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The Blockchain Agency That Started With $10,000 and a Newborn
Jarred Winn left Binance, spent his last $10,000, and built one of the Bay Area's first blockchain-focused marketing agencies. Eight years later it runs on brand, automation, and AI agents.
ModSquad
ModSquad is a Sacramento-based digital engagement company that provides on-demand customer support, content moderation, trust and safety, community management, and social media services for global brands. Founded in 2007 as Metaverse Mod Squad, it built a distributed network of vetted freelance moderators - called Mods - spread across 90+ countries and 55+ languages, letting clients scale coverage up and down without the overhead of a traditional call center. Its clients range from game studios and children's entertainment to e-commerce, media, and the U.S. Department of State.
Park Padel
Park Padel is a San Francisco-based padel club operator building Northern California's home for the fast-growing racket sport. Founded in 2023 by Jessica Talbert, Neil Chainani, and Katie Lampert after they discovered padel while traveling in Europe, the company runs three clubs - outdoor courts with Bay views at Embarcadero Plaza, a flagship indoor facility at Oyster Point in South San Francisco, and a location in West Sacramento. Park Padel blends court reservations, coaching, leagues, and social events with an app-first booking experience and a community-first approach, aiming to open 100 courts across the US over the next few years.
one.bio
one.bio is a Sacramento biotechnology company that releases short-chain plant fibers and makes them flavorless, odorless, colorless and water-soluble so they can be added to food and drinks at high doses without changing taste or texture. Spun out of UC Davis, it pairs a fiber-mapping knowledgebase called the Glycopedia with a proprietary depolymerization process to turn long-chain plant carbohydrates - including agricultural byproducts - into bioactive fibers that feed the microbiome and support metabolic and immune health. The company raised a $27M Series A in December 2024 and in early 2026 launched its discovery platform, its first clinically validated ingredient (one.bio 01) and a consumer brand, GoodVice.