Best PR Tech Companies in California, United States
The 199 best PR Tech companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Meltwater.
Ranked: Best PR Tech companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meltwater Cloud based suite of marketing solutions | $340M | 30 mo ago | Acquired | 3 | 2001 | Jorn Lyseggen Co-Founder | — | — |
| 2 | GRIN Platform offering influencer marketing solutions for ecommerce businesses | $144M | 56 mo ago | Series B | 286 | 2014 | Brian Mechem Co-Founder & Board Director | — | — |
| 3 | Brud Artificial intelligence based virtual influencer marketing avatar | $131M | 88 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 32 | 2014 | Sara DeCou Co-Founder | — | — |
| 4 | NetBase Social Media Monitoring Patform | $92M | 135 mo ago | Series E | 70 | 2004 | Peter Caswell CEO | 25 patents AI-driven text analytics, sentiment, demographic, and frame-based search optimization | — |
| 5 | Quid AI-based consumer and market intelligence platform | $86M | 84 mo ago | Series D | 95 | 2003 | Bob Goodson Founder & President | 34 patents Graph-based NLP for document relationship and topic visualization. | — |
| 6 | CreatorIQ Provider of platform for creator discovery, evaluation, management, and campaign execution | $80M | 57 mo ago | Series D | 158 158 → 370 (+134%) | 2014 | Igor Vaks Founder And Ceo | — | 1 job opening |
| 7 | Zignal Labs Cloud based platform offering social media analytics solutions | $58M | 80 mo ago | Series C | 55 55 → 66 (+20%) | 2011 | Jim Hornthal Executive Chairman | 13 patents AI-driven real-time social media, image, sentiment analytics and GPU-accelerated processing | 1 launch |
| 8 | Klout Social media analytics platform | $40M | 164 mo ago | Acquired | 35 | 2008 | — | 3 patents Real-time social media data streaming and customizable user privacy management | — |
| 9 | AspireIQ All-in-one influencer marketing platform connecting e-commerce brands with creators | $26M | 78 mo ago | Series A | 120 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Talenthouse Content creation marketplace | $25M | 145 mo ago | Public | 11 | 2009 | Roman Scharf Co-Founder | — | — |
| 11 | Onclusive AI based tools for PR management | $24M | 86 mo ago | Acquired | 22 | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Tagger Platform providing solutions for influencer marketing | $24M | 54 mo ago | Acquired | 20 | 2015 | Dave Dickman Chief Executive Officer | — | — |
| 13 | Traackr Data-driven influencer marketing software for brands, agencies, and creators | $20M | 97 mo ago | Series B | 108 | 2008 | — | 3 patents Measuring brand vitality through influencer marketing analytics platforms | — |
| 14 | theAudience Multi-channel publishers of social and digital content. | $20M | 162 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 18 | 2011 | Sean Parker Co-Founder | — | — |
| 15 | Phyllo Platform offering customer data solutions | $18M | 46 mo ago | Series A | 64 64 → 66 (+3%) | 2021 | Akhil Bhiwal Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 16 | Topsy Real-time public social data Indexer | $17M | 161 mo ago | Acquired | 56 | 2007 | — | 42 patents Social media analytics: influence scoring, sentiment analysis, geolocation, and predictive crawling. | — |
| 17 | StyleHaul MCN for fashion | $17M | 157 mo ago | Acquired | 4 | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Social Native Platforms to connect content creators with the brands | $15M | 105 mo ago | Seed | 38 | 2015 | — | 5 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 19 | Scripted Content creation marketplace | $14M | 138 mo ago | Series B | 15 | 2007 | Jeremy Bellinghausen CEO | — | — |
| 20 | Overtone Social Media Monitoring and Listening Tools | $10M | 194 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 40 | 1995 | — | 20 patents Electronic drum tuning and pitch-control systems using digital signal processing | — |
| 21 | Naritiv Marketing and analytics platform for Snapchat. | $8M | 125 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 7 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 22 | ReadyPulse Influencer Generated Content Marketing Platform | $7M | 134 mo ago | Series A | 7 | 2011 | — | 4 patents Social-media-driven brand management and marketing analytics platforms | — |
| 23 | Ebyline Connects businesses with freelance content creators and influencers for marketing | $7M | 176 mo ago | Acquired | 16 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Timeline Labs Real-time social monitoring | $6M | 146 mo ago | Acquired | 33 | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 25 | PeakMetrics Brand monitoring and competitor tracking solutions | $6M | 2 mo ago | Series A | 9 | 2017 | Bobby Lincoln Co-Founder | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 26 | Ubiquitous Platform offering software for influencer marketing | $5M | 53 mo ago | Acquired | 44 | 2021 | Brandon Gambucci Co-Founder | — | — |
| 27 | Opera Event Influencer marketing solution | $5M | 73 mo ago | Series A | 30 | 2015 | Ravi Makadia Co-Founder | — | — |
| 28 | FamePick Platform to connect celebrities for digital endorsements | $5M | 79 mo ago | Deadpooled | 11 | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Viralheat SaaS for media monitoring and analysis. | $4M | 179 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 21 | 2009 | Raj Kadam CEO & Co-Founder | 4 patents User intent inference and demographic profiling from online interaction metadata | — |
| 30 | Upfluence Cloud based influencer marketing platform | $4M | 93 mo ago | Series A | 134 | 2012 | Vivien Garnes Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 31 | Speakr Influencer marketing platform. | $4M | 140 mo ago | Deadpooled | 9 | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 32 | Linqia Influencer Marketing Platform for brands | $3M | 165 mo ago | Series A | 93 93 → 110 (+18%) | 2012 | Maria Sipka Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist | — | 1 award |
| 33 | Pillar Platform offering software for influencer marketing | $3M | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | Faisal Younus Co-Founder | 14 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 34 | Big Frame SEO guides, business marketing, social media, and web expertise | $3M | 147 mo ago | Acquired | 5 | 2011 | Sarah Penna ex-Co - Founder & Chief Creative Officer | — | — |
| 35 | Open Influence Influencer marketing platform | $3M | 135 mo ago | Series A | 148 | 2013 | Joey Chowaiki Co-Founder | — | 1 internship |
| 36 | Captiv8 Labs End-to-end influencer marketing platform unifying creators, commerce, and campaign performance | $2M | 122 mo ago | Acquired | 16 | 2015 | Taz Patel Co-Founder | 6 patents Social media user profiling and targeted segmentation analytics platforms | — |
| 37 | PowerSpike Empowering independent creators with tools for creation, growth, and monetization | $2M | 52 mo ago | Seed | 24 | 2015 | Angelo Damiano Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 38 | Markett Provider of the influencer marketing platform | $2M | 115 mo ago | Deadpooled | 26 | 2014 | Erin Pederson Founder & COO | — | — |
| 39 | FanBread Financial tips, home improvement, side hustles, and lifestyle hacks website | $2M | 131 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 40 | AMI Affiliate and influencer marketing management platform | $2M | 106 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | Amal Aziz Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 41 | SketchDeck Platform offering content creation and design outsourcing tool | $2M | 126 mo ago | Acquired | 54 | 2013 | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 42 | FameBit Google: Innovating search, AI, and diverse digital products and services | $2M | 142 mo ago | Acquired | 21 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 43 | Wisio Video creation platform | $2M | 100 mo ago | Seed | 10 | 2016 | Idan Maor Founder & CPO | — | — |
| 44 | Snapwire Production and content management solutions provider | $1M | 104 mo ago | Acquired | 55 | 2012 | Sky Gilbar Co-Founder | — | — |
| 45 | Social Influence marketing platform | $1M | 190 mo ago | Deadpooled | 11 | 2009 | Akram Benmbarek CEO | 23 patents Social networking platforms enabling media verification, reaction sharing, and contract-based messaging | — |
| 46 | Roto Stitching Solutions Operator of an opt-in social network for public relations professionals | $1M | 6 mo ago | Seed | — | 2025 | Anson Tsang Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 47 | Symphony AI powered marketing platform to help creators grow the fanbase and business | $1M | 33 mo ago | Seed | 7 | 2020 | Megh Vakharia Co-Founder & CEO | 9 patents Model-based generation and conversion of automated software test scripts | — |
| 48 | Unity Influence Influencer marketing platform | $1M | 104 mo ago | Deadpooled | 15 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 49 | Right Relevance Topical information search, discovery and relevance via influencer networks | $730K | 147 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2013 | Vishal Mishra CEO & Co-Founder | — | — |
| 50 | 1stCollab Platform offering influencer marketing solutions | $125K | 36 mo ago | Seed | 9 | 2022 | Varun Bansal Co-Founder | — | — |
Top 12 PR Tech companies in California
#1
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2017 · 9 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Brand monitoring and competitor tracking solutions. It helps organizations to use data insights to understand media coverage and make digital content. It helps businesses streamline brand reputation, competitor tracking, and marketing operations.
- Apr 2026Series A$6M
- Aug 2025Series A$7.2M
- Mar 2024Seed$3M
- Sep 2022Seed$2M
#2
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2001 · 3 employees$340Mraised▾
Cloud based suite of marketing solutions. It is an online intelligence platform that offers social media monitoring, tracking, and analytics for businesses. It offers media, social, and consumer trends datasets to analyze and generate insights. The platform offers social listening tool to capture brand mention and understand customers through social data. Features include social media management, analytics, influencer marketing, and more.
- Dec 2023Post IPO$65M
- Mar 2019Conventional Debt$175M
- Feb 2017Conventional Debt$60M
- Aug 2014Conventional Debt$40M
#3
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2025$1Mraised▾
Operator of an opt-in social network for public relations professionals. The network is exclusive to public relations professionals and members of the media. The company participated in an interactive festival as an exhibitor. The company secured funding from venture capital firms.
- Dec 2025Seed$1M
#4
Series B · Sacramento, California · founded 2014 · 286 employees$143.9Mraised▾
Platform offering influencer marketing solutions for ecommerce businesses. It provides a platform to build relationships. It also allows businesses to post campaigns on the platform and discover relevant influencers. Its solutions provided are influencer analysis, comparison, fake influencer tool, chrome extension, and more.
- Oct 2021Series B$111.2M
- May 2021Series A$16M
- Dec 2020Series A$10M
- Oct 2019Series A$6.7M
#5
Series D · Los Angeles, California · founded 2014 · 158 employees$80Mraised▾
Provider of platform for creator discovery, evaluation, management, and campaign execution. The platform offers tools for community insights, workflow management, and enterprise governance. It facilitates brand safety, AI-powered intelligence, and compliance. The platform provides resources, reports, and industry benchmarks.
- Sep 2021Series D$40M
- Jul 2020Series C$24M
- Jun 2019Series B$12M
- May 2017Series A$3M
#6
Acqui-Hired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2014 · 32 employees$131Mraised▾
Brud is a technological company creating virtual avatars. The company develops software products in the fields of robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Its project, Lil Miquela(aka Miquela Sousa), is a virtual celebrity and is a popular Instagram virtual influencer with more than a million followers. Clientele includes Prada, Chanel, Proenza Schouler, Supreme, and Vetements.
- Jan 2019Series B$125M
- Apr 2018Series A$6M
#7
Series D · Santa Clara, California · founded 2003 · 95 employees$86.5Mraised▾
AI-based consumer and market intelligence platform. It provides organizations with insights into consumer behavior and market trends. It transforms data into insights, enabling businesses to make informed decisions. It allows users to analyze data, including news articles, blog posts, and patents. It helps users to gain competitive intelligence and understand market trends through visual data representations.
- 2019Series D—
- Oct 2018Conventional Debt$8M
- Oct 2018Series D$37.5M
- Mar 2015Series D$39M
#8
Series E · Mountain View, California · founded 2004 · 70 employees$92.1Mraised▾
NetBase provides a social intelligence platform that enables brands to publish, monitor, analyze and engage with customers in real time. The platform uses a proprietary natural language processing engine combined with text analytics and machine learning to process billions of social media posts and extract structured insights delivered via customizable dashboards. Solutions enable digital marketing, public relations, brand management, customer service, sales, and product innovation leaders to craft strategies. Clients include Coca-Cola, Kraft, HP, ESPN, GfK, McCann Erickson and Taco Bell. NetBase solutions are sold globally by SAP AG and J.D. Power & Associates.
- Mar 2015Series E$24M
- Jul 2014Series D$15.2M
- Jan 2013Series C$22.4M
- Jan 2013Series C$9M
#9
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 55 employees$58Mraised▾
Cloud based platform offering social media analytics solutions. The platform helps brands and organizations monitor online media in real time to see who talking about them or about topics relevant to them and delivers data driven insights. It offers a Dashboard that updates automatically to show current analysis sentiment, influencers, competition, and indicate story trajectory. It provides an additional feature of creating alerts and customizing reports. Clients include BACARDI, CITRIX, and others.
- Oct 2019Conventional Debt$20M
- Feb 2018Series C$30M
- Oct 2015Angel$15M
- Sep 2014Angel$10.7M
#10
Series A · Fremont, California · founded 2021 · 64 employees$17.8Mraised▾
Platform offering customer data solutions. It enables clients to access creator data directly from the source platforms. The platform enables developers to integrate with creators and independent work platforms to transform their customers digital experience. It provides APIs for influencer marketing, creator tools, creator fintech, and social KYC services. It enables clients to verify the identity and skills of creators to get deep insights into their fan following and engagement metrics.
- Aug 2022Series A$15M
- 2021Seed$2.8M
#11
Acquired · Santa Monica, California · founded 2015 · 20 employees$23.5Mraised▾
Platform providing solutions for influencer marketing. It allows brands to connect influencers from social media platforms which include Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, and build influencer profiles. The influencer data includes demographics, social status, and interests and allows users to monitor content, create networks and connect with them. The platform also provides audience analytics, a centralized dashboard, and campaign metrics summary.
- Nov 2021Series B$15M
- Apr 2021Series A$8.5M
#12
Acquired · Burlingame, California · founded 2007 · 22 employees$24.4Mraised▾
Onclusive provides data science-based solutions for marketing and communications. It uses AI and data science to capture the sentiment of the users towards the content and provides actionable insights about the content quality, engagement. The company also provides tools for competitor analysis.
- Apr 2019Unattributed$65.8K
- Dec 2018Series C$8M
- Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$33.2K
- Nov 2016Series B$5.2M
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