Coffee, a Market Street headquarters, coworking, a founder tower, an early-stage fund, a bank-data company and a table on 7th Street.
A walk for someone who has just started a company and needs a map of what is around them: where to get coffee, where a company of size works, where to rent a desk, where founders gather, who invests early, who handles bank connections, and where to sit down afterwards. Every stop is a public address or a block from the city's registry.
Getting there: Start at 66 Kearny Street, near Montgomery Street station (BART and Muni Metro).
Stop 1 of 7
66 Kearny St
Start the week with coffee at 66 Kearny Street. The city's registry has Andytown here from March 2026, and the cafe lists weekday hours of 7am to 5pm; it is closed on weekends. Plan a Monday start and take the cup with you.
Look for: The cafe frontage on Kearny Street; check the hours on the door.
Ground-floor cafe open to anyone.
15 min hereThen walk 5 min
Stop 2 of 7
760 Market St
Figma's own site gives 760 Market Street, floor 10, as its address, and the city's registry has the company here from July 2021. Use it as a landmark for the Market Street corridor you will cross all week; the company's lobby is not open to walk-ins.
Look for: The entrance on Market Street; the company's floor is high above it.
Worth seeing from the street.
5 min hereThen walk 8 min
Stop 3 of 7
Block from the DataSF registry; Industrious has not published a floor or door here.
The registry lists Industrious SF 945 Market Street LLC here from January 2024, and our record describes managed coworking floors with meeting rooms and wifi. This is the desk option on the walk. Access is for members, so the sidewalk is as far as you go before you book a visit.
Look for: The 945 Market lobby; the coworking floors are inside the building.
Members only; events are the way in.
5 min hereThen walk 2 min
Stop 4 of 7
995 Market St
Frontier Tower describes itself as a 16-floor vertical village at 995 Market Street for frontier-tech founders and researchers working in AI, crypto, biotech, robotics, neurotech, longevity and the arts. It is a members' building, so you take in the tower from the sidewalk and look up.
Look for: The tower on Market Street; the floors above hold the community.
Members only; events are the way in.
5 min hereThen walk 7 min
Stop 5 of 7
Block from the DataSF registry; the firm has not published a door.
Initialized Capital's registered office is on Tehama Street, an alley in SoMa; the registry has it here from March 2017. Its own site says the firm looks for founders with grit, audacity and a spark of rebellion. The firm lists pre-seed and seed stages, so this is the kind of door a first-time founder knocks on.
Look for: An alley frontage with no sign; the block is the stop.
Private office. Nothing to see inside; the building is the story.
3 min hereThen walk 8 min
Stop 6 of 7
Block from the DataSF registry; Plaid has not published a street door.
Plaid's company page says it makes it easy for people to securely connect their financial accounts to the fintech services they choose. The registry has Plaid at 1098 Harrison Street from August 2019. If your product needs to read a customer's bank data, this is a company you will meet early.
Look for: Nothing marked; the block is the stop.
Private office. Nothing to see inside; the building is the story.
3 min hereThen walk 4 min
Stop 7 of 7
270 7th St
End at a table. Sightglass at 270 7th Street has been in the city's registry since October 2009, and lists weekday hours of 6:30am to 5pm and weekend hours of 7am to 5pm. Order something, open a laptop and write the list for week two.
Look for: The roastery counter at the front of the room.
Ground-floor cafe open to anyone.
15 min here
Walking times assume 80 m per minute on streets (straight-line distance x 1.3). Stories are written by us and backed by the sources on each place page.