Financial services companies in California

Kava is a platform providing for accessing Decentralized Financial (DeFi) apps and services.

Andreessen Horowitz (also named a16z) is a US venture capital firm, founded by Marc Andresseen and Ben Horowitz in 2009.

DYdX is a company that has a decentralized trading platform for margin trading, borrowing, and lending.

RenderToken (RNDR) is a distributed GPU rendering network built on the Ethereum blockchain.

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm discovering and backing entrepreneurs.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base.

Robinhood is a Palo Alto, California-based financial technology company founded in 2013. They offer free stock and equity trading and commission-free crypto-trading.

Intuit is a Mountain View, California-based company founded by Scott Cook.

To interconnect the world's networks to blockchain and make this technology accessible to all.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is an american venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield.

Tendermint is now Ignite. Tendermint was the core contributor to the Cosmos blockchain network.

Elixxir is a company founded in 2017.

Founded in 2018, Coinbase Ventures is the investment arm of Coinbase and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. The firm seeks to invests in early-stage companies operating in cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups with the potential to become global businesses. It was founded in 1996 and has locations all over the world.

A bank offering online banking services with no user no bank fees, and an option to receive direct deposit up to two days early. Chris Britt and Ryan King founded Chime in 2013, and the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

MaidSafe, builders of the SAFE Network, are a small team of: thinkers, inventors, tinkerers, engineers and designers started by Scottish engineer David Irvine in 2006.

CoinList is an American cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

​Nucypher​ is an online currency platform founded by MacLane Wilkison and Michael Egorov in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a decentralized proxy re-encryption service.

Block is a technology company that has developed solutions to develop an integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services for sellers. It was founded as Square in 2009 and is located in San Francisco, California.

NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange. It is now stylized as Nasdaq.

BitTorrent is a company founded in 2001 by Bram Cohen.

Stellar is an open network for storing and moving money.

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies operating in a diverse range of technology sectors such as energy, transportation, space, financial, software, hardware, big data, agriculture, food, education, and materials. Khosla Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004.

Bain Capital is a Boston-headquartered global alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, and credit products. It was founded in 1984 by Bill Bain, Mitt Romney, Coleman Andrews, and Eric Kriss.

Silicon Valley Bank was a commercial bank specializing in investing capital into technology companies. It was shut down in March 2023.