2022 Best Tech Startups in San Mateo

February 2, 2022 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in San Mateo, California. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

Revenue potential
Leadership team
Brand/product traction
Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

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1. Collective Health

Founded: 2013

“Collective Health simplifies employee healthcare with an integrated technology solution that makes health insurance work for everyone. With nearly a quarter of a million members and over 50 clients—including Driscoll’s, Pinterest, Red Bull, Restoration Hardware (RH), Zendesk, and more—Collective Health is reinventing the healthcare experience for forward-thinking organizations and their people across the U.S.”

2. Helix

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2021 Best Tech Startups in San Mateo

“Helix is the leading population genomics company working at the intersection of clinical care, research, and genomics. Its end-to-end platform enables health systems, life sciences companies, and payers to advance genomic research and accelerate the integration of genomic data into clinical care. Powered by one of the world’s largest CLIA / CAP next-generation sequencing labs and its proprietary Exome+® assay, Helix supports all aspects of population genomics including recruitment and engagement, clinically actionable disease screening, return of results, and basic and translational research. Learn more at www.helix.com.”

3. PingCAP

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2021 Best Tech Startups in San Mateo

“We are hiring! Check out our job openings: https://angel.co/pingcap-1/jobs

PingCAP is dedicated to building an open source distributed Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) database. The flagship product, TiDB, features infinite horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability. The goal of TiDB is to serve as a one-stop solution for all online transactions and analysis.”

4. Guideline

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2021 Best Tech Startups in San Mateo

“Guideline is the easy, affordable way to invest in your financial future. Our retirement platform automates plan administration, recordkeeping, compliance testing, investment management, and more. And gives small business owners and their employees the confidence to say yes to today and tomorrow.”

5. FalconX

Founded: 2018

“FalconX is a digital asset trading platform that provides clients fast, secure and reliable execution using data science to eliminate slippage and hidden fees.

We’re fortunate to be backed by a wide range of investors including: Accel, Fidelity, B-Capital, Tiger Global, Accomplice, Coinbase, Fenbushi Capital, Flybridge Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others.”

6. Reali

Founded: 2016

“Founded in 2016 by a team of experienced agents, engineers, and innovators, Reali is an end-to-end real estate platform that makes the homeownership journey simple and stress-free every step of the way.

By combining all disciplines under one roof — from agents and loans to escrow and title — Reali provides a seamless process that nimbly addresses common pain points with first-of-their-kind solutions.

Simply, Reali is real estate that works for you.”

7. Evidation Health

Founded: 2012

Also honored in: 2021 Best Tech Startups in San Mateo

“Evidation measures health in everyday life and enables anyone to participate in groundbreaking research and health programs. Built upon a foundation of user privacy and control over permissioned health data, Evidation’s Achievement platform is trusted by millions of individuals—generating data with unprecedented speed, scale, and rigor. We partner with leading healthcare companies to understand health and disease outside the clinic walls. Guided by our mission to enable and empower everyone to participate in better health outcomes, Evidation is working to bring people individualized, proactive, and accessible healthcare—faster.”

8. SendBird

Founded: 2013

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“Founded in 2013, Sendbird is the leading user engagement platform trusted by modern digital apps like Reddit, Delivery Hero, Dream 11, Carousell, Teladoc, and Hinge . We allow any app (or Website) to quickly and easily embed rich real-time chat, voice, and video experiences into their app to build connections with users and between users. This could be connecting drivers and consumers in a timely fashion to reduce cancellations for a delivery app, helping buyers get their questions answered from sellers to increase transactions in a digital marketplace, or increasing engagement between users in an online community. The platform has over 150M MAUs from over 50 countries operating in industries ranging from marketplaces, ride sharing and online communities to gaming, live video streaming and healthcare.”

9. Cloudian

Founded: 2011

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“Cloudian is the most widely deployed independent provider of object storage systems, with the industry’s most advanced S3 compatibility and an extensive partnership ecosystem. Its award-winning flagship solution, HyperStore, provides limitless scalability and cloud-like technology, flexibility and economics in the data center. Cloudian’s global data fabric architecture enables enterprises to store, find and protect object and file data seamlessly across sites, both on-premises and in public clouds, within a single, unified platform. Learn more at cloudian.com.”

10. Incorta

Founded: 2013

“Incorta is the data analytics company on a mission to help data-driven enterprises be more agile and competitive by resolving their most complex data analytics challenges. Incorta’s Direct Data Platform™ translates complex information from multiple sources into clear intelligence at unprecedented speed, while maintaining data integrity and fidelity.”