Otherwise Brewing

Otherwise Brewing is an award-winning gluten-free brewery that uses celiac-friendly grains to craft a variety of flavors for everyone to enjoy.

Diaspora Spice Co.

Diaspora Co. is a mission-driven spice company rebuilding an inequitable supply chain by sourcing single-origin spices directly from South Asian farmers to deliver exceptional flavor while building shared wealth.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Rainbow Chefs Academy

Rainbow Chefs Academy inspires healthy habits through educational courses and hands-on culinary experiences.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Grand & Graham Pets

G&G Pets provides in-home care for dogs and multi-pet households.

Business Services

Abstinence Spirits

Non-alcoholic white and dark spirits, bittersweet aperitifs, and ready-to-pour & share spritzes crafted from sustainably sourced botanicals from the Cape Floral Kingdom, in Cape Town, South Africa.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Huhu

Huhu, founded by Meng Li, a parenting gear brand that offers functional, every-day products for parents.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

The Matcha Factory

The Matcha Factory, co-founded by Kori Saika Chen, a zero waste, solar-powered matcha brand.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Spirited Play Labs

Spirited Play Labs, founded by Lindsay Teitelbaum, a multi-sensory, membership-based play center for neurodivergent, disabled, and neurotypical children and their families based in San Ramon and Berkeley.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Sach Foods

Sach Foods, founded by Tarush Agarwal, a culinary brand that makes Indian inspired, protein-rich vegetarian foods.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Phlex65

Phlex65, founded by Ana Jones, a two-sided labor market platform linking seniors or their families with caregivers through a user-friendly app.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Oakland Fortune Factory

Oakland Fortune Factory, co-owned by Alicia Zhang and Alex Issvoran, a 60-year-old bakery that specializes in custom-made fortune cookies.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

MIZO

MIZO, co-founded by Holly Paul and Chris Tran, is a beverage company that makes juice pouches with a boozy twist.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Meaningful Beginnings

Meaningful Beginnings, founded by Ashley Du, offers high quality child care services and creative courses to children 0-5 years of age.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Maujh

Maujh, run by founder Shruti Goradia and CFO Vishal Goradia, a brand that makes handcrafted Apple Watch® bands inspired by traditional South Asian jewelry.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

Malaya Botanicals

Malaya Botanicals, run by founder Pia Barton and COO Rolando Martin, a Pinay-owned CBD health & wellness company at the forefront of promoting wellness & empowerment.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

La Guerrera's Kitchen

La Guerrera’s Kitchen, owned by Reyna Maldonado, a woman-owned restaurant in downtown Oakland that serves authentic Guerrero cuisine.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

Impact Food

Impact Food, co-founded by Stephanie Claudino Daffara and Kelly Pan, a food technology company that creates sustainably sourced, plant-based seafood alternatives.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

FoodWare

FoodWare, co-founded by Romina Silva and Ignas Bolsakovas, a tech enabled reusables tracking system & impact accounting platform that eliminates disposable foodservice packaging.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Casa Borinqueña

Casa Borinqueňa, founded by Lourdes Nau, the first vegan Puerto Rican restaurant in California serving classic dishes and special fusions.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

Breadbelly

Breadbelly, founded by chef-owner Clement Hsu, is a bakery and cafe inspired by Asian traditions with contemporary Californian American tastes.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

B.T.R. Nation

B.T.R. Nation makes healthy, on-the-go snacks with clean ingredients and are designed to be functional, low-sugar, and better for you.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

negozee

Negozee is a San Jose-based company supporting Latino immigrant entrepreneurs by offering expert-led, peer-driven business content en Español.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Projo*

Projo* manufactures protein-enhanced cold brew coffee with all natural ingredients and is based in San Jose.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Green Girl Bakeshop

Green Girl Bakeshop makes organic, plant-based, allergy-friendly ice cream sandwiches and gelato.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Twrl Milk Tea

Twrl Milk Tea makes environmentally-friendly, plant-based milk tea and boba toppings.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Seawoof

Seawoof manufactures sustainable dog gear.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

Render Goods

Render Goods is an upcycled home goods store.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

OLITA

Olita is an environmentally-conscious sun care company.

Beauty & Self-care

Nirvana Soul Coffee Purveyors

Nirvana Soul Coffee Purveyors is a coffee shop with locations in San Jose and Cupertino.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

Fonda Technologies

Fonda Technologies is an all-in-one platform for restaurants that provides comprehensive services to manage and grow their online presence.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Dokkaebier

Dokkaebier is an Asian-inspired craft brewery.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

The Empowered Cookie

The Empowered Cookie is a delicious low carb, paleo, gluten-free, grain-free, vegan, plant-based cookie.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Pilotly

Gain insight into any video or creative asset by using Pilotly to create and field studies that will help you discover what your consumer really thinks.

Technology, Education & Innovation

CEO Kids & Company

CEOkids & Co. provides high quality, flexible full-time and part-time care at over 120 locations throughout North America.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Bad Walter's Bootleg Ice Cream

Bad Walter’s Bootleg Ice Cream is a lactose-free dairy ice cream company in Oakland, CA.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Adda Veggie

Adda Veggie by Down to Cook transforms your favorite vegetables into a delicious, high-protein, vegan ground meat alternative.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Ziva Naseer

Ziva Naseer makes handmade luxury mosaic handbags.

Apparel

Rize Up Bakery

Rize Up wants to share our love of delicious, thoughtfully baked breads made with naturally leavened, organic, and sustainable high-quality ingredients.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Renegade Running

Renegade Running is a retail store and community of runners in Oakland, CA. Let's run together.

Apparel

Marcus Alexander

Marcus Alexander is a boutique footwear company with global aspirations. We fuse tradition and innovation to create gutsy, sophisticated, tech-infused footwear that is rooted in everyday utility.

Apparel

Just Date

Just Date Syrup is a low-glycemic index sweetener made from one perfect ingredient: wholesome, organic, California dates.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Happy Moose Juice

Happy Moose Juice is a line of juices and wellness shots made with heirloom produce — sourced from the cosmetically imperfect harvests from the fields of our farm partners.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Cole + Jade

Cole+Jade makes handmade plant-based, all-natural face and body products.

Beauty & Self-care

COBA Coffee

COBA reimagines the cafe experience rethinking coffee and tea into a convenient bar.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Ayaba Wines

Ayaba Wines is a canned sangria company based out of Oakland, CA.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

5 Element Food Therapy

Our fresh whole food supplements are the easiest way to add wholesome nutrient rich, organic vegetables to your pet's diet.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Pezzy Pets

Tasty single and limited ingredient treats made exclusively from invasive fish. Pezzy treats are great for pets and the environment!

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Proyecto Diaz Coffee

Coffee roasters rooted in coffee. As a family we’ve been in coffee over 100 years. Our mission is to rebuild and revitalize farms + legacies.

Pound Bizness LLC

Pound Bizness is a couple-owned pound cake company that offers local pick-up and nationwide shipping.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

MadeBOS

AI Internal Mobility platform that empowers employees to drive their own development.

Technology, Education & Innovation

P. Harrell Wines

P. Harrell Wines is a small-production wine label that sources its grapes from partner vineyards in Sonoma County.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Endless Summer Sweets

Endless Summer Sweets is a family-owned, counter-serve joint that prepares corn dogs, funnel cakes and other carnival-inspired bites.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

East Brother Beer Co.

East Brother Beer Company is a neighborhood brewery & taproom for tasters, pints & to-go growlers in industrial-cool digs.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Dreamcatcher

Future N Focus: DreamCatcher is an online workforce development tool designed to help people discover their most suitable career path.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Bold Property Restoration

BOLD Property Restoration is based in the Bay Area and specializes in commercial and residential restoration.

Business Services

BakeSum

Bakesum is a modern bakery with Asian American viennoiserie, cakes, and pastries.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Scenic Made

Scenic Made makes organic baked goods with personalized packaging to send to your friends, colleagues & loved ones.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Morris + Wade

Morris + Wade makes luxury body care products that are free from artificial ingredients.

Beauty & Self-care

Bolita

Bolita makes their masa exclusively with Mexican, landrace maíz and uses local and organic ingredients for all of our rellenos, salsas, guisados.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Little Moon Bakehouse

Annie's T Cakes is an Asian American, woman-owned bakery creating vegan treats inspired by East Asian treats from childhood.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Tonita's

Tonita's Kitchen is known for their staple product, Sweet Vine Cuban Sauce.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

That's My Jam

That's My Jam is a small-batch jam business that sells handmade, low-sugar and pectin-free jams.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Squeaky Green

Squeaky Green House Clean is a full-service cleaning company offering eco-friendly services to small businesses and residences in Oakland, CA.

Business Services

Scarlet Fire Hot Sauce

Scarlet Fire is a small-batch hot sauce made with Fresno, habanero, & Thai chili peppers.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Pillar Childcare & Cowork

Pillar Cowork and Childcare is a coworking space that provides licensed on-site childcare.

Business Services

Munchrooms

Munchrooms is a San Francisco based mushroom jerky business that offers 3 different umami-packed and highly nutritious jerky snacks.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Iyoba

IYOBA is an Oakland-based, Black woman-owned, environmentally conscious clean beauty company that offers handmade all-natural products for hair, body, and home.

Beauty & Self-care

Emmerse

Emmerse is an artisan curated brand that makes scented soy candles, soy wax melt, mango body butters, and natural bar soaps.

Beauty & Self-care

Beth Miles Design

Beth Miles is a designer, brand strategist, and entrepreneur that combines industrial design, art, apparel design, and interiors in her work with leather, fabrics, and hardscapes.

Apparel

Baby Bean Pie

Baby Bean Pie is an artisan bakeshop that provides treats made with the superfood, Navy Bean, in a creative and wholesome way.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Brutha's Honey

Bruthas Honey is a black-owned bee farm based in Solano County that offers honey, soaps, and candles.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Electrospit

Introducing ElectroSpit, the tubeless mobile talkbox for the future.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Coracao Confections

Scrumptious and health-conscious organic vegan chocolate.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Maker Studio Kidz

Maker Studio Kidz is reimagining education through creative expression, storytelling, and STEM for future generations of curious creative minds.

Technology, Education & Innovation

Charlotte Truffles

Charlotte Truffles is a luxury chocolate shop that creates culturally classical inspired bonbons with diverse flavor profiles.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Forest and Flour

Forest & Flour makes delicious wholesome food that is safe for people with food allergies and sensitivities to enjoy.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Avocurl

AVOCURL sells natural, handcrafted, nontoxic hair products for curls, coils, locs and waves.

Beauty & Self-care

Oakland Craft Company

Oakland Craft Company offers gifts and hard-to-find craft supplies at great prices.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

BerryClean

From deep cleaning to house cleaning and office cleaning, BerryClean provides residential and office cleaning services across the Bay Area.

Business Services

Dragonfly Designs

Dragonfly Designs is a woman-owned, full service in-person and virtual art experience company that offers team building events, birthday parties, after school art classes and camps, and adult workshops.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

Wisdom Supply Co

We design plastic-free, vinyl-free and spiral-free school  and office supplies because the mass production of products creating permanent waste is outdated, shortsighted, and reckless.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

Tallios Coffee and Tea

Tallio’s Coffee is a coffee roaster and cafe headquartered in Bayview, San Francisco, California that brews quality, high-end coffee.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

The Final Sauce

The Final Sauce handcrafts full, smooth-bodied barbeque sauces and spices for any meal.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

GlōGirl Cosmetics

GloGirl Cosmetics is a makeup brand with bold lip, eye, and cheek products that celebrates diverse beauty.

Beauty & Self-care

GDS Cloth Goods

GDS Cloth Goods makes reusable cloth goods designed for daily rituals, with 100% transparent sourcing and ethical manufacturing.

Retail, Gifts & Other Goods

Ugly Pickle Co

Upcycling produce. Ending food waste. Follow our SF restaurant @shuggiespizza.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

Down to Cook

Down to Cook is a food company that makes a line of plant-based meal starters, Adda Veggie, designed to be mixed with fresh vegetables to create delicious, complete meals.

Teas with Meaning

Teas With Meaning is committed to providing organic loose leaf tea blends and authentic tea experiences. Developed in the heart of Oakland.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Brash

BRASH creates paraben, sulfate, and dye-free products for your skin, scalp, and space.

Beauty & Self-care

Something Better Foods

We are on a mission to democratize access to healthy, plant-based foods by making them affordable and accessible by ALL people.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

Nona Lim

Nona Lim offers fresh Asian bone broths, soups, rice and ramen noodles made with clean, non GMO ingredients.

Luminalt

Luminalt is located in San Francisco and installs solar panels, both residential and commercial, in the Bay Area.

Localest

Localest Foods is a hyperlocal distribution platform for small and emerging food brands.

Restaurants, Cafes and Catering

Farmgirl Flowers

Farmgirl Flowers makes signature burlap-wrapped bouquets, plants and more

EBY

Eby Construction is a full service woodworking company providing superior quality millwork, cabinetry, and furniture.

Business Services

Blossom Foods

Blossom Foods offers soft-textured foods for people with swallowing disorders.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

AGW

AGW Screenworks is a multi-service printing provider.

Business Services

Yoconut Dairy Free

Yoconut Dairy Free is a plant-based food innovation company.

Packaged Foods, Beverages, & snacks

Viscera

Viscera sells handcrafted apothecary and modern jewelry.

The Veg Hub

The Veg Hub is committed to social good, educating people about the health benefits of vegan foods, and making it accessible to everyone in our community.

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