Encinitas
The breakdown
19 startups on file in Encinitas, spanning Healthcare, B2B, Software as a service (SaaS), 18 of 19 have disclosed funding, $522.9M combined, 5 at Seed stage, founding dates span 2015-2024.
A bit of history
The California Southern Railroad reached the area in 1881, and its townsite was surveyed and mapped in 1883, with the inland community of Olivenhain founded that same decade by German homesteaders. Encinitas remained a collection of separate communities, Old Encinitas, Leucadia, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, New Encinitas, and Olivenhain, until they incorporated together as a single city on October 1, 1986. In 1923 the Ecke family moved their poinsettia growing operation to Encinitas, and their grafting technique for producing fuller, more compact plants gave the family a near-monopoly on the U.S. poinsettia market for much of the 20th century. That flower business earned Encinitas its longtime nickname, the Flower Capital of the World.
Seed$4.5MMuse sells management software to museums and cultural institutions; covering ticketing; membership; fundraising; retail; venue rentals and programme scheduling in one system.
$445.0MOperator of a clothing brand intended to offer premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle.
Co-founded by Anton Kittelberger and Frank Westermann, who himself lives with diabetes; backers include Define Ventures and 7Wire Ventures.
$10.8MSTRATEGICALLY BUILDING WHAT THE GRID AND THE CLOUD NEED MOST
Seed$6.0MDeveloping novel long-acting therapeutics targeting chronic cardiometabolic diseases.
$5.6MSequence unifies editing, color grading, audio mixing, library organization, and reviews so post-production teams can work better together.
Founded and led by Dr. Sheila Gujrathi, a physician-scientist and serial biotech executive who also founded/chairs Vidya Therapeutics and Lila Biologics and sits on the board of Janux Therapeutics; the company is based in Encinitas, CA.
Founded by AAA gaming industry veterans John Blakely, Matthew Armstrong, Mark Cieslar, and Christopher Sturr, and backed by Menlo Ventures in a $3.4M seed round.
Seed$2.6MDiscover OrthoRPM, transforming home exercise programs with guided rehabilitation, motion tracking, and connected digital therapy solutions for clinics without paper.
The SEC filing entity for Rubbl, a heavy-equipment rental marketplace based in Encinitas, CA and co-founded by CEO Adam Greenberg; has raised $2.5M.
Seed$770KAynak is an online store that sells eyeglasses, sunglasses, computer glasses, power sunglasses, and reading glasses.
Pre-Seed$559KCaradon Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel disease-modifying peptide-based therapeutics for cardiometabolic diseases in humans and companion animals using proprietary enabling technology to create long-acting formulations.
$412KFinance, Illuminated. Illuminate Financial is a specialist venture capital firm defining the future of finance.
My Village Innovations (MVI Medical) is a women-led medical device company co-founded by Andrea "Annie" Munoz, PA-C, and Alfonso Munoz, focused on reimagining the vaginal speculum for gynecologic care.
$213KOkogen, Inc. is a clinical stage ophthalmic pharmaceutical company focused on developing a comprehensive treatment for both bacterial and viral acute infectious conjunctivitis.
$80KHarnessing Epigenetics to Improve Crops
$74KCarriero Foot and Ankle is a podiatric practice focused on treating foot and ankle conditions, led by Dr. Keenan Carriero and Dr. Zachary Kramer.
$55KSeren Bio Corp. sells products categorized for weight loss, skin, hair and beauty, recovery, bacteriostatic water, and performance, energy & wellness.
This entity is tied to Rubbl, the heavy-equipment rental marketplace co-founded by CEO Adam Greenberg.