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The VCs actually headquartered in SoCal

26 firms, hand-verified — thesis, stage focus, and check size, not just a name and a logo.

All stagesPre-Seed (5)Seed (16)Early-stage (4)Series A (6)Growth (3)Growth Equity (1)Pre-seed (2)first round (1)Seed through growth (primarily Series A and Series B) (1)Early to growth-stage (1)Bridge (1)Early Series A (1)
All citiesLos Angeles (10)San Diego (6)Santa Monica (4)Irvine (3)Newport Beach (2)Cerritos (1)
Any check sizeUnder $1M (3)$1M–$5M (6)$5M+ (4)Not stated (18)
All sectorsGeneralist (5)Industry agnostic (3)Technology (2)AI (2)Life Sciences (2)Gaming (1)early-stage (1)Consumer (1)commerce (1)B2B Software (1)Frontier Tech (1)PropTech (1)

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Bonfire Ventures

Los Angeles, CA

B2B Software

A seed-stage venture capital firm backing founders building AI-native B2B software companies. Bonfire has invested exclusively in B2B software for two decades, and stays involved from seed through Series A.

Check size

$2M–$6M

Seed, Series A, GrowthEst. 2006

Greycroft

Los Angeles, CA

AI-driven softwareconsumerand enterprise

A multi-stage venture capital firm investing from seed through growth in AI-driven software, consumer, and enterprise applications — bicoastal since its founding, with the Los Angeles office led by co-founder Dana Settle.

Check size

$500K–$30M depending on stage (third-party estimate, not firm-published)