Venice
The breakdown
28 startups on file in Venice, spanning B2B, Consumer, Media and Entertainment, 26 of 28 have disclosed funding, $560.1M combined, 8 at Seed stage, founding dates span 2017-2024.
A bit of history
Tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney founded Venice of America on July 4, 1905, dredging marshland along the coast south of Santa Monica into a network of canals modeled on Venice, Italy, complete with gondolas, a pier, and an amusement zone. The town operated as its own city before Los Angeles annexed it in 1926, largely so the growing metropolis would have a beach within its limits. Many of the original canals were later filled in, but the surviving waterways and the beachfront boardwalk carried Kinney's resort into its next identity as the bohemian, art-and-fitness-driven Venice Beach neighborhood known today.
Series C$229.3MGenies builds AI-driven avatars and digital characters; letting creators and brands define a character's appearance; personality and backstory and then deploy it across games; fan experiences and soci
Series D$139.5MMerkle Manufactory Inc. is a software company that contributes to the Farcaster protocol and works on clients.
Series C$84.2MBloom Nutrition provides health and wellness supplements for women, with high quality ingredients to support energy, gut health and hormone balance. Shop our greens, beauty and fitness supplements.
Series A$18.9MNovo Space, Co. offers a full ecosystem of products to simplify the development process of complex space systems, including tailored subsystems, electronic boards, and FPGA IP Cores.
$15.7MRadical Group Inc. helps businesses unlock their full potential through integrated solutions in Data, AI, Digital Design, and Training.
Grew out of Mick Ebeling's Not Impossible Labs as "Hunger: Not Impossible," a text-message platform connecting food-insecure families with prepaid meals from local restaurants; it later rebranded as Bento.
Seed$10.3MLeisure Hydration is a canned functional-hydration beverage brand with electrolytes, vitamins, and adaptogens, sold at Whole Foods, Erewhon, and Kroger.
Elodie Games was co-founded by Riot Games/League of Legends veterans Christina Norman and David Banks, and raised $32.5M in Series A funding backed by Andreessen Horowitz before shutting down in 2025.
Series A$5.7MPoolsuit, Powersuit, Playsuit. Do it all in one suit. Left On Friday is a premium active swimsuit brand. Designed for sport. Destined for fun.
Seed$5.5MScale end-to-end influencer, affiliate and referral programs. Empower your customers and creators with cobranded landing pages, cash and store credit rewards, gifts, and much more!
Series B$5.0MApres Hotels LLC provides hotels that offer a storied and thoughtful hideaway for the adventurous traveler with an appreciation for both old and new.
$2.2MEco-luxury clothing from regenerative materials. TreeSilk TENCEL-blend, GOTS organic cotton, European Flax. Made in LA. Every purchase plants a tree.
Seed$1.2MWelcome to Compulsion Games!
$1.1MWolves FE Inc. produces American Whiskey, including specific blends like Winter Run, Batch 3, and American Single Malt expressions from their Malted Barley Series.
$1.1MDOPE Venture Studio Inc., operating as Incomparably Dope Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm focused on unique concepts local to Arizona.
$865KMake a hard decision, end to end.
Series A$678KFIXE aims to empower restaurants with financial data and insights through its bookkeeping experience, offering software and dedicated account management for services such as KPI reports, P&L statements, POS integration, payroll processing, and vendor payments.
Seed$658KGrinData micro markets software leverages best-in-class high-frequency trading and machine learning to deliver reliable odds pricing on the most markets. Brought to you by Grin Gaming.
Seed$578KMprooV Corp offers a platform that reimagines self-improvement with personalized action plans, expert-curated content, gamification, and a support ecosystem to help users achieve their goals.
Orka Beverage was co-founded by Michael Moriarty and Nash Hale and is backed by investors including Air Venture Partners, OpenSky Ventures, and SuperAngel.Fund.
Seed$185KRedbloom is the only gut healthy chili crisp bringing bold flavors to sensitive guts. Seed-Oil Free, Vegan, Low Fodmap, GF. We microencapsulate chili peppers in oleic acid from avocado oil, creating a layer of healthy fat to cushion the gut from spicy flare-ups - making the product truly gut-healthy.
Seed$100KExplore Artificial Genius for cutting-edge AI solutions that redefine engineering and enhance enterprise productivity.
Simplyfuel sells protein balls made with simple ingredients that are gluten-free and can be used as pre and post-workout fuel.
Credit Key provides B2B payment solutions that allow businesses to offer customers instant access to capital and flexible payment options like 'buy now, pay later' with terms up to 24 months.