Santa Monica
The breakdown
249 startups on file in Santa Monica, spanning B2B, Healthcare, Consumer, 231 of 249 have disclosed funding, $6.59B combined, 63 at Seed stage, founding dates span 1996-2026.
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.
Investors headquartered in Santa Monica
Exterior wildfire sprinkler and site-planning systems designed to reduce home ember-ignition risk.
Fusion Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that invests in engineered products and essential services businesses across the commercial and industrial markets of North America.
Stic connects advertisers with drivers to turn everyday vehicles into measurable media through campaign planning, live tracking, and reporting for out-of-home advertising.
Keyframe Labs builds human foundation models that power lifelike, interactive avatars with photorealism, emotion, and real-time latency.
Kopacetic AI provides empathic AI-powered communication coaching.
Luxury Presence provides a growth platform for real estate professionals, offering services like real estate websites, SEO, social media management, paid ads management, and an AI CRM.
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.