
Los Angeles
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.
Startup & tech events in Los Angeles
Investors headquartered in Los Angeles

Transform your productivity, efficiency & scalability through the MES manufacturing software from First Resonance!
Cheehoo, an AI 3D-animation startup, was founded by a group of Hollywood veterans including Rideback co-CEOs Michael LoFaso and Jonathan Eirich alongside producer Dan Lin (Netflix's former head of film), and raised $10M led by Greycroft with Point72 Asset Management participating.

Explore Starlings

Founded by veteran game developer Taylor Kurosaki (formerly of Naughty Dog, Sony, and Activision), the studio received a $100M investment from Korean gaming company Smilegate.
Co-founded by former Microsoft researchers Sadegh Riazi and Ilya Razenshteyn, CipherMode Labs raised a $6.7M seed round led by Innovation Endeavors, the VC firm founded by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Made using only clinically-backed ingredients in their most bioavailable formats. | Fertility, Prenatal, Postnatal, Perimenopause & Beyond

Mucho Mas Media is an independent studio that empowers and supports the stories of Latino communities and filmmakers through its global production, financing, and distribution capabilities.

The Realest is an online marketplace for authenticated entertainment memorabilia, using a proprietary witness-based authentication system.
Enterprise AI for finance that thinks and learns like people. VERSES Genius™ is used to manage risk when data is volatile, uncertain, complex & ambiguous.

Incite is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs, provides grants to non-profit organizations, and funds initiatives aimed at changing politics.
Luxury haircare and tools that turn everyday routines into meaningful rituals, helping support healthier hair with ease and intention.

OUTERSPACES INC. PHILADELPHIAS PREMIER DESIGNER AND BUILDER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, SWIMMING POOLS, FOUNTAINS, AND OUTDOOR LIVING SPACES.

We build kitchen intelligence tools to cut food waste, eliminate single-use packaging and optimize resources across every stage of food production.

Discover Bundy Group’s expert investment banking and advisory services, helping business owners achieve growth, strategy, and successful transactions.
DedCool translates fragrance across mediums so that scent is practically applied in your life. We embed fragrance into the items we use most to boost their functionality. DedCool integrates into daily touch points extending our signature scents into mundane products from laundry detergent to car air fresheners

Pace News provides breaking news, local news for areas like Inglewood and California, business, health, education, politics, community, law enforcement, lifestyles, and arts & entertainment.
Curb management for cities, airports and fleets. Real-time data. Automated payments. Smart loading zones. Zero emissions delivery zones.

Detect, decipher, and defend against coordinated narratives with PeakMetrics narrative intelligence.
Distribution marketing for music, entertainment, gaming, and brands. The AI Engine for virality, generating millions of views monthly.
Mosh, the brain-health protein bar brand, was co-founded by Maria Shriver and her son Patrick Schwarzenegger, and raised a $13M Series A led by Main Street Advisors.

Arena Club, an online sports card marketplace, was co-founded by entrepreneur Brian Lee (co-founder of LegalZoom/ShoeDazzle/The Honest Company) and Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, and raised a $10M Series A.

ORANGE COMET is a next-generation gaming and entertainment company creating immersive games in partnership with the biggest properties in the world.
Play Versus Inc. is the legal entity behind PlayVS, the scholastic esports platform founded by Delane Parnell, who stepped down as CEO in 2023 and was succeeded by Jon Chapman.

Forge Technology, Inc. supplies metal forming simulation software, provides consulting, training, and technical support, and supplies forging equipment to industrial and academic customers in the United States.

Automate compliance in life science regulated markets.

Mozza Foods is developing real dairy casein grown in soybean plants. A drop-in ingredient for dairy manufacturers, produced through plant farming at scale.
Co-founded by CEO Jeanine Wright, Inception Point AI produces AI-generated podcast personalities at large scale, reportedly publishing thousands of episodes per week across a catalog of over 160,000 episodes.

Hello Soju is the world’s premier sparkling soju and ultra-premium spirit. Hello Soju is made from rice-based soju and real fruit juice, with no artificial ingredients.
California Compounding is a trusted compounding partner for telehealth and clinics, offering office stock programs, prescriber portals, and scalable fulfillment.

The world’s leading platform for packaging and financing independent films, with tools for filmmakers, talent, and investors to connect and succeed.

Feel Goods offers natural, zero sugar drinks for wellbeing that combine pills and powders into complete mixes for nutrients.

Slips is the next-generation peer-to-peer betting platform where players bet against each other — not the house. Offering Heads Up, Pools, Tourlays, and AI-Generated Predictions, Slips creates a social-first experience where users win, connect, and compete in real time.
Co-owned by Issa Rae & Hannah Diop, Sienna Naturals is a vegan hair care line that delivers results. The line is specifically formulated to hydrate textured hair, revive your curl pattern, and repair styling damage.

Gemist.io offers innovative jewelry design and visualization technology to boost sales, engagement, and customer loyalty for fine jewelry brands.
Pludo. For a balanced body and mind.
HomeState is a Texas kitchen in Southern California serving breakfast tacos, queso, brisket, house-made flour tortillas and genuine hospitality.

AI-driven medical coding from Synaptec Health - a more accurate, secure, and comprehensive solution for all your medical coding needs.
Devign, Inc. is the legal entity behind MightyMeld, a visual React development tool founded by Steven Schkolne; the company has raised roughly $4.1M.

PiLogic is a dual-use company that revolutionizes aerospace by delivering precise, efficient, and mathematically grounded AI solutions for critical dual-use aerospace applications like tracking, diagnosis, and sensor fusion.

Rapid Satellite Payload-Tailored Design
All In Food makes organic snack bars with high-quality ingredients, and every bar sold helps fund local heroes fighting hunger and supporting nutritious food access initiatives in communities.
Hatsu Labs is an international game studio creating new player experiences.

Children’s healthcare products designed to make sick days more playful. Playhouse MD empowers kids to feel confident and connected — because a dose of play goes a long way.

Lumiterra is a brand-new, multiplayer, open-world survival crafting game where you can battle, farm with your friends or mysterious collected creatures in a vast world!
Founded by Robert Smithson, who serves as President & CEO; provides AI-based data and monitoring solutions for auto insurance companies.

ProCode Inc. provides an AI-Powered Medical Billing & Coding Copilot.
Jackpot 16 is a Blackjack-Poker hybrid card game, sold via its own site, Google Play, and eBay.
Does business as Mahmee, a maternal health startup co-founded by Melissa Hanna that raised $3M in seed funding from Mark Cuban and Serena Williams.
RiskFront provides an AI-enabled risk operating system called AIROS for financial crime risk and compliance operational tasks and workflows, consisting of three Agentic AI Systems: Due Diligence Research (DDR), Transaction Analysis (TXA), and Document Analysis (DXA).

ATTN: is a media company that builds a business around attention by engaging massive audiences through original social content, original programming, creative shop services, and branded partnerships.

DIG is a rapidly growing studio founded by industry veterans innovating to define the future of Gaming.

Banyan provides a receipt data platform that unlocks and activates item-level receipt data to power commercial and consumer applications.
Sandbox Studios invests in celebrity brands.
The ultimate small-batch luxury organic skincare experience. Feed your skin with all natural, nutrient-filled ingredients. Every unique bottle has a birthday. You are worthy of extraordinary care.