi | San Jose, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Ali Elagamawi | Founder CEO | Umagine | San Francisco, California | title matchFounder CEO |
| Alon Goren | Co-Founder And Board Member | Ownera | Thousand Oaks, California | title matchCo-Founder And Board Member |
| Amit Pinnamaneni | Chief Technology Officer And Co-Founder | Aethero | San Francisco, California | title matchChief Technology Officer And Co-Founder |
| Amy Porter | Co-Founder | Ready4Remodel | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Anand Ramachandran | Co-Founder CFO | Kapittx- AI-Powered Accounts Receivable Automation & B2B Payments | San Jose, California | title matchCo-Founder CFO |
| Andre Bragg | Co-Founder | Blue Chip Comics | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Andres Gutierrez | Founder & Product Designer | KyDz (Self-Directed EdTech Project) | Chino, California | title matchFounder & Product Designer |
| Andrew Dai | Co-founder & CEO | Elorian AI | Palo Alto, California | title matchCo-founder & CEO |
| Andrew Lyon | Co-Founder | SelSym Biotech | Orange, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Andrew McDonald | Co-Founder | Atticus | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Andrew Miller | Co-Founder & CEO | Decentralized Solutions | Burbank, California | title matchCo-Founder & CEO |
| Andrew Raffi Ansell | Co-Founder | Sidekick Robotics | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Andy Zeng | Co-Founder & Chief Scientist | Generalist | Stanford, California | title matchCo-Founder & Chief Scientist |
| Anurup Ganguli | CEO And Co-Founder | WorkManga | San Diego, California | title matchCEO And Co-Founder |
| Aravind Kumar | Founder | Due HealthTech | Sunnyvale, California | title matchFounder |
| Ari Lerner | Co-Founder | Hologram AI | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Arkadeep Kumar | Co-Founder | CovidHelp | Berkeley, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Arsh Anwar | Co-Founder Chief Technology Officer (CTO) | OpenAna | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder Chief Technology Officer (CTO) |
| Arturo Villegas | Co Founder | VM Transport & Logistics | Chula Vista, California | title matchCo Founder |
| Arvid E. Gollwitzer | Co-Founder | Anto Biosciences (YC F25) | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Ashley Yang | Founder | DeepCutsUSA | San Francisco, California | title matchFounder |
| Augustus Arnold | Co-Founder & COO | Targhee Security | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder & COO |
| Axel Hansen | Co-founder | Armstrong Robotics | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-founder |
| Azka Fayyaz | Co-Founder | Wiser E-Commerce | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bea Armstrong | Co-Founder | The Therapy Marketing Institute | San Jose, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Ben Kornell | Co-Founder | Edtech Insiders | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bharadwaj Chukkala | Co-Founder | PAPA Community | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bhi Bhiman | Co-Founder | BooCoo Music | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bilel Harrat | Co-Founder | Ask Eden | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bin Lam | Founder & Head Of Product | Altruis Healthtech | San Francisco, California | title matchFounder & Head Of Product |
| Bram Schork | Co-founder & CEO | General Astronautics | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-founder & CEO |
| Bravishma Narayan | Co-Founder | Early-Stage Venture Clean Energy Infrastructure | Mountain View, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Brendan Zitting | Co Founder | Aphelion Game Studios | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo Founder |
| Brian Beck | Co-Founder | Master B2B Ecommerce | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Brian Bingham | Co-Founder | Honu Robotics | Pacific Grove, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bruce Blankenhorn | Co-Founder | FundMeme | Napa, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bruce Gwilym Amos | Co-Founder | OX.i Consulting | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Bryan Tan | Co-Founder | Thalassa Robotics | Palo Alto, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Carter Young | Co-Founder | Clasp Legal | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Cathy Kenton | CEO & Founder | Legal Tech Media Group | Del Mar, California | title matchCEO & Founder |
| Chelsea Smithback | Co-Founder | Align Women's wellness app | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Chelsie Foster | Co-Founder | COMBUST Creative Blowin' Up Brands | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Cheng Cheng | Co-Founder | Jia | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Chichi Hong | Co-Founder | ScalingX Web3 Accelerator | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Chorom Pak | Co-Founder | Alkyon Therapeutics | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Chris Braden | CEO Co-Founder | Sequoia Defense | Los Angeles, California | title matchCEO Co-Founder |
| Chris Ding | Co-Founder | Happy Kids Robotics | Rosemead, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Chris Dolan | Founder & CEO | 365 Main Inc. | San Francisco, California | title matchFounder & CEO |
| Chris Siametis | Co-Founder | Cyber Friends, Inc. | Beverly Hills, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Christian Pran | CEO, CoFounder | Let'sTalkRX | Tustin, California | title matchCEO, CoFounder |
| Christopher Parker | Co-Founder | Belharra Therapeutics | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Chun Wang | Co-Founder | Spirit & Flesh 灵与肉 | San Jose, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Cole LaBonne | Co-Founder | Kolibri Biotechnology | Oakland, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Colin Elsinga | Co-Founder & COO | Metriport | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder & COO |
| Conrad Kisunzu | Co-Founder, Artist | Jontha Links | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder, Artist |
| Crystal Watanasittichok | Co-Founder | Rhyno Logistics | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Dani Yogatama | CEO Co-Founder | Reka AI | Sunnyvale, California | title matchCEO Co-Founder |
| Daniel Barrows | Co-Founder | PatchLab Biotech | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Daniel Chipres | Co-Founder | Oasis | San Jose, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Daniel Cortez | Co-Founder | Radiant Cyber Defense | Santa Maria, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Daniel Mayo | Founder And Chief Executive Officer(CEO) | The Screen Guardians | Sacramento, California | title matchFounder And Chief Executive Officer(CEO) |
| Daniel Warwick | Co-Founder | MiDA Group Digital eCommerce Agency & Consulting | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Danny Grannick | Co-Founder | Bristle | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Darrus Lee | Co-Founder | TaiKyo Media | Los Angeles, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| Dave Fletcher | Co-Founder | K&D RV Detail | San Diego, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| David Acker | Co-founder | Love Story Yoga | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-founder |
| David Bryson | Co-Founder | Beyond The Checkout Inc. | San Jose, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| David Goldberg | Co-Founder | Red Rabbit Robotics | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
| David S Robinson | CEO - Co-Founder | Machine Learning Xccelerated Health (MLX HEALTH) | Oakland, California | title matchCEO - Co-Founder |
| Dawn Fregosa | Co-Founder | www.Foundation4Innovation.org | San Francisco, California | title matchCo-Founder |
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300 people at 298 companies in California. Person locations are not company headquarters. This is a sample, not a census.
Where these 300 people are
Counts describe published rows and person locations, not company headquarters.
States · 1
| California | 300 |
Cities
| San Francisco | 116 |
| Los Angeles | 51 |
| San Diego | 28 |
| San Jose | 20 |
| Berkeley | 5 |
| Oakland | 5 |
| Palo Alto | 5 |
| Irvine | 4 |
| Livermore | 3 |
| Mountain View | 3 |
| Beverly Hills | 2 |
| Fremont | 2 |
| Fresno | 2 |
| Long Beach | 2 |
| Menlo Park | 2 |
| Sacramento | 2 |
| San Ramon | 2 |
| Santa Cruz | 2 |
| Santa Monica | 2 |
| Stanford | 2 |
| Sunnyvale | 2 |
38 other cities appear once. 59 cities in total.
Companies
298 distinct companies; repeated companies below.
| Biotech CHRO Sisterhood | 2 |
| Generalist | 2 |
Titles
| Co-founder | 237 |
| Founder | 50 |
| CTO | 13 |
Exclusive buckets; first matching role wins.
Scope of this list
Current founder or co-founder role with no end date; named company; US person location matching the listed geography. 948 of 5481 cached candidates passed. Display order is A–Z by name. Every row matched a stored title field. Rebuilt Oct 15, 2026. Collection dates describe retrieval, not when a profile last changed. Refresh policy.
How to cite
Metix Lists. “Founders in California.” Collected Oct 15, 2026. 300 of 948 qualifiers. Fixed SHA-256 selection, not ranked. https://lists.metix.ai/founders/founders-california#summary
Questions about this list
Who appears in Founders in California?
The Founders in California list includes 300 people in California, collected Oct 15, 2026, including Abang Seopa, Adam Tan, Adarsh Swamy.
Which cities in California are represented?
San Francisco (116), Los Angeles (51), San Diego (28), San Jose (20), Berkeley (5), Oakland (5), Palo Alto (5), Irvine (4), Livermore (3), Mountain View (3), Beverly Hills (2), Fremont (2), Fresno (2), Long Beach (2), Menlo Park (2), Sacramento (2), San Ramon (2), Santa Cruz (2), Santa Monica (2), Stanford (2), Sunnyvale (2), Altadena (1), Burbank (1), California (1), Chino (1), Chula Vista (1), Corona (1), Costa Mesa (1), Cupertino (1), Del Mar (1), Fountain Valley (1), Huntington Beach (1), La Quinta (1), Marina del Rey (1), Mill Valley (1), Napa (1), Newport Beach (1), Novato (1), Orange (1), Pacific Grove (1), Pasadena (1), Petaluma (1), Pleasanton (1), Redwood City (1), Rocklin (1), Rosemead (1), Roseville (1), San Anselmo (1), San Mateo (1), Santa Maria (1), Solvang (1), Sunol (1), Thousand Oaks (1), Tracy (1), Tustin (1), Visalia (1), West Hollywood (1), Westlake Village (1), Winters (1). This sample is not a statewide census.
Which states and cities appear in this list?
States: California (300). Cities: San Francisco (116), Los Angeles (51), San Diego (28), San Jose (20), Berkeley (5), Oakland (5), Palo Alto (5), Irvine (4), Livermore (3), Mountain View (3), Beverly Hills (2), Fremont (2), Fresno (2), Long Beach (2), Menlo Park (2), Sacramento (2), San Ramon (2), Santa Cruz (2), Santa Monica (2), Stanford (2), Sunnyvale (2), Altadena (1), Burbank (1), California (1), Chino (1), Chula Vista (1), Corona (1), Costa Mesa (1), Cupertino (1), Del Mar (1), Fountain Valley (1), Huntington Beach (1), La Quinta (1), Marina del Rey (1), Mill Valley (1), Napa (1), Newport Beach (1), Novato (1), Orange (1), Pacific Grove (1), Pasadena (1), Petaluma (1), Pleasanton (1), Redwood City (1), Rocklin (1), Rosemead (1), Roseville (1), San Anselmo (1), San Mateo (1), Santa Maria (1), Solvang (1), Sunol (1), Thousand Oaks (1), Tracy (1), Tustin (1), Visalia (1), West Hollywood (1), Westlake Village (1), Winters (1). Locations describe people, not company headquarters.
Does any company appear more than once?
298 companies. Repeated companies: Biotech CHRO Sisterhood (2), Generalist (2)
How recent are these records?
Last collected Oct 15, 2026. Individual collection dates are included in downloads. No refresh is scheduled; confirm current roles on LinkedIn.
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