The 50 Consumer companies that produced the most founders (2026)

A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.

Refreshed 2026-10-05 · updates nightly

#	Company	Sector	HQ	Founded	Founders	Companies started
1	1000memories	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2010	4	7
2	Exec	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2012	3	6
3	Touchy	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2026	3	6
4	FamilyLeaf	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2012	3	4
5	Peak	Consumer	Sweden	—	3	4
6	CarWoo	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2009	3	3
7	Mofibo	Consumer	—	—	3	3
8	OrderAhead	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2011	3	3
9	Fanvibe	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2010	3	2
10	Handy	Consumer	—	—	3	2
11	Layer By Layer	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2013	3	2
12	North	Consumer	Kitchener, Canada	2013	3	2
13	Playdom	Consumer	—	—	3	2
14	SigmaOS	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2021	3	2
15	Teespring	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2013	3	2
16	Yoshi Mobility	Consumer	Nashville, USA	2016	3	2
17	Drapr	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2020	3	1
18	Flightcaster	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2009	3	1
19	Necto	Consumer	New York City, USA	2018	3	1
20	ON Running	Consumer	—	—	3	1
21	Quell	Consumer	London, United Kingdom	2020	3	1
22	Ready Education	Consumer	Montreal, Canada	2016	3	1
23	Typedream	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2020	3	1
24	Wellhub	Consumer	—	—	3	1
25	Green Park	Consumer	—	—	2	6
26	Cue	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2010	2	5
27	Google Summer of Code	Consumer	—	2005	2	5
28	West Co.	Consumer	—	—	2	5
29	Decide	Consumer	—	—	2	4
30	Mojo	Consumer	Paris, France	2018	2	4
31	Caviar	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2011	2	3
32	CureFit	Consumer	Bengaluru, India	2016	2	3
33	GroupMe	Consumer	—	—	2	3
34	Shout	Consumer	New York City, USA	2014	2	3
35	Streem	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2012	2	3
36	Wakemate	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2009	2	3
37	Anchor FM	Consumer	United States	—	2	2
38	Anyvite	Consumer	Columbia, USA	2008	2	2
39	Apollo Health	Consumer	—	2015	2	2
40	Ark	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2012	2	2
41	Bitplay	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2010	2	2
42	Block Renovation	Consumer	—	—	2	2
43	Confide	Consumer	—	—	2	2
44	Convore	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2011	2	2
45	Heyzap	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2009	2	2
46	Jamglue	Consumer	Seattle, USA	2006	2	2
47	Local Kitchens	Consumer	—	—	2	2
48	N3twork	Consumer	—	—	2	2
49	Ngmoco	Consumer	—	—	2	2
50	Opzi	Consumer	San Francisco, USA	2010	2	2

How this is counted. A person counts as an alumnus of a company if they founded it or worked there. They count towards the company’s score if they went on to found at least one other company that was started no earlier than the company itself. Universities and other non-commercial organisations are pruned from the graph where we can identify them. Data is community-corrected — fix something.