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Pasadena

24
companies
$340.3M
total raised
B2B, Healthcare, Industrials
top industries

A bit of history

Pasadena began in 1874 as the Indiana Colony, an agricultural settlement carved out of Rancho San Pasqual, and took its Ojibwa-derived name the following year before incorporating in 1886. Citrus groves and winter resort hotels drew wealthy industrialists west through the early 1900s, and in 1890 the city held its first Tournament of Roses parade. Throop Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1891, grew into the California Institute of Technology, and after World War II Caltech began managing the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory. That combination of scientific research and precision manufacturing turned Pasadena into a hub for aerospace and instrumentation work that continues today.

$73.4M
ProrataAI, Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2024

AI search/advertising company (ProRata.ai) backed by Touring Capital, Mayfield Fund, and Revolution Ventures; has raised more than $75M total, including a $40M Series B in September 2025.

B2B
$60.0M
LA Brasada S Lender II, LLC
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2019

Brasada Ranch is a family-friendly resort located just outside of Bend, Oregon that features luxurious accommodations, championship golf, world-class dining and amenities, and endless recreation throughout Central Oregon.

B2B
Series C$52.1M
Virtualitics, Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Virtualitics is an AI solutions company that transforms data into impactful action with AI readiness applications for defense, government, and enterprise.

Series CB2B
Series A$50.1M
Deep 6 AI Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Deep 6 AI, founded in 2013 by Brian Dolan and Wout Brusselaers with backing from Point72 Ventures and the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, was acquired by Tempus AI (Nasdaq: TEM) in March 2025.

Series AB2B
Series A$13.3M
Fluid Efficiency Corp
Pasadena, CA

Fluid Efficiency’s removable DRA is designed to unlock capacity in natural gas liquids pipelines by reducing drag and then being removed before downstream processing.

Series AIndustrials
Series D$12.9M
Everest Cassell Ridge Holdings, LLC
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2024

Everest Properties is a privately-held real estate investment firm specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, and asset management of real estate.

Series DB2B
Seed$10.4M
Sophia Space, Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2023

Orbital AI Edge Compute for Next-Gen Space Operations

SeedB2B
Series A$10.2M
PARC Ventures Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2019

With a focus on long-term value creation, Park Ventures LLC strategically invests in select real estate holdings, development projects and private companies. From Land Investment in high-growth markets to commercial, residential and industrial Real Estate Development projects, we help communities

Series AB2B
Series B$10.0M
Avicena, LLC
Pasadena, CA

Avicena was founded in 2019 by Bardia Pezeshki and raised a $65M Series B led by Tiger Global with participation from SK Hynix and Prosperity7 Ventures.

Series BHealthcare
$8.4M
Cre8tech Labs, Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Cre8tech Labs does business as Lender Price, a mortgage fintech that received a strategic investment from Regions Bank in 2018.

B2B
Seed$6.8M
Tele911, Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2020

Tele911 integrates emergency medicine telehealth and patient navigation into 911 & EMS systems.

SeedHealthcare
Seed$6.4M
Mitico, Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2022

Mitico is a carbon-capture company built on technology developed at Caltech, founded in 2022 by Clément Cid, Alan Gu, and Leopold Dobelle; it raised a $4.3M seed round in 2025 led by Exergon.

SeedB2B
Seed$5.0M
AcuraStem Inc
Pasadena, CA

Co-founded by CEO Sam Alworth and Dr. Qing Liu; this ALS/FTD biotech was awarded $7.5M in grant funding from California's stem cell agency (CIRM) toward its first human trial, on top of earlier NIH and DOD funding.

SeedHealthcare
Seed$4.3M
StrokeDx, Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2022

Co-founded by Shane Shahrestani, incubated through Caltech's OTTCP startup program; the company closed an oversubscribed $5M Series Seed Prime round in 2024 backed by investors including Freeflow Ventures and DigiTx Partners.

SeedHealthcare
Series B$3.5M
LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
Pasadena, CA

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a new class of oncology treatments and cancer therapies called PP2A inhibitors.

Series BHealthcare
Seed$3.4M
FastLane Labs Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2022

Co-founded by Alex Watts, the LA-based startup has raised over $8M, backed by investors including Multicoin Capital.

SeedB2B
Series A$3.0M
NUDJ HEALTH, INC.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2021

Strengthen care and improve patient outcomes by prescribing a healthier lifestyle

Series AB2B
$3.0M
Eydle Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2020

Eydle operates accredited application security verification infrastructure aligned with enforcement frameworks across mobile, web, and cloud ecosystems.

B2B
$1.8M
Tap Systems Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Tap Systems was founded in Pasadena in 2015 by Dovid Schick and Dr. Sabrina Kemeny to build the Tap wearable finger-tap keyboard and mouse.

B2B
Seed$882K
SeqOnce BioSciences, Inc.
Pasadena, CA

SeqOnce was co-founded in 2014 by Chris Angermayer and Joseph Dunham as a spinout from the University of Southern California, and has drawn investment from Wavemaker 360 Health and Mount Wilson Ventures.

SeedHealthcare
Series E$688K
Miso Robotics, Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Miso’s AI-powered kitchen automation platform to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and scale restaurant operations seamlessly.

Series EB2B
$600K
Spinasana LLC
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2025

Spinasana offers a balanced mix of premium rhythmic spin and hot yoga classes designed to strengthen, stretch and rejuvenate the body. Flexible membership options in Pasadena, CA.

B2B
$100K
SnowStride LLC
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2025
B2B
Seed$40K
GHN Career Academy Inc.
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2024

GHN Career Academy was founded by career coach Ron Nash and is based in Pasadena, California.

SeedB2B
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