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Industrials

Manufacturing, hardware, and physical-world operations. Overlaps heavily with the region's decades-old aerospace and defense manufacturing base, now extending into robotics and automated production.

97
companies
$1.76B
total raised
29
cities
Series C$434.9M
Radiant Industries, Inc
El Segundo, CA
Series CIndustrials
Series C$271.2M
Newlight Technologies, Inc.
Huntington Beach, CA

Newlight | AirCarbon - a natural, carbon-negative, regenerative, ocean-degradable material that can replace plastic. Harnessing the technology in nature to improve the world.

Series CIndustrials
Series D$244.8M
Advanced Manufacturing Co of America, Inc.
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2024

The El Segundo aerospace-parts manufacturer, known as Amca, launched with $76.5 million in initial funding from Caffeinated Capital.

Series DIndustrials
Series D$82.0M
FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC.
El Segundo, CA

Founded by Jia Yueting, the controversial Chinese entrepreneur behind LeEco who personally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 to address $3.6 billion in debt; he was reinstated as the company's co-CEO in 2025.

Series DIndustrials
Series C$78.6M
Antares Nuclear, Inc.
Redondo Beach, CA · Founded 2023

Factory-produced, deployable fission microreactors to provide strategic energy for mission-critical systems across Earth, space, and underseas.

Series CIndustrials
Series A$73.6M
Monarch Quantum, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2025

We’re an integrated photonics company in California building the light engines that power the next era of quantum technology — from advanced computing to precision sensing.

Series AIndustrials
Seed$71.0M
Enigma

Enigma is a physical AI startup building an intelligence layer for the robotics industry.

SeedIndustrials
Series B$61.0M
Tosi Snacks SPC
Anaheim, CA · Founded 2022

Anaheim-based snack company that raised a $15M Series B in December 2024 led by existing investor Cambridge Companies SPG, and named board chair Kevin Rutherford as CEO in the same round.

Series BIndustrials
$50.0M
AVAYNE LLC
Irvine, CA · Founded 2020
Industrials
Series B$50.0M
TS Conductor Corp.
Huntington Beach, CA · Founded 2021

TS Conductor's AECC technology doubles or triples capacity while cutting costs. Safe, easy installation with industry-leading performance.

Series BIndustrials
Series A$37.7M
Terraform Industries, Inc.
Burbank, CA · Founded 2021

Founded by Casey Handmer, a Caltech-trained physicist and former NASA JPL scientist, Terraform closed a $38M seed round at a $150M valuation to build synthetic natural gas from sunlight and air.

Series AIndustrials
Series A$35.5M
Nuvve Holding Corp.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2020

Nuvve: Batteries, microgrids and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) for Intelligent Electrification; Nuvve powers flexible energy by turning buildings, batteries, and EVs..

Series AIndustrials
Series A$30.0M
Evotrex
Los Angeles, CA

Evotrex is electrifying the RV by designing its products as mobile energy systems combining onboard power generation, energy storage, and intelligent energy management.

Series AIndustrials
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
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 B$24.0M
Kinderfarms LLC
Redondo Beach, CA · Founded 2022

KinderFarms was co-founded in 2018 by actress Jessica Biel, along with Jeremy Adams and Greg Willsey.

Series BIndustrials
Series C$20.6M
Coast Energy Holdings, LLC
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2021

Coast Energy partners with commercial property owners to convert underutilized spaces into revenue-generating energy assets. Zero capex solar, storage & microgrid solutions that increase NOI and future-proof your portfolio.

Series CIndustrials
Series A$19.0M
hiyo Inc.
Marina Del Rey, CA
Series AIndustrials
$17.1M
Happier Camper, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

The leader in lightweight fiberglass travel trailer design. Experience one of our luxury campers with our unique, flexible Adaptiv™ system.

Industrials
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 B$12.3M
Recurve Analytics, Inc.
Covina, CA

Recurve helps utilities, implementers, and partners transform customer data into reliable, cost-effective demand-side programs built to perform.

Series BIndustrials
Series D$10.6M
Next Energy Technologies Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA

NEXT Energy Technologies develops next-gen organic photovoltaic (OPV) solutions for vision and spandrel glass, creating energy-producing solar facades.

Series DIndustrials
Series A$10.2M
OK Stone Engineering, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2023
Series AIndustrials
Seed$7.4M
Hyperion Companies, Inc.
Orange, CA

Hyperion is focused on bringing sustainable energy to market for a better future. The company develops hydrogen fuel cells, energy storage, and advanced mobility solutions.

SeedIndustrials
$5.4M
Core-Arms, LLC
Irvine, CA

A federally licensed (ATF FFL) firearms manufacturer/dealer based in Irvine, CA, with patents assigned to inventor David Roth.

Industrials
$5.4M
Powur, PBC
Del Mar, CA

Powur: Accelerating the adoption of sustainable energy worldwide.

Industrials
Series D$5.0M
SOLAREN CORP
Manhattan Beach, CA

Cost Competitive Space Electricity

Series DIndustrials
Pre-Seed$5.0M
CZero, Inc.
Goleta, CA

Advanced engineering services and contract R&D for making energy cleaner across all sources and uses.

Pre-SeedIndustrials
$4.6M
Farming First Holdings LLC
Ventura, CA · Founded 2021

Check out the latest expert insight, news and case studies in agricultural innovation for development with Farming First.

Industrials
Seed$4.0M
Stetson Steel LLC
Anaheim, CA · Founded 2021

Stetson Steel supplies quality steel and galvanized products as well as ornamental iron.

SeedIndustrials
Series A$3.9M
Trinary Solar Group VIII LLC
Long Beach, CA · Founded 2025

Providing solar installations to commercial, industrial, and agricultural facilities. Trinary Energy uses a power purchase agreement to provide renewable energy at no up-front cost to you.

Series AIndustrials
Series A$3.8M
LumiTerra, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021

Lumiterra is a brand-new, multiplayer, open-world survival crafting game where you can battle, farm with your friends or mysterious collected creatures in a vast world!

Series AIndustrials
Seed$3.0M
May Lindstrom Skin, LLC
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024

The ultimate small-batch luxury organic skincare experience. Feed your skin with all natural, nutrient-filled ingredients. Every unique bottle has a birthday. You are worthy of extraordinary care.

SeedIndustrials
$3.0M
Congo Food Inc
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025
Industrials
Seed$2.4M
Hempacco Co., Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2019

Disrupting Tobacco

SeedIndustrials
Seed$1.8M
Trinary Solar Group V
Long Beach, CA · Founded 2022
SeedIndustrials
Seed$1.7M
Farmsense Inc.
Riverside, CA

Co-founded by Eamonn Keogh, a UC Riverside computer science professor known for his time-series data mining research, to apply that work to real-time insect pest detection for farmers.

SeedIndustrials
$1.4M
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
Ventura, CA

Rincon Consultants, Inc. was founded in 1994 and has grown to be a leading environmental consulting firm throughout California.

Industrials
Seed$1.2M
Calico Infrastructure Holdings LLC
Irvine, CA · Founded 2024

Calico Building Services is a leading nationwide provider of commercial janitorial, repair, maintenance and construction services.

SeedIndustrials
$1.0M
Sonfarrel Aerospace, LLC
Anaheim, CA

Operates as SON-AERO, an aircraft-parts manufacturer originally founded in 1955 and placed under new ownership in 2018 -- a legacy manufacturer rather than a new startup.

Industrials
Series A$750K
Alderbuck Energy, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2024

Alderbuck Energy is modernizing power distribution with solid-state transformer technology built for the electricity demands of AI, EVs, and the modern grid.

Series AIndustrials
$734K
Aptera Motors Corp
Carlsbad, CA · Founded 2019

Aptera is building hyper-efficient solar electric vehicles that get meaningful range from sunshine alone.

Industrials
Series A$720K
Pacific Integrated Energy, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Pi Energy was co-founded by Phil Layton (COO), and the solar technology company has raised capital from retail investors through the equity crowdfunding platform StartEngine.

Series AIndustrials
$500K
Arena Renewables SPV 1, LLC
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2023

Discover the benefits of renewable energy by creating a community solar site for a sustainable future.

Industrials
Seed$500K
Arena Renewables, LLC
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2023

Arena Renewables, co-founded in 2023 by CEO Matthew Kozey along with Geoff Johnson and Patrick Grumley, was acquired by Headwater Energy in 2026 along with its roughly 1 GW distributed solar and storage pipeline.

SeedIndustrials
Pre-Seed$450K
Delta-S Energy, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2024
Pre-SeedIndustrials
Series A$400K
beyondGREEN biotech Inc.
Santa Ana, CA · Founded 2018

Founded in 2016 by Veejay Patell along with his sons Rudy and Achyut, who started the Lake Forest, CA company in their family garage; it has drawn backing from Pet Care Innovation.

Series AIndustrials
Series A$250K
Coal Creations, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025
Series AIndustrials
Seed$185K
Redbloom Chili LLC
Venice, CA · Founded 2023

Redbloom 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.

SeedIndustrials
Seed$119K
Alcheme Bio Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2023

Nutralase® is a precision enzyme system from Alcheme Bio that removes off-flavors from plant proteins at the molecular source — clean label, drop-in, no reformulation.

SeedIndustrials
Series C$111K
AirVitalize Innovations, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022

Founded by CEO Serena Allen, who built an outdoor air-purification device; Allen has since announced she is shutting the company down.

Series CIndustrials
$100K
FARM PROJECT, PBC.
Marina Del Rey, CA

The Farm Project was founded by Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik with the mission to reconnect people with food.

Industrials
Seed$87K
ONIT Sciences
Irvine, CA

ONIT Sciences, based in Irvine, brought on Eric Mathur, a globally recognized plant geneticist and molecular biologist, as its Chief Science Officer.

SeedIndustrials
Seed$84K
OKMIN RESOURCES, INC.
Encino, CA · Founded 2020
SeedIndustrials
Series A$80K
Remote Epigenetics
Encinitas, CA · Founded 2022

Harnessing Epigenetics to Improve Crops

Series AIndustrials
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
$55K
87 Spirits, Inc.
Oceanside, CA · Founded 2019

Liquor store in Lenexa, Kansas

Industrials
Seed$25K
Atomic Fondue LLC
Culver City, CA · Founded 2026

Atomic Fondue is an upcoming indie film from director Dan Mirvish, co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival.

SeedIndustrials
Seed$20K
Dyverg Brands, LLC
Irvine, CA · Founded 2023

Brands is focused on building our own portfolio—brands that align consumer desire with long-term health and wellness trends.

SeedIndustrials
$20K
ONIT Holdings, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA · Founded 2022

ONIT Holdings is an Irvine, CA agtech company developing organic, non-GMO alternatives to synthetic pesticides, and it has raised capital through the equity crowdfunding platform Manhattan Street Capital.

Industrials
$44
Clarity Management Aggregator, LLC
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025
Industrials
$4
Amp to 11 Holdings, LLC
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022
Industrials
BEYOND MEAT, INC.
El Segundo, CA

Plant protein food you can feel good about. At Beyond, we use simple ingredients and plant proteins for everyday nourishment and to feed a better future.

Industrials
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space)
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 5 employees

Moon Hotel -> The Intergalactic Construction Company of Earth

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Wardstone
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025 · 8 employees

The Modular Interceptor Platform

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Inversion Space
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 28 employees

Turning space into a transportation layer for Earth

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Turion Space
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 15 employees

Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not

Y CombinatorIndustrials
AstroForge
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022 · 10 employees

We Mine Asteroids

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Impossible Metals
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022 · 20 employees

Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Seaflight Technologies
Torrance, CA · Founded 2022 · 4 employees

We make the world's most efficient aircraft

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Airhart Aeronautics
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022 · 9 employees

Airplanes anyone can fly

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Singularity
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 1 employees

Building and Protecting an Exciting Future

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Yondu
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024 · 12 employees

Robots to Automate Fulfillment

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Splash Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025 · 9 employees

Autonomous patrol-boats for National Security

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Orbital Operations
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025 · 10 employees

High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Manifold
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 2 employees

Deployment-ready robotic labor for the supply chain industry

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Neuron Industries
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 2 employees

Industrial Controllers built for AI

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Ethos Space Resources
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 2 employees

We make Silicon on the Moon.

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Hemlock
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 1 employees

Force-sensing wristband for training robotic AI

Y CombinatorIndustrials
JetPack Aviation
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 9 employees

Flying motorcycles

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Prime Lightworks
Culver City, CA · Founded 2016 · 1 employees

Prime Lightworks Inc. manufactures electric propulsion systems for…

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Icarus
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2025 · 50 employees

Stratospheric birds for defense

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Atmeto
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2023 · 2 employees

We develop ML that optimizes how batteries in the grid store energy

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Shinkei Systems
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022 · 80 employees

Robots for longer-lasting, better-tasting fish at scale.

Y CombinatorIndustrials
ThereCraft
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020 · 1 employees

Founder Star Simpson is the former MIT student who became nationally known in 2007 when she was arrested at Boston's Logan Airport for wearing a homemade LED name-tag device that police mistook for a bomb.

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Heart Aerospace
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2018 · 50 employees

Heart makes electric airplanes with an all-electric range of 250 miles

Y CombinatorIndustrials
TransAstra Corporation
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 8 employees

Orbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Relativity Space
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2015 · 2500 employees

Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.

Y CombinatorIndustrials
PickTrace
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2015 · 65 employees

Workforce Management for Large Farms

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Nuvola
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2016 · 4 employees

Nuvola is transforming battery manufacturing, making EV batteries…

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Zeitview
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2014 · 200 employees

Inspection software for renewable energy & sustainable infrastructure

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Ornadyne
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 4 employees

We're building robot birds for surveillance.

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Zephyr Fusion
San Diego, CA · Founded 2025 · 2 employees

Powering tomorrow's industrial revolution in space

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Ares Industries
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2024 · 2 employees

Building low-cost cruise missiles

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Advanced Metal Research
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 3 employees

Machine intelligence for American Welding

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Odys Aviation
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2021 · 11 employees

Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for major airlines

Y CombinatorIndustrials
Hop Aero
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2026 · 6 employees

Rocket cargo delivery to contested environments

Y CombinatorIndustrials
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