Costa Mesa
The breakdown
20 startups on file in Costa Mesa, spanning B2B, Fintech, Healthcare, 18 of 20 have disclosed funding, $5.5B combined, 3 at Seed stage, founding dates span 2009-2024.
A bit of history
The community began as Harper, a stop on the Santa Ana and Newport Railway named for a local rancher, before residents voted in 1920 to rename it Costa Mesa, Spanish for "coastal tableland." The city incorporated on June 29, 1953, and grew from a semi-rural farming community into a retail and commerce hub anchored by South Coast Plaza, which opened in 1967 and became the highest-grossing shopping center in the country. Costa Mesa became known as a center of the action-sports industry, home to the headquarters of Vans, Hurley, and Volcom, alongside credit-reporting giant Experian's North American headquarters.
Startup & tech events in Costa Mesa
Series G$4.79BAnduril builds AI platforms to protect troops; fight wildfires; perform search & rescue missions; and provide border surveillance. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Irvine; California.
Series D$189.9MHappy Money is a California consumer lender offering unsecured personal loans; mainly for credit card debt consolidation; originated in partnership with credit unions.
Series F$378.4MTOCA offers indoor soccer training for all ages and skill levels. Kids classes, private training, adult pickup, leagues, and camps across North America.
Series A$10.6MDirect Investment & Distribution Platform Gulf of America
$9.1MActive Entertainment Texas, LLC provides event planning, film & live production, and event rental services for schools, corporate events, and weddings.
$8.1MSeaboard Corporation manages every aspect of its business from farms and processing plants to container shipping and commodity trading, with roots in grain and agriculturally derived products.
Seed$6.8MLeading the future of the creator economy, Amaze helps creators make products, sell merch online, and increase revenue with cutting-edge commerce solutions.
Seed$1.0MJack Henry™ is a well-rounded technology provider serving community and regional financial institutions with a wide offering of capabilities.
$844KWe offer portable pitching mounds, portable game pitching mounds, portable practice pitching mounds, regulation game mounds, and fiberglass game mounds for Little Leagues, Babe Ruth and Senior Leagues in Iowa, Texas, California and the entire U.S.
Pre-Seed$695KBot Mediation offers plaintiffs and defendants an AI-powered solution to resolve legal disputes through mediation.
$488KUTC Records is a global record label and distribution company for artists, and WHITE WALL MANAGEMENT is their artist and producer management arm.
Seed$300KAI phone agents that call, qualify, and route your leads in under a minute. Built-in CRM integrations for insurance, legal, financial, and medical businesses.
ONIT Holdings is an Irvine, CA agtech company developing organic, non-GMO alternatives to synthetic pesticides, and it has raised capital through the equity crowdfunding platform Manhattan Street Capital.
OrangeTwist is a med spa that provides treatments ranging from facials to full-body transformations and also offers medical weight loss treatments.
Gold Flora offers California grown and handcrafted products.