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50 BEST PAYING COMPANIES IN Los Angeles 2021
Spring Labs
Blockchain + Fintech
About us
Spring Labs is redefining how data is exchanged for the new age of data sharing, security, and consumer privacy through decentralization. We allow institutions to share information directly among themselves to verify identities and reduce fraud - all while protecting consumer data.
48
Local Employees
Founded
Marina Del Rey
Location
MobilityWare
Gaming
About us
We are MobilityWare! Our mission is simple: we focus on creating fun and engaging experiences that unleash the gamer in everyone. We have an awesome culture of innovation, collaboration, and fun. Located in Irvine, California, we have won 'Orange County's Best Places to Work' by both the OC Business Journal & OC Register for three years in a row.
180
Local Employees
Founded
Irvine
Location
Route
eCommerce + Mobile
About us
Route provides a premium post purchase experience for online ordering, and the only way to view all of your online orders, from any merchant, in one place. Route helps shoppers insure and visually track everything they order online in one centralized app and empower brands of all sizes to take control of their post-purchase customer experience.
50
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Wevr
Digital Media + Gaming
About us
Wevr is the leading immersive software company providing virtual world creation and software. Included on Fast Company’s list of "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies", our products include an unannounced immersive experience based on a top global IP; a Jon Favreau co-creation, “Gnomes & Goblins"; and "theBlu" one of the most iconic VR experiences.
45
Local Employees
Founded
Venice
Location
VideoAmp
AdTech + Big Data
About us
We believe every human on the planet should have the option of free access to the world’s information and content. In many cases this belief is powered by a three way value exchange between a publisher producing free content, a consumer consuming it and an advertiser paying the publisher for the chance to connect with its audience. The underpinning
90
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Thrive Market
eCommerce
About us
Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality healthy and sustainable products at member-only prices. Every day, we leverage innovative technology to help our 900,000+ members find better products.
235
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
InvestCloud, Inc.
Fintech + Software
About us
We're InvestCloud - California-based with a global presence, known for first-class, financial digital solutions, pre-integrated in the cloud. We create beautifully designed client experiences and intuitive operations solutions using our ever-expanding library of digital modular apps.
130
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
Location
Mythical Games
Blockchain + Gaming
About us
Mythical is a next-generation game technology studio. Mythical Games believes that true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets will spawn a new generation of games. These new economies, based on digital ownership, will bring players, developers, and content creators closer to the games they love.
28
Local Employees
Founded
Sherman Oaks
Location
GreenPark Sports
Gaming + Mobile
About us
GreenPark Sports creates digital experiences and games for the new generation of sports and esports fans. Our flagship product is a native, free-to-play mobile game played over the top of sporting events, where fans battle to become the undisputed “Best Fans” of their league and season.
38
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
NEXT Trucking
Logistics + On-Demand
About us
NEXT provides world-class service to shippers and truckers alike. We’re solving a trillion dollar puzzle and offer painless freight. Forbes included us on its 2019 Next Billion-Dollar Startups list, and we’ve been recognized as one of Built in LA’s Best Small Companies to Work For and 50 Startups to Watch.
200
Local Employees
Founded
El Segundo
Location
Dave Inc.
Fintech
About us
Dave is a banking app offering up to a $100 cash advance, side gigs and automated budgeting. Built for humans, not overdraft fees, Dave shares its revenue with charities to feed families and plant trees.
144
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
GOAT Group
eCommerce
About us
GOAT Group represents the leading platforms for authentic sneakers. Operating GOAT and Flight Club, the greatest selection from the past, present and future are displayed on mobile apps, e-commerce sites and at retail stores. Converging the primary and resale markets, GOAT Group has changed the landscape of commerce.
250
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Clutter
Logistics + On-Demand
About us
Clutter is an on-demand technology company based in Los Angeles, disrupting the $40 billion / year self-storage industry. We've built an end-to-end logistics and supply chain platform that enables us to offer consumers a much more convenient solution at price parity with the incumbents!
100
Local Employees
Founded
Culver City
Location
PickTrace
Food + HR Tech
About us
PickTrace offers workforce & harvest management solutions for enterprise farms. We're building the agricultural management system of the future, with unparalleled user empathy in an industry underserved by tech. Our SaaS product serves the world's largest berry, citrus, and apple growers and is used by tens of thousands of farmworkers each day.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Glendale
Location
sweetgreen
Food + Information Technology
About us
Our mission is to inspire healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We know that sweetgreen is a critical link between growers and consumers, and we feel a responsibility to protect the future of real food.
350
Local Employees
Founded
Culver City
Location
SoLo Funds
Fintech + Mobile
About us
SoLo is fintech startup that connects lenders and borrowers for access to loans under $1,000. We offer free financial literacy courses, on budgeting all the way to retirement. Our platform also allows borrowers to set their own terms. We've helped 60,000 people though hard times, connecting them to lenders to cover emergency expenses and more.
11
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
NexTravel
Software + Travel
About us
NexTravel empowers businesses to have true ownership over the employee end-to-end booking experience. By providing simple and transparent solutions for our clients to set travel policies, track spend, and build in-depth reports, our clients can enjoy business travel without the complexities, hidden costs and time-consuming manual requirements.
22
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Grindr
Mobile + Social Media
About us
Grindr is among the top highest grossing apps in the iOS App Store and boasts some of the most engaged users across all social networking apps. We offer a constantly evolving, agile startup environment that enables and rewards innovation, teamwork, and diligence.
80
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
Location
Altruist
Fintech
About us
Altruist helps people do better with their money by empowering financial advisors to do their best work. We’re going to help tens of millions of people by helping thousands of financial professionals.
Our software makes advisors more efficient and gives them the freedom to charge less. This means clients pay less and make more.
40
Local Employees
Founded
Venice
Location
Anduril
Computer Vision + Hardware
About us
Anduril is working to solve some of the most important and complex national security challenges, enabling America and its allies to maintain global leadership now and into the future. We’re building the next generation of technology, like AI, autonomy and sensor fusion, that will aid and protect those who serve on the front lines.
290
Local Employees
Founded
Irvine
Location
Endpoint
Fintech + Real Estate
About us
Endpoint is a digital title and escrow company that streamlines the home closing process by making it simple, fast and transparent for everyone involved. Our platform involves all parties: agents, buyers, and sellers, and offers convenient signing, secure funds transfer, and in-home notarization to put your home buying process at ease.
80
Local Employees
Founded
El Segundo
Location
Better.com
Consumer Web + Fintech
About us
Better is fixing the broken homeownership system by combining our proprietary technology with a seamless customer service experience while removing the middleman and saving customers thousands in unnecessary charges and fees.
700
Local Employees
Founded
Irvine
Location
ChowNow
Food + Software
About us
ChowNow is the ordering platform dedicated to helping local restaurants grow and compete in a sustainable way. At ChowNow, we’re driven by one purpose: to help local restaurants thrive. By helping diners discover their delicious creations and helping restaurants connect with customers new and old.
200
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Sure
Insurance + Software
About us
Sure is an insurance technology company that powers digital programs for the world’s most recognized brands and carriers. Its enterprise SaaS Platform and APIs accelerate digital transformation and omnichannel distribution. Sure streamlines all aspects of digital insurance sales and service for each phase of the insurance life cycle.
39
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Emotive.io
eCommerce + Marketing Tech
About us
Emotive is a mobile messaging platform that scales emotionally intelligent relationships for eCommerce brands.
Using a combination of AI and human assistance, Emotive reaps industry leading engagement with 60%+ response rates for hundreds of leading online retailers.
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
GumGum
AdTech + Marketing Tech
About us
We are a global technology and media company specializing in contextual intelligence. For 10 years, GumGum has perfected its content analysis and capabilities, using the latest in deep learning technology.
140
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Cameo
Consumer Web + Digital Media
About us
Cameo is the first service enabling consumers to book personalized video messages from their favorite pop culture icons. In just over three years, the company has built a portfolio of tens of thousands of VIPs, and fulfilled over 1 million requests ranging from birthday and good luck messages to prom invitations, marriage proposals, baby gender
156
Local Employees
Founded
GoGuardian
Edtech + Software
About us
GoGuardian is on a mission to transform education by helping to protect students in the digital space from harmful and distracting content and supporting their mental health. We partner with schools to identify learning patterns and maximize the academic potential of every student. With GoGuardian, educators can engage students with more effective
235
Local Employees
Founded
El Segundo
Location
Aspiration
Fintech + Social Impact
About us
Aspiration offers socially-conscious and sustainable banking, investment and retirement products that help people improve their own financial situations while making a positive impact on the world. Often referred to as "the financial firm with a conscience," we allow our customers to Pay What is Fair, and reward them for socially conscious spending
95
Local Employees
Founded
Marina Del Rey
Location
TigerConnect
Cloud + Healthtech
About us
TigerConnect is healthcare’s largest provider of clinical communication solutions. We help physicians, nurses, & other staff accelerate productivity, reduce costs, improve patient outcomes, & ultimately save lives. Our product includes HIPAA-compliant, HITRUST-certified secure messaging + custom EHR implementation to map clinical workflows & more.
115
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
CAIS
Fintech
About us
CAIS is the leading alternative investment platform for financial advisors who seek improved access to and education about alternative investment funds and products. CAIS streamlines the end-to-end transaction process through digital subscriptions and provides an industry-leading learning system that helps advisors improve client outcomes
15
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Verifi
Fintech + Insurance
About us
Verifi Inc., a Visa company, is an innovative leader in the FinTech industry with payment protection and management solutions for eCommerce merchants. Our SaaS based service is an end-to-end secure technology providing merchants immediate results. We continue to invest in our product suite to ensure we stay ahead of ever-changing payment methods.
140
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Zwift
Fitness + Gaming
About us
Zwift is the app that enables millions of people to ride or run virtual worlds with a community that motivates at every mile. We are on a mission to make more people, more active, more often. Known for connecting cyclists and runners around the world while mixing the intensity of training with the immersive and engaging play of gaming.
220
Local Employees
Founded
Long Beach
Location
Tinder
Mobile + Social Media
About us
Tinder was introduced on a college campus in 2012 and is the world’s most popular app for meeting new people. Available in 190 countries and 40+ languages, it’s been downloaded more than 400 million times and led to 55 billion matches. Tinder has 6.6 million subscribers and is the highest grossing non-gaming app globally.
318
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
Location
Who What Wear
Beauty + Fashion
About us
Named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list in 2017 and as Digiday's most innovative publisher in 2018, Who What Wear is an international fashion company known for its content sites—whowhatwear.com and whowhatwear.co.uk—and its affordable, size-inclusive, and trend-forward line of clothing and accessories.
85
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
Location
Tradesy
eCommerce + Fashion
About us
Tradesy is a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling luxury fashion, enabling savvy customers to unlock the value in their closet to access affordable luxury. Our mission is to make fashion resale as simple, safe and stylish as retail- at scale. We have millions of passionate members, a product that people love, and a team culture that
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
FightCamp
Fitness + Hardware
About us
FightCamp’s goal is to create the ultimate at-home workout experience for busy professionals committed to their fitness goals. In order to do so, FightCamp offers interactive boxing workouts. Workout output is tracked by motion trackers that calculate the speed and the amount of punches thrown during a workout. FightCamp is funded by Y Combinator.
28
Local Employees
Founded
Costa Mesa
Location
Snap Inc.
Mobile + Software
About us
Snap Inc. is a camera company. At Snap, we believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
1 800
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Atom Tickets
AdTech + eCommerce
About us
Atom Tickets changes the way people go to the movies with its revolutionary social movie ticketing app and website. Over 20,000 screens across the U.S. (AMC Theatres, Cinemark, Showcase Cinemas, etc) use Atom. The app's socially driven interface allows movie lovers to search for films instantly, invite friends, and buy concessions.
The Atom
46
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
TeleSign
Cloud + Machine Learning
About us
TeleSign is the leader in Mobile Identity solutions, helping customers secure more than 3.5 billion accounts worldwide and provides companies with a seamless registration process, while improving UX and managing support costs. TeleSign delivers account security and fraud prevention with two-factor authentication based on each user’s mobile identity
126
Local Employees
Founded
Marina del Rey
Location
Scopely
Digital Media + Gaming
About us
Scopely is a leading mobile games company home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises, including Scrabble® GO, MARVEL Strike Force, Star Trek™ Fleet Command, Looney Tunes™ World of Mayhem, WWE Champions, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival™, YAHTZEE® With Buddies and Wheel of Fortune®: Free Play, among others. Scopely creates rewarding,
554
Local Employees
Founded
Culver City
Location
GoodRx
Consumer Web + Healthtech
About us
GoodRx is America’s #1 prescription price transparency platform. More than 8 million people use GoodRx’s website and popular mobile apps each month.
Our goal is to provide Americans with convenient and affordable prescription drugs. We offer solutions to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.
280
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
FabFitFun, Inc.
Beauty + eCommerce
About us
FabFitFun is a lifestyle membership that inspires women to lead happier, healthier lives through product and brand discovery. Our flagship product, the FabFitFun Box, delivers a curated collection of full-size products across beauty, fashion, wellness, fitness, home, and technology to more than one million members - each season.
350
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
Location
Promenade
Consumer Web + eCommerce
About us
Promenade is a platform that helps local businesses thrive in the world of e-commerce. We've built an entire eco-system that helps empower local business owners and levels the playing field against the large online brokers. Our mission is to empower these small businesses with the tool to gain and keep online customers.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Centro
Software + Digital Media
About us
Centro (www.centro.net) is creating a platform to make digital advertising easier. Its enterprise-class software centralizes, organizes and automates all digital media campaigns across all channels, accessing both guaranteed and biddable inventory, to achieve any objective. Our holistic approach gives marketers a single system of record to fulfill
50
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Inspire
Greentech + Internet of Things
About us
Inspire is a clean energy company that believes in creating simple, rewarding experiences for our customers. At Inspire, clean energy isn't just a utility — it's a movement. And we're working to bring to life the impact that our customers are making in the advancement of clean energy access for all. Thanks to our customers, we've prevented nearly
70
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
MediaAlpha
AdTech
About us
We're the only real-time, programmatic technology platform built for vertical search and metasearch media. MediaAlpha’s platforms power over 450 million advertising transactions annually, representing more than $600 million in spend on brand, comparison, and metasearch sites.
57
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Honey
Consumer Web + eCommerce
About us
Our mission is to make the world more fair. We believe everyone should have the information they need
to make the best decisions with their money. We build our members tools to get the best savings, perks, and all around value from ecommerce - instantly and for free - creating a better, smarter, more confident way to shop.
270
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
What is Best Places to Work?
Best Places to Work rates companies algorithmically based on compensation and employer benefits data they provide to us.