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.

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

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

TITAN CONTENT is a K-pop entertainment company based in the United States. We create global & innovative K-pop artists and content.
Metro Coffee is an Onsite Beverage Service provider located in the Metro Atlanta area

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.

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

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

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Founded by serial food entrepreneur Jamshid Ashourian, who previously founded ProVita and invented the 'Fruit For Life' shelf-stable fruit product.
Provivi using modern science to help farmers protect crops in a naturally effective and sustainable way.

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

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.

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.

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

Discover Homecourt's luxury home & body care products, crafted with fine fragrances & non-toxic ingredients to elevate your daily rituals.
Founded by Gregg Renfrew, the founder and former CEO of clean-beauty brand Beautycounter.

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

AllVoices is the AI-native employee relations platform for anonymous reports, cases, and investigations. Save hours with AI case summaries and reports.
Topicals is transforming the way you feel about skin through effective science backed products for chronic skin conditions and mental health advocacy.
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.
SmallMolecules.com provides the largest listing of commercially-available small molecule products, assisting researchers to find the products they need to drive discovery.

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

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

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

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.

Barcode is a plant-based, adaptogen-powered functional beverage for everyday performance.
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!
Founded in 2022 by CEO Alex Speiser; backed by investors including Boost VC, Capital Factory, Gaingels, Healthspan Capital, and Mystic Ventures.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The bookstore for all stories.
ONDA is a private members-club platform founded by Luca Del Bono, connecting members to private, health, and business clubs and experiences worldwide.
Birdies, a cannabis pre-roll brand, was co-founded by Dan Nicholls, previously an investment banker focused on cannabis industry M&A.


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

Our luxury boutique hotels & residences offer bold design and modern wellness, featuring Kelly Wearstler’s signature interiors and immersive local culture.
Founded by brothers Dr. Josep Oliva and Dr. Xavi Oliva; the company makes the CeraRoot metal-free ceramic (zirconia) dental implant system.

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.

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

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

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.

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.
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.