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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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Pre-Seed, SeedEst. 2023

1AM Gaming

Santa Monica, CA

Gaming

Invests in game industry-leading content, platforms, and technology, favoring founders with operator pedigree — track records shipping and scaling games at major franchises like League of Legends, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Apex Legends.

Check size

$2M–$3M (third-party estimate, not firm-published)

GrowthEst. 2014

March Capital

Santa Monica, CA

Enterprise softwarecloud infrastructureAIcybersecurity

A growth-stage venture firm investing in enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, AI, and cybersecurity companies that already have product-market fit and are ready to scale rapidly.

Seed, Series A

Mucker Capital

Santa Monica, CA

Generalist

Venture capital for founders building outside Silicon Valley — invests in Seed and Series A companies across the US, Canada, and beyond, pairing capital with hands-on operating expertise.

Pre-seed, Seed

Wedbush Ventures

Santa Monica, CA

Fintechcommerce and mediafuture of workhealthcare tech (software-core)

A pre-seed and seed fund backing "visionary problem solvers": execution-oriented founders with strong founder/market fit who take a user-centric approach to big, market-transforming problems, in industries that are in transition. Software must be a core part of the solution.