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Software & SaaS startups in Southern California

Software companies across the region, from Irvine's enterprise SaaS bench to Santa Monica's consumer apps: the broadest category here after AI, and the one people search for by city.

409
companies
$24.89B
total raised
46
cities

Companies

$21.1M
Nervana Systems
San Diego, CA · Founded 2014 · 48 employees

Nervana Systems was a San Diego-based company focused on the development of artificial intelligence and deep learning software. The company was acquired by Intel in 2016.

Machine Learning
Series C$5.0M
ClariPhy Communications
Irvine, CA · Founded 2002 · 126 employees

Company

Series CCloud computing
Series C$18.0M
SecureAuth
Irvine, CA · Founded 2005 · 351 employees

SecureAuth is an Irvine; California-based provider of access control solutions for premises; cloud and web applications; and resources. Solutions include multi-factor authentication; single sign-on;

Series CAccess control
Seed$863K
ExtendCredit
Irvine, CA · Founded 2009 · 31 employees

ExtendCredit is a web-based software platform enabling users to create and manage in-house customer financing plans.

SeedTechnology
Series C$26.6M
BlueCava
Irvine, CA · Founded 2010 · 31 employees

BlueCava is an Irvine; California-based online advertising company using device identification services to reach across networks and technologies for advertising services.

Series CSoftware
Series B$15.6M
Numecent
Irvine, CA · Founded 2012 · 31 employees

Numecent is a cloud technology provider headquartered in Irvine; California.

Series BCloud management
Seed$370K
SRCH2
Irvine, CA · Founded 2010 · 31 employees

SRCH2 is an Irvine; California-based company founded in 2010 by Chen Li.

SeedSoftware
Series E$98.0M
OpenX
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2007 · 522 employees

OpenX runs a supply-side platform for programmatic advertising.

Series EAdtech
Series F$44.5M
Kareo
Irvine, CA · Founded 2004 · 751 employees

Kareo is a medical billing services company providing a web-based medical practice management software.

Series FTechnology
$1.2M
GoSave
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2017 · 6 employees

GoSave is a company that built an app that aims to teach children how to save money.

Technology
Series A$1.0M
Pivotshare
Irvine, CA · Founded 2010 · 31 employees

Pivotshare is an Irvine; California-based company founded in 2010.

Series ASoftware
$25.0M
Nirvanix
San Diego, CA · Founded 2007 · 751 employees

Nirvanix is a San Diego-based company founded in 2007 by Edgard Capdevielle.

Software
Series A$8.0M
Guardtime
Irvine, CA · Founded 2007 · 126 employees

Guardtime's Black Lantern platform provides real-time cybersecurity and data-centric asset protection.

Series ASoftware
Series A$9.9M
CloudBlue Technologies
Irvine, CA · Founded 2018 · 126 employees

CloudBlue Technologies is a subsidiary of Ingram Micro that provides XaaS solutions and various platforms for company management.

Series ACloud computing
$13.9M
Evolution
Pasadena, CA · Founded 2001

Evolution; also known as Evolution Robotics; is a Pasadena; California-based software company founded in 2001.

Software
Series B$4.0M
Docstoc
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2007 · 126 employees

Docstoc is a Santa Monica; California-based company founded in 2007.

Series BEnterprise Software
$18.2M
Kofax
Irvine, CA · Founded 1985 · 1381 employees

Kofax is a robotic process automation company that digitizes complex and information-intensive workflows.

Enterprise Software
Series D$35.0M
DivX
San Diego, CA · Founded 2000 · 126 employees

Brand of video codec products developed by divx; llc

Series DSoftware
Metropolis Technologies, Inc. hero photo
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
$400.2M
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Avidity Biosciences is a company driven by the mission to profoundly improve people's lives by revolutionizing a new class of targeted RNA therapeutics through its Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOC™) platform.

Healthcare
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc. hero photo
$325.4M
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2019

Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.

Healthcare
Rakuten Medical, Inc. hero photo
Series F$225.9M
Rakuten Medical, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Rakuten Medical is developing the Alluminox® platform, an investigational platform based on photoimmunotherapy, to transform cancer treatments.

Series FHealthcare
$200.0M
Inhibrx, Inc.
La Jolla, CA

Anchored by our protein-engineering expertise and our proprietary single-domain antibody platform, we’ve developed a unique pipeline of therapeutic candidates.

Healthcare
ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hero photo
Series C$200.0M
ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2019

ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that develops RNA medicines leveraging RNA science and proprietary targeted delivery platforms to silence the underlying cause of disease.

Series CHealthcare
Series D$139.5M
Merkle Manufactory Inc.
Venice, CA · Founded 2021

Merkle Manufactory Inc. is a software company that contributes to the Farcaster protocol and works on clients.

Series DB2B
Series A$99.0M
Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc.
La Jolla, CA · Founded 2020

Enlaza Therapeutics is pioneering the field of covalent biologics, developing a novel classes of protein therapeutics based on its proprietary War-Lock™ platform.

Series AHealthcare
Series B$94.4M
Cambium Biomaterials, Inc.
El Segundo, CA

Advanced material solutions—from AI-driven design to agile U.S. manufacturing—for defense, aerospace, & high-performance applications

Series BB2B
Pearl Inc. hero photo
Series B$80.3M
Pearl Inc.
West Hollywood, CA · ~51-200 employees

FDA-cleared dental AI that detects 37% more disease. Join 29,000+ dental practices using Pearl's dental AI software. Book a demo.

Series BB2B
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Series A$60.3M
Kudos Technologies, Inc.
Woodland Hills, CA · Founded 2021

Kudos® is the recognition and rewards platform designed to fit your unique workplace culture.

Series AB2B
Series B$57.1M
HiveWatch, Inc.
El Segundo, CA

HiveWatch provides a platform that unifies physical security systems into one AI-powered command center to help security teams prioritize incidents and automate responses.

Series BB2B
TIDE ROCK YIELDCO, LLC hero photo
Series D$53.0M
TIDE ROCK YIELDCO, LLC
Solana Beach, CA · Founded 2020

Tide Rock is a growth platform for B2B companies that acquires founder-run businesses using an unlevered buyout model to grow their legacy.

Series DB2B
Virtualitics, Inc. hero photo
Series C$52.1M
Virtualitics, Inc.
Pasadena, CA

Virtualitics is an AI solutions company that transforms data into impactful action with AI readiness applications for defense, government, and enterprise.

Series CB2B
$52.0M
Epsilyte Holdings LLC
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2020

Epsilyte manufactures expandable polystyrene EPS materials for insulation, protective packaging, cold chain, foodservice, and molded applications.

B2B
AFFINITY BIOSENSORS LLC hero photo
Series A$48.5M
AFFINITY BIOSENSORS LLC
Santa Barbara, CA

Affinity Biosensors’ LifeScale platform delivers rapid, high-throughput phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing in under four hours, empowering clinical labs to make timely antibiotic decisions and combat drug-resistant infections.

Series AB2B
Salted Inc. hero photo
Series B$35.5M
Salted Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · ~11-50 employees

Salted Inc. is a platform that builds national, digital-first restaurant brands with clean, craveable food designed for a new generation.

Series BB2B
Turquoise Health Co. hero photo
Series B$30.0M
Turquoise Health Co.
San Diego, CA · Founded 2020

Price with precision. Negotiate with confidence. Turquoise is the platform 300+ healthcare organizations use to make sense of rates, contracts, and compliance.

Series BB2B
KYG Trade, Inc. hero photo
Series A$25.5M
KYG Trade, Inc.
Newport Beach, CA · Founded 2021

Enhance, extend or replace your legacy GTM software with affordable enterprise-grade AI-native trade and tariff management software from KYG Trade.

Series AB2B
Mapped Inc. hero photo
Series B$25.5M
Mapped Inc.
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2019 · ~11-50 employees

Mapped turns any building's systems, sensors, and devices into a structured, real-time world model — the data foundation AI agents and applications need to understand and act on the physical world.

Series BB2B
$25.0M
Mesa Residential Co LLC
Santa Barbara, CA · Founded 2025

Mesa Residential partners with market-leading property managers to grow for decades as a multigenerational platform with over 50 years of history building exceptional growth companies.

B2B
Foresee Medical, Inc. hero photo
Series C$24.5M
Foresee Medical, Inc.
San Diego, CA

AI-powered risk adjustment software designed to increase the profitability of Medicare risk contracts.

Series CHealthcare
GrowthBook, Inc. hero photo
Series A$22.6M
GrowthBook, Inc.
Anaheim, CA · Founded 2020

The 1st warehouse-native platform for experimentation, feature flags, and product analytics. Open source and fully transparent. Trusted by 3,000+ companies.

Series AB2B
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$21.3M
Lumati Holdings, LLC
Solana Beach, CA · Founded 2024

Lumati is a global holistic wellness optimization platform redefining longevity through science, technology, and personalized care — supporting cellular health, promoting recovery, and sustaining vitality.

Healthcare
Infracost Inc hero photo
Series A$18.8M
Infracost Inc
San Diego, CA · Founded 2021

FinOps governance for platform teams. Prevent cloud waste and budget overruns before every deploy.

Series AB2B
Sift Stack, Inc. hero photo
Series B$17.5M
Sift Stack, Inc.
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2022

Sift is the unified observability platform for mission-critical hardware—ingest, store, and analyze telemetry at scale across aerospace, defense, and robotics.

Series BB2B
BlueQubit Inc. hero photo
Seed$17.2M
BlueQubit Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022

Unlock quantum power with BlueQubit's quantum computing software! Seamlessly access and utilize quantum computers for groundbreaking advancements.

SeedB2B
AnySignal, Inc. hero photo
Series A$17.0M
AnySignal, Inc.
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2022

The integrated platform for the electromagnetic spectrum. One platform for RF design, production, and network operations.

Series AB2B
Nuon Inc. hero photo
Series A$16.6M
Nuon Inc.
Beverly Hills, CA · ~11-50 employees

Nuon Inc. provides continuous delivery solutions that enable software vendors to deploy applications into their customers' clouds, supporting use cases like data sovereignty and security.

Series AB2B
Series B$16.4M
Mixed-Signal Devices Inc.
Irvine, CA

Mixed-Signal Devices Inc. delivers multi-gigahertz digital timing solutions with ultra-low jitter, stability, and programmability for AI infrastructure, 5G networks, and high-performance automotive platforms.

Series BB2B
TAD HEALTH INC. hero photo
Series A$16.2M
TAD HEALTH INC.
Newport Beach, CA · Founded 2021

TadHealth is the leading school-based EHR platform designed for K‑12 schools, empowering mental health professionals with intuitive tools to manage care, streamline operations, and improve student outcomes.

Series AB2B
Verve Cloud, Inc. hero photo
Series B$15.8M
Verve Cloud, Inc.
San Diego, CA

An integrated communications platform using cloud-hosted phone, chat, contact center and analytics to meet the challenges of today’s business.

Series BB2B
Syndex Bio Inc. hero photo
Series B$15.5M
Syndex Bio Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2022

Syndex Bio introduces mcPCR, a novel and proprietary platform technology that preserves DNA methylation during DNA amplification, enabling simpler, faster, and more sensitive analysis of methylated DNA.

Series BHealthcare
SWARM Engineering, Inc. hero photo
Series A$15.0M
SWARM Engineering, Inc.
Irvine, CA

AI-powered optimization platform that uses domain-trained intelligent agents built for operations teams.

Series AB2B
Soapbox Holdings, Inc. hero photo
$14.6M
Soapbox Holdings, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA · Founded 2021

Soapbox provides a platform that centralizes, simplifies, and orchestrates order management, inventory management, and shipping management across the entire supply chain.

B2B
Valora Therapeutics, Inc. hero photo
Seed$13.0M
Valora Therapeutics, Inc.
La Jolla, CA · Founded 2023

Valora Therapeutics is developing AbLec™ multispecific antibodies and T-Lec™ T cell engagers — antibody-engineering platforms that decoy the glyco-immune checkpoint to create best-in-class therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune disease.

SeedHealthcare
Develo Inc. hero photo
Series A$12.5M
Develo Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2022 · ~11-50 employees

Develo Inc. provides AI-native pediatric software built as an operating system for charting, billing, practice management, and family experience for independent pediatric practices.

Series AB2B
Picogrid, Inc. hero photo
Series A$12.3M
Picogrid, Inc.
El Segundo, CA · Founded 2020 · ~51-200 employees

Picogrid delivers integrated systems for modern missions, connecting sensors, platforms, and operators across land, sea, air, and space.

Series AB2B
Speakeasy Development, Inc. hero photo
Series A$11.6M
Speakeasy Development, Inc.
Covina, CA · Founded 2022

The AI control plane for discovering, securing, and governing AI agents, MCP servers, and AI applications across your enterprise.

Series AB2B
Seed$11.0M
Leeta Materials, Inc.
Goleta, CA · Founded 2023

Leeta Materials, Inc. manufactures ceramic powders and sintered components designed to meet precise industrial requirements for applications in various industries.

SeedB2B
Hypersonic Laboratories, Inc. hero photo
Series A$10.9M
Hypersonic Laboratories, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA · Founded 2019

We're an ambitious startup developing a groundbreaking new UGC gaming platform.

Series AB2B
First Resonance, Inc. hero photo
Series A$10.8M
First Resonance, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Transform your productivity, efficiency & scalability through the MES manufacturing software from First Resonance!

Series AB2B