Southern California's
Tech
Startup Directory
Showcasing Southern California's innovation, one startup at a time. Every funded and bootstrapped company, from seed round to first dollar of revenue, tracked as it happens.
Includes SEC Form D filings from the last 3 years, plus all-time totals for companies sourced from YC and news coverage.
Artificial Intelligence
The region's largest single cluster by company count — AI and machine learning threaded through nearly every other industry here, from defense to biotech to entertainment.
Aerospace & Defense
Home to SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and a new wave of hypersonics and space-infrastructure startups.
Entertainment & Gaming Tech
Hollywood's production infrastructure, live events, and a growing games and creator-tools scene.
Semiconductor Hardware
Qualcomm and Broadcom anchor a chip-design cluster spanning the region.
Medical Technology
A deep biotech research base and a growing bench of medical device and diagnostics startups.
B2B
Business software and services sold to other companies. The largest single category of startup across Southern California, spanning sales tools, vertical operating systems, and everything in between.
Industrials
Manufacturing, hardware, and physical-world operations. Overlaps heavily with the region's decades-old aerospace and defense manufacturing base, now extending into robotics and automated production.
Consumer
Products and apps built directly for individual consumers, drawing on Southern California's media and entertainment base.
Healthcare
Health tech, medical devices, and healthcare services, backed by a decades-old biotech research base and a deep bench of clinical and diagnostics startups.
Fintech
Financial technology: payments, banking, investing, and financial infrastructure.
Education
Education technology and learning platforms built across Southern California.
Real Estate & Construction
Property technology, construction tech, and real estate services.
Series B$61.0MAnaheim-based snack company that raised a $15M Series B in December 2024 led by existing investor Cambridge Companies SPG, and named board chair Kevin Rutherford as CEO in the same round.
Series A$60.8MSan Diego biologics company led by CEO Krisztina Zsebo, PhD, developing vascular biologic therapies for ischemic stroke and acute cardiovascular disease.
Series A$60.3MKudos® is the recognition and rewards platform designed to fit your unique workplace culture.
Series B$60.1MPlexium is a next-generation targeted protein degradation (TPD) company that discovers Monovalent Direct Degraders and Molecular Glues.
$60.0MBrasada Ranch is a family-friendly resort located just outside of Bend, Oregon that features luxurious accommodations, championship golf, world-class dining and amenities, and endless recreation throughout Central Oregon.
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Series D$57.5M1 Supercompany, 7 Frontier Labs Building an Everything Supercompany for Humanity
Series B$57.1MFounded by CEO Ryan Schonfeld, the physical-security software company has raised over $65M, including a Series B led by Anthos Capital, with early backing from well-known angel investors Elad Gil and Lachy Groom.
Series C$56.4MBacked by Microsoft's M12 fund, Intel Capital, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital, the edge-AI chipmaker filed an S-1 for an IPO in July 2026.