Best Marketplaces Companies in California, United States
The 98 best Marketplaces companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: turo.
Ranked: Best Marketplaces companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turo 🦄 Turo is a peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace where customers can book vehicles from a community of local… | $523M | 50 mo ago | Series F | — | 2009 | TurbopackEmotionApple iCloud Mail+23 | 10 patents Real-time vehicle search filtering, air quality monitoring, and time-based listing optimization | — |
| 2 | applauze Applauze is a smartphone app that publishes details on different types of events such as concerts, theater… | $11M | 151 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Afterparty Online event ticketing marketplace provider | $3M | 55 mo ago | Seed | Eytan Elbaz Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 4 | launchtrack LaunchTrack turns online payment data into actionable intelligence. | $1M | 139 mo ago | Seed | — | 2011 | SquarespaceCart FunctionalitySquarespace Commerce+13 | — | — |
| 5 | Outfit Provider of home renovation services | $125K | 64 mo ago | Seed | Ian Janicki Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Airbnb 🦄 Online accommodation booking & vacation rentals portal | — | 74 mo ago | Public | Brian Chesky CEO | 2008 | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | 509 patents Online travel marketplace UI, reservation search, and multi-channel data sharing. | — |
| 7 | 1-800-battery 1800-Battery is a battery marketplace. | — | — | Private | — | 2010 | Cart FunctionalitySentryNode.js+37 | — | — |
| 8 | adventure trotters Alpine adventures community and marketplace | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
Top 6 Marketplaces companies in California
#1
turo 🦄Series F · San Francisco, California · founded 2009 · 965 employees$523Mraised▾
Developer of a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform designed to help people book a car from local car owners. The company's platform lets private car owners share their vehicles via an online and mobile interface with the feature of GPS monitoring, remote unlocking, and smart card entry, enabling owners to earn extra money while not using it.
#2
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2021 · 23 employees$3Mraised▾
Online event ticketing marketplace provider
#3
Seed · Walnut, California · founded 2020$125Kraised▾
Operator of an online marketplace intended to sell DIY renovation items in a box. The company's products include materials, tools, and designed templates, enabling customers to follow instructions provided in the app to build their dream projects all by themselves.
#4
Acqui-Hired · Mountain View, California · founded 2010 · 24 employees$11.4Mraised▾
Developer of a mobile application designed to offer event updates and ticket booking. The company's mobile application uses data analytics and machine learning to discover and recommend relevant concerts, theater productions, sports games and community events, enabling artists to identify, understand and engage fan base.
#5
Seed · Mountain View, California · founded 2011 · 2 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of an event organizing platform intended to facilitate brand building and ticket promotion for event organizers. The company's platform creates an online presence for events and activities, accepts registrations and sells tickets, enabling clients to understand the market and make a successful purchase.
#6
Airbnb 🦄Public · San Francisco, California · founded 2008 · 1100 employees$18Braised▾
Started in 2008, Airbnb is the world's largest online alternative accommodation travel agency, also offering booking services for boutique hotels and experiences. Airbnb's platform offered around 7 million active accommodation listings as of June 30, 2023. Listings from the company's over 4 million hosts are spread over almost every country in the world. In the fourth quarter of 2022, 47% of revenue was from the North American region. Transaction fees for online bookings account for all its revenue.
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