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Los Angeles

605
companies
$20.79B
total raised
B2B, Consumer, Industrials
top industries
Photo: Basil D Soufi · CC BY-SA 3.0

The breakdown

605 startups on file in Los Angeles, spanning B2B, Consumer, Industrials, 435 of 605 have disclosed funding, $20.79B combined, 96 at Series A stage, founding dates span 1974-2026.

A bit of history

Aviation took root here in 1910, when Wilbur Wright's biplane demo at Dominguez Hills sparked a rush of aircraft builders to the region's clear, flyable skies. Donald Douglas set up shop in 1920, renting space in an old movie studio in Santa Monica, before Douglas Aircraft grew into one of the city's largest employers. A few miles away, North American Aviation's Inglewood plant turned out thousands of P-51 Mustangs during World War II. Los Angeles has been building aircraft and entertainment side by side for over a century.

Investors headquartered in Los Angeles

Crosscut VenturesSeed, Series A
Upfront VenturesPre-Seed, Seed, Growth
TenOneTen VenturesPre-Seed, Seed
GreycroftSeed, Series A, Growth
BAM VenturesSeed, Series A
A26 VenturesPre-seed, first round
Series A$25.0M
DOEN
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 175 employees

Doen is a women-run Los Angeles fashion label selling vintage-inspired womenswear in collections it describes as drawn from a nostalgia for the coastal California of decades past. Launched in 2016 and

Series ARetail Apparel and Fashion
Series A$10.0M
Warp
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021

A company which consolidates and optimizes shipments to stores; fulfillment centers; distribution centers; and last-mile sortation hubs.

Series ASupply chain
Series A$21.0M
Parallel Bio
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 20 employees

Parallel Bio is a Los Angeles; California-based biotechnology company developing curative immunotherapies and related technologies.

Series ABiotechnology
Series A$15.0M
arketa
Los Angeles, CA · 55 employees

Vertical SaaS company based in Los Angeles.

Series ASaaS
Series B$22.5M
dataPlor
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 126 employees

dataPlor helps global companies succeed in emerging markets by providing hand-collected and verified business data.

Series BEnterprise Software
Series B$17.8M
VUZ
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 126 employees

The leading immersive social app; that allows users to stream & experience a new level of immersive realism in XR and the Metaverse.

Series BSocial media marketing
Seed$10.0M
Cheehoo
Los Angeles, CA · 31 employees

Cheehoo is an AI-driven animation technology company revolutionizing 3D content creation. Founded by industry veterans; it offers tools that integrate with Maya and Unreal Engine; accelerating animati

SeedArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Series B$88.0M
Parallel Systems
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 67 employees

Parallel Systems reveals it is decarbonizing freight by building a cleaner; automated rail future

Series BTransportation
Pre-Seed$2.3M
Dosen
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 6 employees

Dosen is an AI-powered employee alignment platform founded in 2020 by Ronan Wall; Cian McCarthy and Victor Burke.

Pre-SeedArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Seed$3.0M
BLNG AI
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 6 employees

AI-driven tools provider for jewelers; designers; brands and retailers.

SeedSoftware as a service (SaaS)
Seed$4.3M
Uthana
Los Angeles, CA · 6 employees

Uthana operates as a 3D character animation studio that uses generative AI.

SeedArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Series A$13.0M
Omnitron Sensors
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019 · 6 employees

Omnitron sensors provides sensor technology.

Series AHardware
Series A$27.6M
Sydecar
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 31 employees

Sydecar helps clients start and run a fund or SPV

Series ATechnology
Series A$11.0M
OceanWell
Los Angeles, CA · 6 employees

OceanWell is a California-based water technology company on a mission to help end the water crisis and adapt to climate change.

Series AHealth technology
Series D$576.2M
Sunbit
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 161 employees

Sunbit offers pay-over-time technology that allows users to finance everyday expenses by dividing payments into manageable installments.

Series DFinance
$9.5M
Carbon Ridge
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 6 employees

Carbon Ridge is a technology that offers a fuel-independent method to decarbonize ships.

Enterprise
Series A$10.0M
Dyania Health
Los Angeles, CA · 31 employees

Dyania Health develops a research platform for pharma companies and hospital systems.

Series AHealth technology
Series B$11.2M
MeWe
Los Angeles, CA

MeWe is a Los Angeles-based company.

Series BSocial media marketing
Series B$6.0M
MeWe Network
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2012 · 31 employees

MeWe is a Los Angeles-based social network.

Series BSocial media marketing
Series B$41.7M
Mangomint
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 31 employees

Mangomint offers salon and spa software for appointment and client management.

Series BManagement information system
Seed$3.7M
Linker Finance
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2023 · 31 employees

Linker Finance sells a digital banking platform to banks; combining mobile and online channels in a single system so an institution can offer a consistent experience across both. It was founded in 202

SeedBanking
Seed$3.0M
PrivacyHawk
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 6 employees

Privacyhawk is a personal data protection app that helps reduce peoples' digital footprint and reduces their risk of scams and fraud.

SeedDatabase
Seed$3.5M
Wright Electric
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 10 employees

Commercial electric airliner company based in Los Angeles; USA.

SeedClimate
Series B$43.0M
Sahara AI
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2023 · 126 employees

Sahara AI is a decentralized AI network that enables freely and securely deploy autonomous AI with high-performance; privacy-first network.

Series BArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Series A$65.6M
HeyGen
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 157 employees

HeyGen is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2020 by Joshua Xu.

Series AArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Seed$22.0M
Afterparty
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 31 employees

Building community and technology for the Web3 creator economy

SeedContent creation
Series A$98.8M
BuildOPs
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 106 employees

BuildOps redefines the commercial contractor experience with its all-in-one operational platform. It eliminates the need for multiple systems to manage your business; merging smarter operations under

Series ASoftware as a service (SaaS)
Series A$28.0M
OP3N
Los Angeles, CA

Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of EST Media Holdings; OP3N is a platform that combines the best of Web2 and Web3 into a chat SuperApp where chat; commerce; community and unique and memorable experien

Series ABlockchain
Series A$15.0M
DRESSX
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019 · 126 employees

DRESSX is a multi brand retailer of digital fashion clothing.

Series AMetaverse
Seed$32.0M
Plai Labs
Los Angeles, CA

Plai /plā/ (verb) : To engage in artificial intelligence for the purpose of enjoyment and recreation.

SeedGenerative AI & LLMs
Series B$26.9M
RentSpree
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 164 employees

Operator of a rental listing platform intended to seamlessly screen and verify tenants.

Series BCar
Series A$25.5M
Merkle Science
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 60 employees

Merkle Science provides blockchain monitoring solutions to help detect and prevent illegal activi...

Series AFinance
Series C$150.0M
Kitchen United
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 153 employees

Kitchen United is a service in the United States offering a multi-restaurant order and delivery platform.

Series CFood technology
Series B$89.8M
Pangaea
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 209 employees

Marketplace that develops and scales digital-first brands for a wide audience.

Series BBrand management
Series A$43.0M
Jadu
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2001 · 126 employees

Jadu is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2001.

Series APayment system
Series A$43.0M
JADU AR Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019 · 78 employees

Jadu AR Inc. is a Los Angeles augmented reality studio building multiplayer AR mobile games in which virtual characters and vehicles appear in the player's own physical space through a phone camera. I

Series AAugmented reality
Series B$54.6M
Rael
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 31 employees

Rael is a Los Angeles consumer brand selling organic-cotton period care alongside a K-beauty skincare range; supplements and vulva-care products. Its range covers pads; tampons; liners and period unde

Series BConsumer Goods
Series A$48.8M
Mathison
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019 · 31 employees

Mathison sells a workforce analytics platform for people; HR and talent leaders; tracking hiring practices; workforce composition and employee engagement; and turning the resulting data into an action

Series AHR & Future of Work
Series C$30.0M
WelcomeTech
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2006 · 31 employees

WelcomeTech is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2006.

Series CSoftware
Series A$16.2M
WeeCare
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 126 employees

WeeCare is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2017.

Series AMarketplaces
Series C$45.0M
Bambee
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 68 employees

Bambee gives small businesses a dedicated HR manager for a monthly fee; drafting policies and employee handbooks; guiding terminations and complaints; and keeping records; compliance work that becomes

Series CHuman resources
$66.5M
Tradesy
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2009

Tradesy was a peer-to-peer resale marketplace for women’s designer fashion; handling authentication; photography clean-up; shipping and returns so sellers could list used luxury items without managing

Collaborative consumption
Series A$100.0M
Snappt
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019 · 118 employees

Snappt is a Los Angeles rental-fraud prevention software company founded in 2019 by Daniel Berlind and Noah Goldman. Its AI-powered Applicant Trust Platform combines document analysis; identity; incom

Series A
Series B$30.0M
Endgame
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 31 employees

Endgame is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2021.

Series BSales
Series B$50.0M
Papaya
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016

Papaya is a Los Angeles-based financial services company founded in 2016.

Series BFinance
$103.5M
Nzxt, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2004 · 247 employees

Nzxt; Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2004 by Johnny Hou.

Electronics
Series C$95.0M
100 Thieves
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 231 employees

100 Thieves is an esports and gaming lifestyle company founded in 2017 by Dan Gilbert; Scooter Braun; Nadeshot; Matthew Haag and Drake.

Series CClothing
Series B$45.0M
Tripalink
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 126 employees

A Los Angeles based real estate startup providing co-living spaces.

Series BRental
Series B$41.8M
U–Nest
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 126 employees

U–Nest is a Los Angeles-based company.

Series BWealth & Investing
Series A$32.8M
Anoma
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 33 employees

Anoma; is a sovereign; proof-of-stake blockchain; that enables private; asset-agnostic bartering.

Series ABlockchain
Series C$308.7M
Mythical Games
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 163 employees

Mythical Games is a Los Angeles games studio and platform company that builds mobile games in which players own and can resell their in-game items. Its titles include FIFA Rivals; a licensed mobile fo

Series CGaming
$1.4B
CloudKitchens
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 31 employees

CloudKitchens provides kitchen infrastructure and software to food and beverage operators to expand their operations with minimal upfront capital and time.

Cloud kitchen
Series A$20.4M
Trellis
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 126 employees

Trellis is a Los Angeles-based law firm company founded in 2018 by Nicole Clark.

Series ALaw firm
Series F$731.6M
VideoAmp
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2014 · 381 employees

VideoAmp makes cross-platform media measurement and planning software; letting agencies; brands and publishers plan video campaigns; manage frequency across screens and measure audiences and outcomes.

Series FAdvertising
Series A$16.1M
Akridata
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 126 employees

Akridata is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2018.

Series ATechnology
Series A$53.0M
Complex NTWRK
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 156 employees

Complex NTWRK is a Los Angeles youth-culture media and commerce company; trading as Commerce Media Holdings LLC. Founded in 2018 as NTWRK; a live-streaming video commerce platform aimed at Gen Z and m

Series ADigital media
$111.3M
StreamElements
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2017 · 46 employees

StreamElements provides the production and monetisation layer for live streamers; overlays; alerts; chatbot and moderation; plus tipping; merchandise and sponsorship marketplaces; running in the cloud

Content creation
Series B$314.3M
ReCharge Payment
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2014 · 328 employees

ReCharge is an e-commerce payment processing app.

Series BFinancial technology
Series A$31.8M
Flip Fit
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019 · 126 employees

Flip’s Social Shopping platform blends the power of social media with the buying appeal of e-commerce.

Series AFashion
Series A$16.0M
involve.ai
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2015 · 54 employees

involve.ai is leading the Customer Intelligence Movement to empower companies with transformational growth

Series AAnalytics