Southern California's
Startup Directory
Series B$84.3MRebuilding healthcare with AI at the core
Pre-Seed$250KBetter, faster tech vendor research
Series D$833.1MWe provide efficient in-space mobility that moves payloads from low Earth orbit to any destination. Our vehicles deliver rapid, reliable access, reducing costs and timelines to make space operations feasible for commercial, government, and scientific missions.
Series C$80.1MOutpace AI-driven attacks. Unify Digital Risk Protection, Human Risk Management, and Email Security to stop digital threats before they scale, empower your teams to lead your defense, and scale your SOC with agentic AI.
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WHAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUILDS
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.
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Series A$5.6MEyeArt by Eyenuk is an autonomous, FDA-cleared AI for diabetic retinopathy screening and disease detection at the point of care.
Seed$5.6MWe partner with global industry leaders to craft and deliver groundbreaking consumer electronics and connected solutions.
Series A$5.6MMeet Charlie, your AI financial coach inside the SUMA app. Get personalized budgeting, savings, and investing advice in English or Spanish.
Seed$5.6MCLIQ makes the world’s most portable chairs—ultra-compact, quick to set up, and built for everyday adventure. Whether you’re camping, tailgating, or relaxing at the beach, CLIQ chairs offer comfort, durability, and convenience in a sleek, travel-ready design.
$5.6MSequence unifies editing, color grading, audio mixing, library organization, and reviews so post-production teams can work better together.
Series B$5.6MEvofem’s mission is to empower women by providing products that give women the control and flexibility they desire
Seed$5.5MScale end-to-end influencer, affiliate and referral programs. Empower your customers and creators with cobranded landing pages, cash and store credit rewards, gifts, and much more!