Oakland Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Oakland.
Michael McAllen
His company has produced corporate meetings & media for Oracle, HP, Yahoo, PepsiCo, Sanofi, Siemens Medical Solutions, Genzyme, Restoration Hardware, Gap, Avon
Ron Griffiths
Seasoned creative with skills in UX, advetising, brand development — designing lasting brand stories that engage audiences and bridge gaps (sometimes chasms).
Vidya Spandana
Investor
Founder, Principal at Neppalli
Anup Murarka
Worked at @apple, @adobe-systems • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1
Brian Brown
Investor
Founder, Stealth Startup
Molly Maloof
Physician technologist working in Biotechnology and Digital Health.
Peter Secor
Investor
Angel Investor, @university-of-california-berkeley
Darlene Ayers-Johnson
Currently the principal of Ayers-Johnson and Associates, a consulting firm specializing in public relations for both community and governmental organizations.
http://dayersjohnson.wordpress.com/
Namane Mohlabane
Community organizer, educator and CA Wellness Foundation Fellow out of high school. Serial Entrepreneur in various verticals of music & entertainment industry
Leigh Rowan
President @monsoon-company, building the future of interaction and commerce. First company at age 12. Proud TEDster / Summit family member. Let's do great work.
Ryan Merket
Investor
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Zennie Abraham [LION] - toplinked.com
Founder @sports-business-simulations, @zennie62media • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @university-of-texas-arlington
http://zennie62blog.com/
Zach Larson
Investor
CEO of Threadbare Games. Previously co-founder and CPO of @sidereel, acquired by Rovi. Product, Technology, Teams. Lean and LeanUX advocate. Giant nerd.
http://zachlarson.org
Sam Reader
CEO of @INFIN3D Motion Picture Technology, 3D Production & Sound.
Andrew Erbeau
Ambitious, innovative, and dedicated electrical engineer. Product Development Engineer and RF Design Engineer at AT&T.
Zach Hanna
Uptime
http://hannacabana.wordpress.com
Jared Hanson
Investor
Lead Engineer at @nodeprime. Previously Founding Engineer at Aspera (acq. by @ibm). Ongoing open source developer.
http://www.backdrifter.com/
Scott
co-founder at SolSource, early at OpenTable, RMG, PracticeFusion, E la Carte
Mike Caprio
Software engineer @Askdotcom. Global Mentor @spaceapps, Alumni, Judge, Conductor @TheStartupBus.
http://mikecap.squarespace.com
Shaun Tai
Executive Director at Oakland Digital (ODALC.org). M.A, B.S, B.A | eMarketeer, creative strategist, and tech philanthropist. More shauntai.com and @shaun-tai.
http://www.odalc.org
Clem Bason
CEO of Dealbase. Former President of Hotwire. Worked at McKinsey, Gap Inc., and Accenture. Haas MBA 2000
Mark Gartland
Founder @minimash; Creative Director @google; Advisor @streamwize ; Digital Content Evangelist
http://blog.markgartland.com
Andrea Steves
http://designlessbetter.com
Joseph De Wolk
Most comfortable out of my comfort zone. Managing Director @annika-linden-centre, President Director @inspirasia-foundation. @obama-for-america & @dasra alum.
eric stromberg
Seasoned tech/infrastructure exec, currently consulting in the bitcoin space, launching SF Bitcoins and advising to Armory Technologies, Inc. Looking for addtional bitcoin ventures.