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What is Best Places to Work?
Best Places to Work rates companies algorithmically based on compensation and employer benefits data they provide to us.
50 BEST PAYING COMPANIES IN Los Angeles
Matillion
Cloud + Information Technology
About us
Matillion makes the world’s data useful with an easy-to-use, cloud-native data integration platform.
Matillion delivers rapid returns on cloud investments for global enterprise customers, helping them wield data as their most strategic asset. Optimized for modern enterprise data teams, only Matillion is built on native integrations to cloud data
147
Local Employees
Founded
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
Blue Pisces Consulting Inc
Cloud + Consulting
About us
Our company was founded in 2017 with a mission to help our clients who were struggling to find the right DevOps Project Management talent for their organizations. Our core team grew up in Infrastructure and lived the Shared Services life, which makes us uniquely positioned to identify the right candidates. We also spent years managing
14
Local Employees
Founded
Simi Valley
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
90
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
MobilityWare
AdTech + 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
BCG Digital Ventures
Angel or VC Firm + Co-Working Space or Incubator
About us
BCG Digital Ventures is the corporate innovation and digital business-building arm of Boston Consulting Group. Our mission is to invent, build, and scale industry-disrupting businesses with the world’s most influential companies.
Going beyond the scope of traditional consulting, we operate on the shoreline between pioneering and visionary tech,
165
Local Employees
Founded
Manhattan Beach
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
Route
Consumer Web + eCommerce
About us
Route is helping people discover and celebrate the world's brands through a completely reimagined e-commerce marketplace that directly connects and empowers both consumers and brands. Route’s unique platform takes a holistic approach to online shopping, rethinking the consumer experience from discovery to delivery via the Route app, while offering
64
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Dave Inc.
Fintech
About us
Dave is a banking app offering up to a $200 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.
117
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.
42
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
LiveControl
Computer Vision + Digital Media
About us
LiveControl is your video production crew... except completely remote. We're solving the video production headache (a huge problem for creators and organizations) by making it simple and on-demand.
Our clients install our 4k multi-camera setup into their venue, and our team of remote videographers, pan, tilt, zoom, and mix the cameras to
28
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
FightCamp
Fitness + Hardware
About us
FightCamp is a connected at-home boxing gym. With FightCamp you get access to world-class boxing and kickboxing trainers, studio-quality equipment, and performance-tracking technology — all from the comfort of your home. We have an ever-growing library of boxing & kickboxing workouts designed to keep you engaged, focused, and in the zone. The key
54
Local Employees
Founded
Costa Mesa
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
Weedmaps
Cannabis + Consumer Web
About us
Founded in 2008, WM Technology is a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, comprising a B2C platform, Weedmaps, and B2B software, WM Business. The cloud-based SaaS solutions from WM Business provide an end-to-end operating system for cannabis retailers. WM Business’ tools support compliance with the
350
Local Employees
Founded
Irvine
Location
ZipRecruiter
Software
About us
ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions of all-sized businesses and job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services, as well as partnerships with the best job boards on the web.
250
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Lever
HR Tech + Software
About us
We founded Lever in 2012 to tackle the most strategic challenge that companies face: how to grow their teams. We’re injecting the values we respect – collaboration, transparency, and humanity – into our software and re-imagining how organizations can think about growth, with talent and teamwork at the center.
15
Local Employees
Founded
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, Tinder is the highest grossing non-gaming app globally. It’s been downloaded more than 450 million times and led to more than 65 billion matches.
275
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
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
Kernel
Artificial Intelligence + Biotech
About us
Kernel creates the interfaces and insights necessary to unlock the greatest scientific unknown: the inner workings of the human brain and mind.
Kernel is a full-stack neurotech company founded in 2016 with the mandate to do something that will change the world. Kernel is leveraging the best non-invasive brain scanning techniques to create next
93
Local Employees
Founded
Culver City
Location
Smartly.io
AdTech + Information Technology
About us
Bringing brands and people together smartly. We are building a platform that combines media buying, creative, and data to automate every step of digital advertising.
We manage 2.5B€ in ad spend and serve more than 650 brands worldwide, including eBay, Uber and TechStyle. Our technology liberates marketers from manual work and allows them to
18
Local Employees
Founded
Inspire
Energy + Greentech
About us
Inspire is a clean energy technology company on a mission to transform the way people access clean energy and accelerate the world toward a net-zero carbon future. Through a subscription model, Inspire allows customers to access 100% clean energy for one flat monthly price. Customers enjoy a seamless billing experience while supporting a more
70
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Epirus
Aerospace + Computer Vision
About us
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Epirus is a Silicon Valley-backed, fast-growth, technology company. We are pioneers in research, development and production of the world's first software-defined electromagnetic pulse (EMP) system, as well as systems that use machine intelligence for the next generation of energy and power management. Our first product
150
Local Employees
Founded
Hawthorne
Location
Outer
eCommerce
About us
We are a passionate group committed to doing right by our teammates, our community, and Mother Earth.
We have been named one of Inc.’s “2021 Best Workplaces” and Top 3 on LA Business Journal's "Best Places to Work in LA" list. Sound like something you want to be a part of? We’re hiring!
35
Local Employees
Santa Monica
Location
Kharon
Big Data + Natural Language Processing
About us
Kharon is a leading source for analysis on the intersection of international security and the global economy. The world's largest financial institutions and multinationals rely on our technology platform to identify threats and opportunities in markets impacted by today's most pressing security issues.
Founded
Century City
Location
Albert
Fintech + Mobile
About us
Albert is the first banking app built with high-quality financial advice for all. With more than 6 million members, Albert combines banking, savings, investing, and budgeting, working seamlessly with our team of financial experts – the Geniuses – who provide advice on any financial topic. Albert launched in 2016 and has raised $173 million from
89
Local Employees
Founded
Culver City
Location
Whip Media
Enterprise Web + Machine Learning
About us
Whip Media is a leading enterprise software platform and data provider to the world’s largest entertainment organizations that enables them to distribute, control and monetize their TV and movie content to drive revenue and direct-to-consumer growth.
70
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
TigerConnect
Cloud + Healthtech
About us
TigerConnect transforms healthcare with the industry’s most widely adopted clinical collaboration platform – uniquely modernizing the way doctors, nurses, care teams, patients, and data connect. With solutions spanning care communication, patient engagement, scheduling, alarm notifications, nurse call, and more, TigerConnect accelerates
150
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
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.
100
Local Employees
Founded
El Segundo
Location
GOAT Group
eCommerce
About us
GOAT is the global platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future. Since its founding in 2015, GOAT has become the leading and most trusted sneaker marketplace in the world, and has expanded to offer apparel and accessories from select emerging, contemporary and iconic brands. Through its unique positioning between the primary
450
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Boulevard
Beauty + Fintech
About us
Developed in collaboration with industry-leading owners and operators, our scheduling, point of sale, and conversation platform was carefully designed to drive revenue, automate workflows, and convert customers from visitors into valuable, long-term clients. By facilitating a better, personalized experience across every transaction and interaction,
72
Local Employees
Founded
West Hollywood
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.
100
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 1,000,000+ members find better products.
235
Local Employees
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
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
DRINKS
eCommerce + Marketing Tech
About us
DRINKS is the operating system for online alcohol, reinventing wine buying for the 21st century. Through the pioneering DRINKS Wine as a Service (WaaS) platform, the company brings adult beverages safely and conveniently to customers across the United States in 1-2 days.
65
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Coco
Logistics + Machine Learning
About us
At Coco, we’re dedicated to perfecting the last-mile delivery experience. We strongly believe the delivery service industry in its current state is massively under-serving merchants, and we are committed to creating a frictionless, reliable, consistent, and sustainable delivery experience for merchants and their customers in cities everywhere.
70
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
Miro
Cloud + Productivity
About us
Wanna be a part of the collaboration revolution?
With our online collaborative whiteboard platform, we’re giving globally distributed teams the means to work effectively together and create the things that push the world forward. From brainstorming sessions and workshops to designing new products and services, over 20 million users use our tool
100
Local Employees
Founded
Los Angeles
Location
WhoCo
HR Tech + Software
About us
Today’s hiring methods are expired. It’s time to move beyond text-heavy resumes, stale job descriptions, and painful interview practices. WhoCo is a hiring platform for modern teams. We use science and data to help companies and candidates find their match.
22
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
Metropolis Technologies
Artificial Intelligence + Computer Vision
About us
Metropolis is an AI-powered, autonomous commerce platform disrupting traditional city infrastructure to empower the future of urban mobility - starting by re-engineering the legacy parking experience from the ground up.
64
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
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.
300
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.
28
Local Employees
Founded
Glendale
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
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.
Founded
Irvine
Location
Sidecar Health
Fintech + Healthtech
About us
Sidecar Health is a start-up that is changing health insurance. We empower people to be in control of their health and spending. We are a passionate group of people developing a health insurance product that works the way we think health insurance should work.
110
Local Employees
Founded
El Segundo
Location
GoodRx
Consumer Web + Healthtech
About us
GoodRx is America’s healthcare marketplace. Each month, millions people visit goodrx.com to find reliable health information and discounts for their healthcare — and we’ve helped people save $30 billion since 2011. We provide prescription discounts that are accepted at more than 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S., as well as telehealth services
337
Local Employees
Founded
Santa Monica
Location
System1
AdTech + Big Data
About us
System1 is an omnichannel customer acquisition platform with offices throughout the US, Canada and Europe. We build desktop and mobile apps, search engines, and online publications that empower consumers with information while respecting their privacy.
150
Local Employees
Founded
Marina del Rey
Location
FabFitFun
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
What is Best Places to Work?
Best Places to Work rates companies algorithmically based on compensation and employer benefits data they provide to us.