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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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Seed, Early-stageEst. 2005

Okapi Venture Capital

Newport Beach, CA

Information TechnologyLife Sciences

A seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on information technology and life science investments, closing its first fund in 2006 after a group of local Orange County business leaders committed to backing the vision.

Seed

SeedFolio

San Diego, CA

Life SciencesBiotechMedTechCleanTech

Invests early into strong teams developing novel technology to conquer disease or clean the planet, targeting large opportunities with high reward/risk ratios via a rigorous, systematic sourcing and selection process.