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Santa Monica

75
companies
$2.25B
total raised
B2B, Consumer, Healthcare
top industries
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A bit of history

Donald Douglas founded the Douglas Company in Santa Monica on July 22, 1921, and the aircraft maker grew into one of the city's largest employers for decades before consolidating operations elsewhere. That aerospace-and-manufacturing base gave way to a different kind of builder starting in the 1980s and 90s, as digital media startups moved into converted warehouses and lofts along the coast. By the early 2010s the stretch from Santa Monica through Venice and Playa Vista had earned its own name: Silicon Beach.

Series D$1.04B
Metropolis Technologies, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2019

Metropolis transforms the parking experience with a computer vision platform that enables checkout-free payment.

Series DB2B
Series D$123.1M
WFC LA, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2020

This is the operating entity behind Angel City FC, the NWSL women's soccer club launched with a majority female-led celebrity ownership group including Natalie Portman, Serena Williams, and Eva Longoria.

Series DB2B
$117.5M
BASE BOY ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK INC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

Focus on your art while we handle the complexities of talent management, including negotiations and long-term strategy.

B2B
Series D$112.2M
WONDER PROJECT, INC.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Stream uplifting faith-based movies, original series, and family-friendly entertainment on Wonder Project — available on Amazon Prime Video. Start your free 7-day trial.

Series DB2B
$110.0M
GREENRIDGE PHOENIX PROJECT
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022

A Santa Monica company still operating in stealth mode (its actual business is undisclosed) that has nonetheless filed SEC Form D notices for roughly $150M in offerings since 2023.

B2B
Series C$75.3M
Capra Project, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

This is the former legal name of Wonder Project, the faith-focused studio founded by director Jon Erwin ("Jesus Revolution," Amazon's "House of David"), which in 2026 partnered with AI startup Luma to launch the hybrid-production venture Innovative Dreams.

Series CB2B
$55.4M
Technology Holdings North America Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022
B2B
Series A$54.7M
Titan Content, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

TITAN CONTENT is a K-pop entertainment company based in the United States. We create global & innovative K-pop artists and content.

Series AB2B
Series A$50.5M
BPC Metro Coffee LLC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

Metro Coffee is an Onsite Beverage Service provider located in the Metro Atlanta area

Series AB2B
Series C$40.9M
Super League Enterprise, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Super League unites insights, creative, and distribution into one Play Intelligence Engine; built on a decade of gamer culture expertise to supercharge engagement everywhere your audience plays.

Series CB2B
Series B$36.0M
Rabbit Inc/DE
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2020

unlimited AI conversations, translation, and voice recordings — all in your $199 AI-native device rabbit r1, plus a chance to explore cutting-edge agents.

Series BB2B
Series B$35.5M
Salted Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Founded by Jeff Appelbaum (a former BeachMint executive), the Los Angeles restaurant-brand platform appeared on Shark Tank.

Series BB2B
Series F$28.0M
Malbon Golf, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Committed to golf

Series FConsumer
Series A$26.4M
JIMMYASH LLC
Santa Monica, CA

Founded by serial food entrepreneur Jamshid Ashourian, who previously founded ProVita and invented the 'Fruit For Life' shelf-stable fruit product.

Series AIndustrials
$26.2M
ExoDexa Holdings Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022
B2B
Series C$25.5M
Provivi, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Provivi using modern science to help farmers protect crops in a naturally effective and sustainable way.

Series CIndustrials
Series D$25.0M
Community.com, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Personalized, two-way SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Messages, RCS, and more. No algorithms. No noise. Just your Community.

Series DB2B
Series A$17.4M
Freestyle World, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Freestyle makes Skin Shield and BambooTek diapers. Founded by parents, Freestyle is focused on technology-driven babycare for parents who want premium performance without the markup. Skin Shield diapers are TCF (Total Chlorine Free) and EWG Verified.

Series AConsumer
Series B$15.5M
Syndex Bio Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022

Syndex Bio was founded by Geoff Smith and raised a $15.5M seed round backed by ARCH Venture Partners, one of the top-tier biotech venture firms.

Series BHealthcare
$14.6M
Soapbox Holdings, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Soapbox was founded by CEO Danny He and has raised roughly $20.2M, with investors including Mucker Capital, Plug and Play, and Mana Ventures.

B2B
Series A$14.1M
Homecourt, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Discover Homecourt's luxury home & body care products, crafted with fine fragrances & non-toxic ingredients to elevate your daily rituals.

Series AB2B
Series A$13.4M
G2G Ventures, PBC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024

Founded by Gregg Renfrew, the founder and former CEO of clean-beauty brand Beautycounter.

Series AConsumer
Series A$12.3M
HM Bradley, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2018

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Series AB2B
Series A$10.0M
Greenfly, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Greenfly's short-form media software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement.

Series AB2B
Series A$10.0M
AllVoices Holding Co.
Santa Monica, CA

AllVoices is the AI-native employee relations platform for anonymous reports, cases, and investigations. Save hours with AI case summaries and reports.

Series AB2B
Series B$10.0M
Topicals RX, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Topicals is transforming the way you feel about skin through effective science backed products for chronic skin conditions and mental health advocacy.

Series BConsumer
Series A$8.8M
STYNGR CORP.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2020

STYNGR makes in-game audio seamless with easy SDK integration and flexible monetization options. Elevate your game with fully licensed music from major labels and indie artists.

Series AB2B
Series A$8.5M
Small Molecules Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

SmallMolecules.com provides the largest listing of commercially-available small molecule products, assisting researchers to find the products they need to drive discovery.

Series AB2B
Series A$8.3M
Jeeva AI, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Build, deploy, and govern autonomous digital workers across revenue, IT, service, and operations. Automate workflows, execute tasks, and scale work with AI-powered digital workers.

Series AB2B
Series B$8.1M
Avenda Health, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Bringing Confidence to your Prostate Cancer Treatment Decisions A revolutionary platform that delivers tailored insights for prostate cancer management,

Series BHealthcare
Series A$7.5M
4UNIQUENESS INC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023
Series AB2B
Series A$7.4M
Corner Health Platform, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024

Find an independent primary care provider near you who takes your insurance and has real time to listen. Same-day, evening, and Saturday visits in AZ & WA.

Series AB2B
$7.0M
Fluxnium, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2026

Fluxnium's founder and CEO, Jeff Green, previously co-founded Stamps.com in 1996 with Jim McDermott (also a Fluxnium board member) and Ari Engelberg; Green also co-founded Rusheen Capital Management.

B2B
Seed$6.9M
JenZ Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2019
SeedB2B
Series C$6.7M
Just Imagine, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
Series CB2B
$6.7M
Oxen Labs Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022
B2B
Series A$6.1M
Doughy Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Gluten free, grain free, vegan cookie dough. Enjoy Doughy raw or baked.

Series AB2B
Seed$6.0M
Keeta, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022

Keeta is a layer-1 blockchain network that connects payment networks. Direct blockchain-to-blockchain transactions are processed with settlement times of 400 milliseconds and a throughput of 10 million transactions per second.

SeedB2B
Series A$5.6M
Suma Wealth, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Meet Charlie, your AI financial coach inside the SUMA app. Get personalized budgeting, savings, and investing advice in English or Spanish.

Series AB2B
Seed$5.2M
Concrete AI, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Co-founded by Mathieu Bauchy, a UCLA professor whose research the company's technology grew out of; early backers include the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment.

SeedB2B
Series A$5.2M
Roundtable Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Launched in 2022 by entertainment-industry veterans including Dominic Ianno, John Baldecchi, and Robert Norton, a former COO of Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions and chief business officer of Animal Logic.

Series AB2B
Series D$4.8M
Drink Barcode, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2019

Barcode is a plant-based, adaptogen-powered functional beverage for everyday performance.

Series DB2B
Seed$4.2M
Eggscape Entertainment Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

Play Eggscape, the ultimate multiplayer Mixed Reality game where you battle robots, collect abilities, and create custom levels with up to 4 players. Join the immersive fun now!

SeedB2B
Seed$3.8M
2A Biosciences, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022

Founded in 2022 by CEO Alex Speiser; backed by investors including Boost VC, Capital Factory, Gaingels, Healthspan Capital, and Mystic Ventures.

SeedHealthcare
Seed$3.6M
Kindra Corp
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2019

Kindra is transforming vaginal health and sexual wellness for women navigating their changing bodies and profound hormonal shifts.

SeedB2B
Series A$3.1M
Vivamed, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024

VivaMed BioPharma is a clinical-stage biopharma advancing new chemical entities and repurposed drugs across neurology, pain, psychiatry, pulmonology, and rheumatology. Operator-led development, global partnerships.

Series AHealthcare
Series A$3.0M
Henry Rose Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

The first line of fine fragrances created with 100% ingredient transparency. Cruelty Free, Hypoallergenic, No Parabens, No Phthalates. EWG Verified™ and Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Gold. Created by Michelle Pfeiffer.

Series AB2B
Series A$2.6M
Happy Head, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

New: Custom prescription hair growth formulas from board-certified dermatologists. 200+ Rx formulations with FDA-approved ingredients. 1M+ prescriptions delivered. Start your free assessment.

Series AB2B
Seed$2.5M
SHOP DIDDO, INC.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

Founded in 2022 by Rishi Nair, Ryan Sullivan, and Pamela Chen (operating as Diddo); raised $2.8M in seed funding led by Link Ventures and was backed by Comcast NBCUniversal's SportsTech accelerator program.

SeedB2B
Seed$2.3M
Moonware Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2020

Moonware builds the AI systems that run ground operations. HALO, its Ground Traffic Control™ solution, gives airlines, handlers, and airports control over turnarounds, gate-in to gate-out.

SeedB2B
Series F$2.2M
Bancreek Capital Advisors, LLC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

Unlock the power of data-driven investing with Bancreek Capital Advisors. Explore our actively managed ETFs and interactive visualization tools for smarter investment decisions.

Series FB2B
$1.6M
Allstora, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024

The bookstore for all stories.

Consumer
Seed$1.2M
ONDA LIFE, INC.
Santa Monica, CA

ONDA is a private members-club platform founded by Luca Del Bono, connecting members to private, health, and business clubs and experiences worldwide.

SeedB2B
Seed$1.2M
Birdies Corp.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Birdies, a cannabis pre-roll brand, was co-founded by Dan Nicholls, previously an investment banker focused on cannabis industry M&A.

SeedB2B
$1.0M
Stage Diver INC.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2020
B2B
Seed$850K
Datum Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2020

At Datum Technologies Group, we are industry veterans with expertise in managed services, technology project delivery, and global workforce solutions.

SeedB2B
$790K
Crosscut SPV Frontier, L.P. - Series 1
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2025

This is a special-purpose investment vehicle tied to Crosscut Ventures, a Santa Monica VC firm that has shifted its focus to frontier technology investments in space, defense, and energy transition.

B2B
Pre-Seed$700K
AQX Brands, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2025
Pre-SeedConsumer
Series A$655K
LendTech, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022
Series AB2B
Series C$555K
Of The Gods Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022
Series CConsumer
Seed$460K
Curbside Electric Co
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

Curbside Electric was founded by Erik Anderson and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA; it builds curbside EV charging infrastructure for governments, universities, and utilities, including a pilot with Montgomery County, MD.

SeedB2B
Seed$333K
Proper Hospitality, LLC
Santa Monica, CA

Our luxury boutique hotels & residences offer bold design and modern wellness, featuring Kelly Wearstler’s signature interiors and immersive local culture.

SeedB2B
Series A$300K
CeraRoot USA Inc
Santa Monica, CA

Founded by brothers Dr. Josep Oliva and Dr. Xavi Oliva; the company makes the CeraRoot metal-free ceramic (zirconia) dental implant system.

Series AHealthcare
Seed$300K
Be Afraid Media, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2025

Be Afraid Media is a horror-first media company building brands across digital, audio, film and television, licensing, and commerce. Home of Dread Central, Be Afraid TV, and the Be Afraid Podcast Network.

SeedB2B
Pre-Seed$250K
Pureskin, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2026
Pre-SeedB2B
$200K
Robin Bay Capital I, LLC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2025

Robin Capital backs ambitious founders at Angel to Series A. We invest in grit, software, and vision—supporting startups with capital, experience, and founder-first values.

Healthcare
Series A$100K
TrueRelief, LLC
Santa Monica, CA

TrueRelief is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive medical device that delivers an electroceutical treatment that uses a patented combination of high frequency electrical current delivered dynamically by a skilled medical professional. The treatment itself is completely painless.

Series AB2B
Seed$70K
Griddy Sports, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024

Griddy was founded in 2024 by Brian Birt, a former product lead at fantasy-sports platform Sleeper, and is based in Santa Monica.

SeedB2B
Seed$60K
Shoreline Bespoke Vehicles Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Shoreline Bespoke Vehicles is a a new boutique carmaker in California that offers limited-production, high-performance vehicles with classic designs and modern engineering. The company

SeedIndustrials
Seed$50K
QR Live Technologies, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2025
SeedB2B
$30K
Awake Universe, LLC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023

The Awake Network specializes in curated online events that truly impact your life. Every year we put our energy into a few quality online conferences on what you want to know about mindfulness, meditation and living a good life.

B2B
Seed$20K
TurboPermit Corp
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2024

TurboPermit helps residential builders and developers cut permit approval time by up to 50% with AI plan pre-check, digital forms, and one source of truth. Book a demo.

SeedB2B
Series A$1
GREENRIDGE ENTERPRISE INC
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021
Series AB2B
DAIN, INC.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2023
B2B
Personalized Beauty Discovery, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA

Personalized Beauty Discovery, Inc. is the legal entity behind Ipsy, the beauty subscription company founded in 2011 by YouTube beauty influencer Michelle Phan along with Marcelo Camberos and Jennifer Goldfarb.

Consumer
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