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Top Late-stage venture companies in San Francisco

Series E and beyond - pre-IPO scaleups with hundreds of employees and meaningful revenue. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

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Ranked by current headcount across Late-stage venture companies headquartered in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

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    Handshake· San Francisco, California, United States

    Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 500), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond.

    • Series F
    • 11.4k employees
    • Founded 2014
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    OpenAI· San Francisco, California, United States

    OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

    • Series unknown
    • 10.5k employees
    • Founded 2015
  3. 3
    Medium· San Francisco, California, United States

    At Medium, we believe in the power of words — and we’re on a mission to bring the world’s expertise to life through memorable storytelling. Our platform rewards great writing and puts power back in the hands of readers. Medium’s subscription model means we rely on our members, not ads. We’re looking for teammates who are inspired by our mission, who are deeply thoughtful and empathetic, and who are passionate about the future of online publishing. Sound like you? Keep reading!

    • Series unknown
    • 9.9k employees
    • Founded 2012
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    Deel· San Francisco, California, United States

    Deel is one platform for payroll, HR, benefits, mobility, performance, and device management across 150+ countries. Built on owned infrastructure, powered by AI, and supported by thousands of local experts, Deel helps businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Trusted by 40,000+ customers, and created to become a global brand people love. Learn more at deel.com.

    • Series E
    • 9.7k employees
    • Founded 2019
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    VIPKid· San Francisco, California, United States

    VIPKid is a global education technology company that connects children with the world’s best teachers for real-time online English immersion learning. VIPKid’s mission is to inspire and empower every child for the future. VIPKid believes that education is not one-size-fits-all. Rather, all students are unique, and the world is within their reach when connected with great teachers capable of personalizing learning and sparking curiosity.Founded in 2013 and formally launched in 2014, VIPKid has become a market-leading online education startup, attracting investment from Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Yunfeng Capital, Coatue Management, Matrix Partners, Sinovation Ventures, Learn Capital, Northern Light VC, Bryant Stibel, among others.

    • Series E
    • 9k employees
    • Founded 2013

Find engineers at Late-stage venture companies in San Francisco

Late-stage venture companies in San Francisco are some of the fastest-moving employers in the market. The list above ranks the largest Late-stage venture-stage companies headquartered in San Francisco by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 848 matching companies in Refolk’s index, the density of senior engineers, designers, and founders is unusually high.

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