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Best Beauty Tech Companies in San Francisco, United States

The 120 best Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Madison Reed.

120companies tracked
$986.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
46have raised

Ranked: Best Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Madison Reed
Internet first brand of hair coloring products
$250M3 mo ago247
247 → 481 (+95%)
Amy Errett
CEO and Founder
Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalitySentry+37Top 500k1 award
2Memebox
Internet first brand offering multi-category beauty products
$193M76 mo ago14—Cafe24Cart FunctionalityReact+27Top 5M—
3Booksy
Operator of an online platform for booking beauty and wellness appointments
$124M9 mo ago112Stefan Batory
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+42Top 50k—
4Mayvenn
Online internet first brand offering hair extensions
$76M47 mo ago56Diishan Imira
Co-Founder & CEO
———
5Olivela
Online retailer of multi-category products
$49M58 mo ago47
47 → 44 (-6%)
Stacey Boyd
Founder & CEO
ShopifyCart FunctionalityBuilder.io+43Top 5M—
6Cora Life
Internet first brand offering menstrual care products
$42M54 mo ago27Daniel Fonseca
Co-Founder
Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+33Top 5M—
7StyleSeat
Online platform to discover and book local beauty professionals
$41M131 mo ago126
126 → 196 (+56%)
Melody Mccloskey
Co-Founder & CEO
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceFacebook Login+24Top 500k—
8K18 Hair
Internet-first brand offering hair care products
$25M52 mo ago44Britta Cox
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityAmazon WebstoreShopify+49Top 500k—
9La Lumiere
Private label brand of skincare devices
$24M139 mo ago12Jay P Tapper
ex-CEO
———
10PROVEN
Internet first brand offering customized skin care products
$23M33 mo ago40Ming Zhao
Co-Founder & CEO
Builder.ioSentryNode.js+42Top 5M—
11Beautylish
Online community platform for beauty enthusiasts
$23M75 mo ago57
57 → 132 (+132%)
Vu Nguyen
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailBackbone.js+17Top 500k—
12Symbiome
Internet first brand offering natural skincare products
$22M43 mo ago10—Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+45Top 5M—
13True Botanicals
Clean, clinically proven skincare with potent, safe, and effective ingredients
$22M39 mo ago38Hillary Peterson
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityShopifySearchanise+47Top 1M1 award
14Tatcha
Internet first brand offering natural skincare products
$21M104 mo ago133Jean-Marc Plisson
CEO
Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityShopify+45Top 500k—
15MIRA BEAUTY
Online platform offering product discovery and recommendations for beauty
$9M69 mo ago5————
16Friendshop
Online retailer offering multi-category beauty products
$9M50 mo ago—Jacqueline Xu hail
Co-Founder
———
17Algenist
Innovative skincare harnessing algae for visible results in ten days
$8M106 mo ago44—Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon ALB+40Top 5M—
18NakedPoppy
Online retailer of organic multi-category beauty care products
$5M71 mo ago17——Top 50M—
19Stryke Club
Internet first brand offering multi-category organic skincare products for teenagers
$4M49 mo ago6Stacy Blackman
CEO
Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+53Top 10M—
20NEWNESS
Online video live streaming platform for beauty community
$4M63 mo ago25————
21ZIIP Beauty
Brand of skin care accessories
$3M71 mo ago7Melanie Simon
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+40Top 5M—
22Pinrose
Personalized perfumes and fragrances designed to match your unique sensory profile
$2M126 mo ago6Christine Luby
Co-Founder and Board Member
Cart FunctionalityShopifyEasyGift+30Top 5M—
23Beaubble
Online retailer offering multi-category beauty products
$2M55 mo ago12—Cart FunctionalityNode.jsMUI+23Top 5M—
24LXMI
Plant-based skincare with organic ingredients and social impact focus
$1M99 mo ago22AnnaMaja Bjorkenvall
CEO
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+35Top 50M1 internship
25TactileAI
Provider of product sampling solution for beauty industries
$1M63 mo ago4————
26Naza
Online platform for saloon appointment booking
$1M76 mo ago16————
27StyleBee
Beauty Services on Demand
$1M110 mo ago14————
28Unbooked
Platform for Unbooked appointment slots
$850K184 mo ago—Sarah Taylor
Co-Founder
———
29Volition Beauty
Clean beauty solutions empowering innovators and community-driven product development
$775K74 mo ago23Patricia Santos
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
RubyFacebook LoginRuby on Rails+24Top 5M—
30Cosme Hunt
Mobile-based community-driven discovery platform for cosmetics
$667K51 mo ago16—Cart FunctionalityShopifyFacebook Login+41Top 10M—
31Nudgit
On-demand online appointment booking platform for beauty services
$420K98 mo ago—Timothy Choe
Co-Founder
———
32Evvemi
Online platform recommending hair stylists
$250K120 mo ago—Maria Malavenda
Co-Founder & CEO
———
33Morphe
Brand of beauty & personal care products
$188K61 mo ago598
598 → 483 (-19%)
Linda Tawil
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+36Top 500k1 job opening
34Ayla
Curated healthy beauty products with personalized guidance for an enlightening journey
$170K184 mo ago8Dara Kennedy
Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+39Top 5M—
35Soteri Skin
Internet first brand offering skincare products
$125K51 mo ago2Jen Wan
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+34Top 5M—
36PulpoAR
Provider of an AR-based real-time virtual try-on solution for beauty retail
$100K19 mo ago48—WordPressMySQLPHP+27Top 50M1 launch · 1 partnership

Top 12 Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco

#1
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 247 employees
$250Mraised
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Internet-first brand of hair coloring products. It provides home hair color kits, free of ammonia and other harmful chemicals, delivers and helps users maintain their hair without going to the salon. It also sells products through an online subscription model. Its customers take pictures of themselves and send them to stylists which help find the colors that match best. Services also include consultation, demonstration, color application, and a blowout from a professional, licensed stylist.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Conventional Debt$5M
  • Apr 2022Series D$33M
  • Sep 2021Series D$18M
  • Feb 2021Series D$52M
Founders & team
Amy ErrettCEO and Founder
Investors
True Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Meaningful Partners, Norwest, Bossa Invest, J.F. Shea Co
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon AdvertisingAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Ses
#2
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2012 · 112 employees
$123.7Mraised
▾

Operator of an online platform for booking beauty and wellness appointments. The platform enables users to find and schedule appointments with various service providers. These services include hair styling, barber services, nail care, skincare, and massage. Additional services available are brows and lashes, makeup, wellness and spa treatments.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 150k LinkedIn followers — 39.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series C$800K
  • Sep 2025Conventional Debt—
  • Oct 2024Series C—
  • Dec 2023Series C—
Founders & team
Stefan BatoryCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Siena Secondary Fund, Piton Capital, Müller Medien, Inovia Capital, VNV Global
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon Web ServicesAngularAnimate.CssApple Icloud Mail
#3
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2005 · 40 employees
$23.3Mraised
▾

Internet first brand offering customized skin care products. The product catalog includes toners, serums, moisturizers, eye creams, and more. It also offers personalized skin care products. The company claims that the products are cruelty-free, paraben-free, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 28k LinkedIn followers — 7.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Series A$12.2M
  • 2020Series A$3M
  • 2019Seed$6M
  • Mar 2018Seed$120K
Founders & team
Ming ZhaoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
NewH2, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, ZNL Ventures, FJ Labs, Emerge
Tech stack
AwinBootstrapBraintreeCart FunctionalityCdnjsChargebee
#4
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2012 · 14 employees
$192.7Mraised
▾

Memebox is an internet first brand offering multi-category beauty products. The product catalog includes facial care products, makeup products, lipsticks, foundation, nail paints, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2020Series D—
  • Jan 2019Series D$35M
  • Dec 2016Series C$60M
  • Dec 2016Series C$1M
Investors
Fenox Venture Capital, Signatures Capital, Y Combinator, SparkLabs Global Ventures, SparkLabs, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCore-JsCriteoExpress
#5
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2012 · 56 employees
$76Mraised
▾

Online internet first brand offering hair extensions. The product catalog includes hair bundles, lace closures, hair frontals, wigs, clip-in hair extensions, and different colors, textures, and lengths. The company claims to offer virgin human hair.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series C$40M
  • Nov 2018Series B$23M
  • Jun 2015Series A$10M
  • Jul 2013Seed—
Founders & team
Diishan ImiraCo-Founder & CEOTaylor WangCo-Founder
Investors
500 Global, Cleveland Avenue, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Trinity Ventures, Core Innovation Capital
Tech stack
ContentfulCart FunctionalityJavaJettyCloudflareTiny Slider
#6
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 38 employees
$21.6Mraised
▾

Clean, clinically proven skincare with potent, safe, and effective ingredients. This company offers a range of skincare products, including cleansers, serums, face oils, moisturizers, and targeted treatments, addressing concerns like fine lines, wrinkles, dark spots, breakouts, and sensitive skin. They focus on pregnancy-safe options and cater to various skin types, including dry, combination, oily, and sensitive. The brand emphasizes pure, potent, and proven formulations, utilizing bio-active and bio-compatible ingredients. They offer free shipping, free returns, and a money-back guarantee. Customers can shop all, new arrivals, bestsellers, skincare sets, and limited-edition rituals. The company also provides a skincare quiz to personalize routines and a rewards program. They offer subscription options and SMS sign-up for exclusive offers. The website includes options to log in, view cart, and check out.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Series B—
  • Jul 2020Series A$4.5M
  • Mar 2018Series A$14.1M
  • Mar 2017Seed$3M
Founders & team
Hillary PetersonCo-Founder & CEOSandy SaputoCEO
Investors
Unilever Ventures, Sonoma Brands Capital, Cue Ball, NextWorld Evergreen, Fabulous Brands, Rudyard Partners
Tech stack
Apple PayAudioeyeAutoptimizeBackbone.JsBootstrapCalendly
#7
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 27 employees
$42.2Mraised
▾

Internet first brand offering menstrual care products. The product catalog includes tampons, pads, and liners.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Series B$7.5M
  • Feb 2021Conventional Debt$5M
  • Jan 2021Series B$9.7M
  • Jul 2019Series B$10.8M
Founders & team
Daniel FonsecaCo-FounderMorgen NewmanCo-FounderMolly HaywardCo-Founder
Investors
Harbinger Ventures, Balance Point Capital, Gibraltar, Cambridge Companies SPG, Kima Ventures, Fort Ventures
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityShopifyVimeoApple PayKlaviyoGoogle Tag Manager
#8
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 47 employees
$48.7Mraised
▾

Online retailer of multi-category products. The product catalog includes apparel, bags, shoes, jewelry, and more. The company also offers beauty, home improvement, pet accessories, office & tech products.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2021Series B$6.9M
  • Aug 2021Conventional Debt—
  • Feb 2021Conventional Debt—
  • Feb 2021Series B$6.2M
Founders & team
Stacey BoydFounder & CEOMatt McevoyCOO
Investors
Morgan Stanley, Meaningful Partners, The Perkins Fund, Neoteny, Broadway Angels
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple PayAttentiveBuilder.IoCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#9
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 10 employees
$22.2Mraised
▾

Internet first brand offering natural skin care products. Its product offerings include cleansers, moisturizers, oils, creams, and more for oily, sensitive, dry, combination skin types. The products offered are made of organic and sustainable ingredients.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Series B—
  • Sep 2020Series B$15M
  • Jun 2020Series A$7.2M
Investors
Robust, True Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Mission Bay Capital, GISEV, For Good Ventures
Tech stack
AccessibeAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAosApple PayAttentive
#10
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 44 employees
$25Mraised
▾

Internet-first brand offering hair care products

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 39k LinkedIn followers — 10.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Ruuby) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Series B$25M
Founders & team
Britta CoxCo-FounderSuveen SahibCo-Founder
Investors
VMG Partners, True Beauty Ventures, NewBound Ventures, G9 Ventures
Tech stack
Accentuate Custom FieldsAmazon AdvertisingAmazon WebstoreApple Icloud MailApple PayAttentive
#11
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 126 employees
$40.7Mraised
▾

Online platform to discover and book local beauty professionals. It is an online destination for beauty and wellness professionals and clients. It allows professionals to showcase the work, connect with new and existing clients. Clients can discover new services and providers, and book appointments online. It allows users to get personalized beauty and wellness tips from professionals. Users can book an appointment for facial, nail, haircut, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Director of Product Marketing
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2015Series B$25M
  • Jan 2014Series A$10.2M
  • Feb 2013Seed$4M
  • Mar 2012Seed$775K
Founders & team
Melody MccloskeyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
A-Grade Investments, Founders Fund, Cowboy Ventures, Slow Ventures, Fosun Kinzon Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon ElbAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAppsflyer
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2010 · 57 employees
$23Mraised
▾

Beautylish is an online community of beauty enthusiasts. Members post reviews and articles, share video tutorials and photos, and pose questions. The forum attracted more than 1 million monthly unique visitors and had over 100,000 regular contributors (2013). Launched an e-commerce portal Boutiques which let registered members of the site buy products in 2012.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2020Series A$5M
  • Aug 2018Series A$4.8M
  • Jan 2017Series A$5.9M
  • Aug 2013Series A$7.3M
Founders & team
Vu NguyenCo-FounderNils JohnsonCEOSameer IyengarCo-Founder
Investors
CMEA Capital, Presidio Partners, Lightbank, Bling Capital, CAA, A.Capital Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAttentiveBackbone.Js

Funding & investor landscape

$986.8Mtotal disclosed funding
39companies funded
101disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Unilever Ventures5 rounds
Y Combinator5 rounds
Cowboy Ventures4 rounds
500 Global3 rounds
Base Ventures3 rounds
Alumni Ventures2 rounds
Bling Capital2 rounds
Dunamu & Partners2 rounds
Evolution VC Partners2 rounds
Gaingels2 rounds

Notable founders

Amy Errett
CEO and Founder · Madison Reed
Stefan Batory
Co-Founder & CEO · Booksy
Ming Zhao
Co-Founder & CEO · PROVEN
Diishan Imira
Co-Founder & CEO · Mayvenn
Taylor Wang
Co-Founder · Mayvenn
Hillary Peterson
Co-Founder & CEO · True Botanicals
Sandy Saputo
CEO · True Botanicals
Daniel Fonseca
Co-Founder · Cora Life
Morgen Newman
Co-Founder · Cora Life
Stacey Boyd
Founder & CEO · Olivela
Matt Mcevoy
COO · Olivela
Britta Cox
Co-Founder · K18 Hair
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 18,640,884 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Beauty Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Beauty Tech companies are there in San Francisco, United States?
Radar tracks 120 indexable Beauty Tech companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco, United States?
The Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have raised a combined $986.8M in disclosed equity funding across 39 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Beauty Tech company in San Francisco, United States?
Madison Reed is the highest-funded Beauty Tech company in San Francisco, United States, with $250M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco, United States are funded?
39 of the 120 Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Beauty Tech unicorns are there in San Francisco, United States?
None of the Beauty Tech companies in San Francisco, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Francisco, United States Beauty Tech companies?
The most active investors in San Francisco, United States Beauty Tech companies on this list include Unilever Ventures, Y Combinator, Cowboy Ventures, 500 Global, Base Ventures.
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