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Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States. In addition to having one of the nation's largest ports it's a hub for entertainment, fashion, commerce and tech startups. This post highlights fifty one startups to watch in the LA tech scene.
name HQ City website Year Founded Total Investment Amount Company Description
Anduril Industries Irvine anduril.com 2017 $692,499,968.00 Anduril Industries, Inc. provides security solutions. The Company offers solutions for military based security, energy facility protection, wildfire detection, and infrastructure defense. Anduril Industries provides its services in the United States.
Orca Security Los Angeles orca.security 2019 $632,000,000.00 Orca Security provides cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance for AWS, Azure, and GCP - without agents!
Blockdaemon Los Angeles blockdaemon.com 2017 $398,230,016.00 Blockdaemon Inc. provides solutions. The Company offers multi-chain multi-cloud network management tool for public and private organization, mining algorithm, and contract customization. Blockdaemon serves customers in the United States.
Whatnot Marina del Rey whatnot.com 2019 $224,700,000.00 Whatnot is a Los Angeles-based startup that creates a place where avid collectors could come together over shared interests. Whatnot is a marketplace to buy and sell authentic collectible items. Whatnot was founded in 2019, in California.
Sidecar Health El Segundo sidecarhealth.com 2018 $163,000,000.00 Health insurance the way it should be.
100 Thieves Los Angeles 100thieves.com 2017 $120,000,000.00 100 Thieves, LLC operates as a lifestyle, apparel, and esports organization. The Company participates in leagues and championships, and also retails sports apparel through its online store. 100 Thieves serves customers in the State of California.
OCTANT Los Angeles https://www.octant.bio/ 2017 $115,000,000.00 Octant, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The Company develops a multiplexed technology that uses synthetic biology, genome engineering, next-generation sequencing, and computational tools to measure the activity of receptor pathways in human cells. Octant serves customers in the United States.
Hadrian Hawthorne hadrian.co 2020 $99,500,000.00 Hadrian manufactures precision components for cutting-edge technology companies.
Modern Animal Los Angeles modernanimal.com 2019 $89,000,000.00 A new kind of veterinary clinic for animals and their humans.
FitOn Los Angeles fitonapp.com 2018 $70,049,000.00 Best Workouts. Always Free. Always On.
Metropolis Los Angeles metropolis.io 2017 $61,000,000.00 Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Lightship El Segundo lightship.com 2018 $60,000,000.00 Lightship is the premier provider of enterprise level, direct-to-patient clinical research solutions. We engage patients at home, making participation in clinical research more accessible to everyone. Redefining trials. Providing hope for all.
Fernish Los Angeles fernish.com 2017 $58,687,920.00 Furniture on your terms.
Entos Los Angeles entos.ai 2019 $53,000,000.00 Entos uses machine learning-technology for energy and force evaluations required for R&D labs. Its technology assists in analyzing quantum molecular simulation. The software uses mean-field-cost quantum calculations to analyze the data for the atomic representation of the molecules and can detect molecular spaces in a molecule. One of the products of the company is the Qcore Simulation Engine that assists with the molecular detection and modeling process.
Kitchen United Pasadena kitchenunited.com 2017 $50,000,000.00 Kitchen United provides restaurant operators a turnkey way to accelerate growth and reach the off-premise diner.
Singularity 6 Los Angeles singularity6.com 2018 $49,000,000.00 Singularity 6 Corporation designs and develops video games. The Company offers video games for consoles, handhelds, and personal computers. Singularity 6 serves customers in the United States.
Coco Robotics Santa Monica cocodelivery.com 2019 $41,500,000.00 Coco Robotics is an organization currently based in Santa Monica, California, United States. It has been founded in 2019.
Pragma Culver City pragma.gg 2020 $38,200,000.00 Pragma is a “backend game engine” that enables multiplayer and social games. Pragma provides developers full extensibility, visibility and scalability. Our platform is made up of 5 interconnected applications: accounts & social, payments, player data, telemetry, and game loop. Pragma is built by engineering leaders that built platforms for some of the largest live service games like League of Legends, Valorant, Plants vs Zombies 2, and Eve Online.
Pinecone Los Angeles pinecone.io 2019 $38,000,000.00 Be There Now
Goldfinch Walnut goldfinchgrp.com 2020 $37,700,000.00 Digital Rescue for Businesses in Covid Era.
Mountaintop Studios Los Angeles mountaintop.gg 2020 $35,500,000.00 Mountaintop is a new game studio from veterans of Naughty Dog, Oculus, Respawn, Epic, Double Fine, and Hidden Path.
LiveControl Santa Monica livecontrol.io 2019 $33,200,000.00 Think of us as your full-service production crew... except completely remote. Welcome to the future of live streaming.
Arc Boats Los Angeles arcboats.com 2021 $30,000,000.00 Arc Boats is electrifying the world of boating, starting with high-performance watersport boats.
Verishop Santa Monica verishop.com 2018 $30,000,000.00 Verishop is a premium lifestyle destination for everyday luxury in fashion, beauty, home and more. Verishop aims to be a go-to lifestyle shopping destination whenever the customer in search of elevated brands and quality-driven products. The company is based in Santa Monica, California and founded in 2018.
Profitboss Beverly Hills profitboss.com 2018 $29,200,000.00 We power online ordering for restaurants and help them automatically market using their data to increase profits
Steno Los Angeles steno.com 2018 $26,500,000.00 Steno offers court reporting and other litigation support services on a deferred-payment, non-recourse basis. It aims to improve the litigation process—offering dependable court reporting with undeniable innovation and exceptional customer service. Steno was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
rct AI Burbank rct.ai 2018 $25,728,944.00 rct AI is providing AI solutions to the game industry and building the true Metaverse with AI generated content. By using cutting-edge technologies, especially deep learning and reinforcement learning, rct AI creates a truly dynamic and intelligent user experience both on the consumers’ side and production’s side. The founding team ever built a company, Raventech together and helped make it acquired by Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) in 2017.
Dispo Los Angeles apps.apple.com/us/app/davids-disposable/id1491684197 2019 $24,000,000.00 Live in the moment
Forta Protocol Walnut forta.org 2021 $23,000,000.00 Forta is a neat project that comes at an interesting point for the larger blockchain community. When bitcoin came to market, it attracted interest as a potential medium of exchange, or perhaps a store of value. The latter use case wound up being the key bitcoin value offering. But while bitcoin was maturing, other blockchains were built that featured more native programmability, allowing developers around the world to leverage smart (self-executing) contracts for a host of use cases.
Trellis Los Angeles trellis.law 2017 $20,620,000.00 Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators.
First Resonance Los Angeles firstresonance.io 2018 $19,300,000.00 ion is a manufacturing software platform that manufacturers trust for speed, collaboration, and real-time visibility.
Open Raven Los Angeles openraven.com 2019 $19,100,000.00 Open Raven is a developer of data security tools. Open Raven is the modern data security platform that brings visibility and control to an organization’s data protection program.
Product Science Los Angeles productscience.ai 2021 $18,000,000.00 Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience. Product Science analyzes the code and actual runtime data to pinpoint performance issues. Our AI enables us to do it more efficiently by providing unique insights for data visualizations to help mobile developers to identify the problem right away.
Pearpop Los Angeles pearpop.com 2020 $16,000,000.00 Pearpop is the marketplace for social collaborations between the teeming hordes of musicians, craftspeople, chefs, clowns, diarists, dancers, artists, actors, acrobats, aspiring celebrities, and actual celebrities.
The Expert Los Angeles theexpert.com 2021 $15,000,000.00 1:1 video consultations with the world’s top design experts
Groundswell Los Angeles groundswell.io 2021 $15,000,000.00 Groundswell provides a SaaS platform for philanthropic giving, which enables companies to fund personal donor-advised funds for each employee. Employee users are also provided with tools such as tax-free investment opportunities, customized giving opportunities, frictionless donation options, and centralized impact reporting.
Pace Los Angeles pace.group 2020 $14,900,000.00 Pace is a fitness and social wellness platform that redefines mental health through groups that are effective, fun, social, and challenging. Its investors include SciFi VC, Next Play Ventures, SV Angel, WorkLife Fund, BoxGroup, and angel investors who lead various public technology companies. Pace brings people together to work on their mental and emotional health, wherever they are. As seasons of your life change, Pace connects people with other real people through technology to talk with one another, work on themselves, and feel less alone together.
Trust Los Angeles trust.co 2019 $14,600,000.00 The smarter way to do business
Pearl West Hollywood hellopearl.com 2019 $11,000,000.00 A computer vision company focused on solving challenging problems in the dental industry.
360VUZ Los Angeles 360vuz.com 2017 $10,768,000.00 The #1 Immersive Video Mobile App that gives you Access to the Impossible. Teleport in Time 🚀
Big Time Studios Los Angeles bigtime.gg 2020 $10,300,000.00 Big Time Studios is a new game company dedicated to crafting online adventures through space and time.
Whatifi Los Angeles whatifi.com 2020 $10,000,000.00 Whatifi provides a new way to watch movies on your phone with friends. Whatifi unlocks the ability to discuss, debate and decide what happens next in the movies you watch with friends and family, offering dozens of plotlines, character arcs, and endings.
Inversion Space Los Angeles inversionspace.com 2021 $10,000,000.00 Inversion Space is a privately held company driven to change how humanity utilizes space. Its builds affordable, high cadence return vehicle for the commercial and defense industries.
Artie Los Angeles artie.com 2018 $10,000,000.00 Artie is a platform for next-gen mobile games that can be shared and played instantly inside popular social apps.
Talyn Air Los Angeles talyn.com 2019 $6,300,000.00 Talyn Air is an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft system. It separates and recombines in the air and allows each vehicle to operate at peak efficiency without wasting energy. Jamie Gull and Evan Mucasey established it in Los Angeles, California.
BuildOps Santa Monica buildops.com 2018 $5,800,000.00 Industry leading all-in-one software solution for subcontractors driving profitability through best-in-class technology
Winden Los Angeles https://www.winden.co/ 2021 $5,300,000.00 Winden is a financial services company currently based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has been founded in 2021 by Daniel Sathyanesan.
Emile Los Angeles hiemile.com 2020 $5,300,000.00 Building the MasterClass for high school education. Members can access on-demand premium courses across multiple subjects for actual high school and college credits, and join a global community.
Daylight Los Angeles daylightevents.com 2020 $5,000,000.00 Daylight is the first and only digital banking platform in the USA built for LGBT+ people, by LGBT+ people.
WAYV Venice wayv.com 2017 $5,000,000.00 The Future of Cannabis
MarqVision Los Angeles https://www.marqvision.com/ 2020 $5,000,000.00 MarqVision helps global brands remove counterfeits from online marketplaces.
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