B2B
12 b2b startups based in Goleta, $183.6M raised total, led by Alpha Design AI, Inc. ($74.1M raised). See what B2B means more broadly on the B2B industry page.
The breakdown
12 of 12 companies have disclosed funding, $183.6M combined, 5 at Series A stage, making up 71% of the 17 Goleta startups on file across every industry, founding dates span 2019-2024.
Companies
Does business as ChipAgents, an agentic AI chip-design platform founded by CEO William Wang; has raised $134M in funding from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and Matter Venture Partners.

Laxmi will help people with diabetes stay in range more often, supporting better day-to-day control and long-term health through industry-first dermal continuous glucose monitoring.

Quintessent is developing optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
Leeta Materials, Inc. manufactures ceramic powders and sintered components designed to meet precise industrial requirements for applications in various industries.

LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions is a propulsion and power generation company supplying lightweight, highly efficient, power-dense, electric and hybrid systems for aerospace, defense, unmanned aircraft systems, and advanced air mobility.
Transphorm, co-founded by Umesh Mishra and Primit Parikh and backed by investors including Google Ventures and KKR, was a Nasdaq-listed company (TGAN) that Renesas agreed to acquire in 2024 to expand its GaN power semiconductor business.

OpenLight Photonics is a company that provides custom Photonic Application Specific Integrated Circuits (PASIC) design enablement, inhouse design, and production using its silicon photonics technology.

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