Startup Founders in San Francisco
A verified directory of 731 startup founders in San Francisco — names, roles, companies, funding stage, and what changed at their company this quarter. Preview free, unlock the full list with a free Articuler account.
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- 731
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- 512
- Companies
- 58%
- Raising now
- 92%
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- 01
Delphine Marchetti
Co-founder & CEO · Kestrel Provisions
SoMa, San Francisco
Restaurant supply marketplace; closed an $8M Series A in July and opened a first enterprise sales role.
- Series A
- Marketplace
- Commercial
- Hiring
- d•••••@kestrelprovisions.com Locked
- 02
Oyelaran Bankole
Co-founder & CTO · Thistledown Systems
Mission District, San Francisco
Left a payments infra role 14 months ago; company just moved from private beta to open signup.
- Seed
- Fintech
- Technical
- Launched
- o•••••@thistledownsys.com Locked
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Roisin Gallagher
Founder · Marlowe Health
Hayes Valley, San Francisco
Solo founder six months in; running a paid pilot with two independent clinics.
- Pre-seed
- Healthtech
- Solo founder
- Pilot live
- r•••••@marlowehealth.com Locked
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Anselm Kovacs
Co-founder & CEO · Bramblewick Labs
Financial District, San Francisco
Second company; grew headcount from 12 to 34 since January.
- Series B
- SaaS
- Repeat founder
- Scaling
- a•••••@bramblewick.io Locked
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- 05
Yuki Shimabukuro
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer · Harrowgate
Potrero Hill, San Francisco
Consumer app; crossed 400k monthly actives without paid acquisition.
- Seed
- Consumer
- Product
- Organic growth
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Teodoro Ruiz-Almagro
Co-founder & COO · Vellichor Freight
Dogpatch, San Francisco
Bootstrapped for three years; opened a first priced round this quarter.
- Bootstrapped
- Logistics
- Commercial
- Raising now
- t•••••@vellichorfreight.com Locked
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Frequently asked questions
- Does "in SF" mean the city or the whole Bay Area?
- The city. Founders in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Oakland or San Jose are not in this list, because a founder who works in SoMa and one who works on Sand Hill Road keep different calendars and turn up at different events. If you want the wider region, filter by metro after signing in rather than assuming this list covers it.
- What about founders who are remote but incorporated in San Francisco?
- Excluded. The test is where the person actually is, not where the paperwork was filed — a Delaware C-corp with a Mission address and a founder living in Lisbon is a Lisbon founder for anything you would use this list for.
- Why is neighborhood a field at all?
- Because proximity still decides which coffee meetings happen. If you are hosting a dinner in SoMa or running an event in the Mission, being able to sort by the ten minute walk is more useful than being able to sort by city.
- How does this differ from the AI Founders in San Francisco list?
- This one is sector-agnostic — 264 of the 731 are building in AI, and the rest span SaaS, fintech, healthtech and consumer. If your pitch only lands with AI companies, the narrower list will waste less of your time.
- Are co-founders listed separately?
- Yes. 731 founders map to 512 companies, so roughly two in five companies appear more than once. That is deliberate — the technical co-founder and the commercial co-founder rarely respond to the same message.
- How current is the funding stage?
- Stage is refreshed on the same rolling cycle as the rest of the record. A round that closed after the last verification pass on 12 August 2026 will not be reflected until the next one.