Why Your Company should Join the OC Startup Council

We are a community service membership-based association dedicated to helping accelerate Orange County's startup ecosystem. 

#GrowthOC is both our hashtag and our mission!

Benefits of OCSC Membership 

Becoming a corporate member of our association will bring your company publicity and relationships with our highly targeted audience of Orange County startup professionals, entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capital firms, service providers, job seekers, and executives.

Member organizations get listed in our OC Startup Ecosystem Resources Directory to help attract new customers and investors. They are also repeatedly featured on the OC Startups Blog and twice-weekly newsletters - the #1 source for early stage tech startup news in Orange County.

Join as a Member or Sponsor to raise your company’s profile by being included in our valuable updates on OC startup resources, deal, events, jobs, and news. 

OCSC Membership can help your company:

• Increase mind share for your services with a valuable demographic of partners, employees, and investors

• Increase visibility to attract new customers

• Learn about new local business opportunities, financings, deals, and people

• NEW: Save big with Special Members-Only Offers for FREE legal services, accounting, cloud hosting, customer service, and more!

• See (or post) high tech startup job listings

• Win free tickets to local startup events

• Add SEO value to your website to improve Google search rankings

• Demonstrate to the community your company’s commitment to OC

• Support the growth of Orange County startups to create more jobs, revenue, and customers for everyone

If you’d like your company included in the OC Startup Council startup ecosystem directory listings, we’d be happy to have you.  We have many industry and specialty-specific categories for you to choose from to promote your company and services.

Please pick a path below to learn more about joining the OCSC today!

Our primary services are offering publicity for startup companies and corporate service providers looking to build name recognition, meet each other, and meet investors; hosting and publicity for startup events; and networking opportunities. We do not make direct investor introductions (although we’re happy to invite you to many events where local investors attend).

sponsorship info

Joining as a Member is great. But becoming a Sponsor is even better. (And Sponsorships INCLUDE membership and add your Logo to our newsletters and the popular OC Service Providers Chart)!

Nominations

If you're not looking for your own company to join, you can suggest other local startups and service providers here.