6 Hottest Startups In San Francisco To Watch In 2018

If you’re thinking to move to a new job at an upcoming young company, here’s a list of hottest startups in San Francisco. These companies specialize in making tech for business and work use. Each startup achieved it's milestone last year, thereby, setting it up for a prosperous 2018.

1. Rentberry
It’s a rental platform that makes it easier for landlords and tenants to negotiate. As a result, it eliminates all the hassle of paperwork. It also allows properties to have a valid market value. If you’re a landlord, you can screen your potential tenants or collect rent online. Tenants, on the other hand, can take advantage of its online rental payments or transparent application process. Currently, it has a total funding amount of $4 million.

2. Smyte

It’s a team of experts in spam, security, and fraud. One of its goals is to offer the trust and safety features of Facebook to a broader audience. To date, it has received $6.25 million in three rounds. Its customers include Medium, Indiegogo, and Task Rabbit. Its success is attributed to its tech veterans. The founders have resumes from Google, Instagram, and Facebook.

3. Nurx

The app is stated to be the Uber for birth control. With it, you don’t need to go to your doctor’s office just to get a birth control prescription. Women can get RX by entering their information into the app and have a doctor reviewed it. There’s no extra cost for delivery. If you’re uninsured, you can choose for a provider. Currently, it’s only available in 16 states. However, the startup is planning to expand nationwide this year.

4. Kong

In four rounds, it received funding for $26.1 million. Previously known as “Mashape”, Kong is leading the micro-services movement. In here, you don’t need to build a massive software. Instead, you’ll be dealing with micro-services software that is broken up into tiny apps. You can improve or swap it out. In some cases, you may delete some pieces of it as you go without having to dismantle the entire system.

5. Virta Health

It’s a medical startup that focuses on providing its users an individual diabetes treatment. This app hopes to deal with type 2 diabetes. Physicians and coaches collaborated on this program to address biochemistry of diabetes. It aims to reverse this disease, rather than just help you manage it. The best thing about it all is that this goal is achievable without resorting to medications or surgery.

6. Shippo

Its goal is to assist e-commerce sites in shipping their products off. You can find the app on eBay, Etsy, and other e-commerce sites. It enables you to offer to ship from any kind of parcel service, thereby, defeating cost. It’s a 60-person company that has been around for more than three years. The company announced its $20 million in funding in October. According to its CEO, it’ll use the funds to build its team and establish itself on the international shipping world.