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Top 22 Startup studios based in San Francisco, United States

RevenueBase identified 176 company matches for startup studios associated with San Francisco, United States as of November 2026 and tracks 6,204 professional contacts across them, including 708 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (240 companies); San Francisco follows with 176.

This list covers company matches for startup studios associated with San Francisco, United States, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Nov 6, 2026 How this list was built
176Companies
6,204Contacts tracked
708Verified emails
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The 22 largest startup studios based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 22 of 176 company matches for startup studios based in San Francisco, United States, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a3,704 contacts →

Exact match

“Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.”

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2Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a310 contacts →

Exact match

“Our mission is to help more people start better startups.”

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3Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a254 contacts →

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“The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers).”

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4Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a164 contacts →

Exact match

“First Round is a venture capital firm that works with founders exclusively at the earliest stages of company building, often when all they have is an “imagine if.” We fill in…”

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5Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a139 contacts →

Exact match

“sq.”

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6Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200103 contacts →

Exact match

“Human Capital is a multi-stage venture capital firm.”

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7Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20096 contacts →

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“Cache Labs is a venture studio built on the belief that the most meaningful opportunities hide in plain sight.”

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8Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5075 contacts →

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“Founded by Jason Calacanis.”

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9Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5057 contacts →

Exact match

“At Village Global, early-stage capital is just the beginning.”

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10Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5050 contacts →

Exact match

“Icecream Labs is a venture studio focused on launching AI-native companies that solve practical, high-leverage problems in enterprise and B2B environments.”

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11Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5033 contacts →

Exact match

“A minority owned venture studio, advisory and VC investment firm.”

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12Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5031 contacts →

Exact match

“Transpose Platform is redefining early-stage investing by backing the next generation of venture structures, accelerators, and the breakout companies they nurture.”

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13Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5029 contacts →

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“Expa is where the best startups find support and funding to scale.”

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14Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5029 contacts →

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“Pilot44 is a global venture building and brand innovation studio.”

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15Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5021 contacts →

Exact match

“super{set} represents a new model for building startups-purpose-built for AI-native and data-first companies.”

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16Exact matchSan Francisco, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5021 contacts →

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“Slope is an end-to-end creative agency focused on working with high-growth technology startups.”

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17Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20021 contacts →

Exact match

“Our mission is to help more people start better startups.”

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18Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5016 contacts →

Exact match

“Lift Ventures is a San Francisco-based company that incubates, acquires, and invests in data-driven online businesses.”

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19Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,00015 contacts →

Exact match

“Orange Collective invests at the center of two explosive forces: AI and YC.”

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20Exact matchSan Francisco, DE, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1015 contacts →

Exact match

“We’re a Venture Studio co-building & funding AI-first B2B startups to scale profitably to $10M ARR faster.”

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21Exact matchSan Francisco, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5012 contacts →

Exact match

“At R136, our mission is to propel creative entrepreneurs to a faster growth trajectory.”

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22Exact matchSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5012 contacts →

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“Good Machine is a venture studio that invents, deploys, and scales companies that solve the world’s most pressing challenges.”

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Startup studios based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
11.4%Verified-email coverage
35.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
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Companies by employee count

1-10
122
11-50
41
51-200
11
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 176 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with San Francisco, United States whose business descriptions match “startup studios” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 708 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “startup studios”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many startup studios are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 176 company matches for startup studios associated with San Francisco, United States as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Y Combinator tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city in the United States has the most startup studios?

New York leads the United States with 240 company records, followed by San Francisco (176) and Los Angeles (113).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 708 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 176 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.