Top Los Angeles Startups to Watch

A working list of the 50 companies in this collection. Refreshed continuously from public sources, ATS feeds, and funding databases.


Companies
50
With funding
47
Top city
Los Angeles
Tracked capital
$24.3B

The Top Los Angeles Startups to Watch collection tracks 50 companies, roughly 47 of them venture-funded, with Los Angeles the most common headquarters. Together they account for $24.3B in tracked capital.


SECTION I · TOP LOS ANGELES STARTUPS TO WATCH ROSTER

Companies in Top Los Angeles Startups to Watch

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Displaying 50 companies

Groundswell logo
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.
Santa AnaCA20 - 1002021$15,000,000
Arc Boats logo
Arc Boats is electrifying the world of boating, starting with high-performance watersport boats.
Los AngelesCA20 - 1002021$150,020,000
The Expert logo
1:1 video consultations with the world’s top design experts
Los AngelesCA10 - 502021$15,000,000
Winden logo
Winden is a financial services company currently based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has been founded in 2021 by Daniel Sathyanesan.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502021$5,300,000
Forta Protocol logo
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.
WalnutCA10 - 502021$23,000,000
Product Science logo
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.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502021$39,000,000
Inversion Space logo
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.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502021$54,289,444
Daylight logo
Daylight is the first and only digital banking platform in the USA built for LGBT+ people, by LGBT+ people.
West HollywoodCA10 - 502020$20,000,000
MarqVision logo
MarqVision helps global brands remove counterfeits from online marketplaces.
Los AngelesCA50 - 2002020$114,259,328
Goldfinch logo
Goldfinch is a credit platform that offers crypto loans without collateral. It also offers capital in a digital currency by expanding access to capital in emerging markets and offers a stable yield to the lenders, enabling the empowerment of financial inclusion in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2020 by Mike Sall and Blake West.
San FranciscoCA10 - 502020$37,700,001
Pearpop logo
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.
Los AngelesCA20 - 1002020$34,000,000
Big Time Studios logo
Big Time Studios is a new game company dedicated to crafting online adventures through space and time.
Los AngelesCA20 - 1002020$10,300,000
Emile logo
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.
Palo AltoCA10 - 2002020$50,082,925
Pragma logo
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.
Culver CityCA20 - 502020$50,950,000
Whatifi logo
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.
Los AngelesCA5 - 202020$10,397,000
Mountaintop Studios logo
Mountaintop Studios is a game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge.
Los AngelesCA20 - 1002020$85,999,984
Hadrian logo
Hadrian manufactures precision components for cutting-edge technology companies.
Los AngelesCA100 - 2002020$1,977,807,547
Open Raven logo
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.
Los AngelesCA20 - 502019$39,100,000
Trust logo
Trust is the smarter way to do business. We help companies better understand their business partners & discover new ones to grow with.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502019
Talyn Air logo
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.
Los AngelesCA2 - 102019$6,300,000
Pinecone logo
Pinecone provides a similarity search as a service. It lets developers search through billions of items for similar matches to any object, in milliseconds. It’s the next generation of search, an API call away.
New YorkNY50 - 5002019$138,000,000
Dispo logo
Dispo is a photo-sharing app designed to simulate the experience of using a disposable camera from the comfort of mobile phones. The app replicates the experience of taking photos on a disposable camera without a front-facing screen and develop those photos over a period of one day, thereby enabling users to create raw and authentic photos.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502019$24,000,000
Pearl logo
A computer vision company focused on solving challenging problems in the dental industry.
West HollywoodCA50 - 5002019$75,075,000
LiveControl logo
LiveControl is your dedicated camera operator, controlled remotely for a fraction of the price. No more managing volunteers, expensive outside hires, or boring wide shots. LiveControl integrates directly with existing livestream equipment and servers such as StreamSpot and Boxcast. Need equipment? LiveControl also provides the best streaming equipment and installation for the lowest price on the market. Outsource your camera work with LiveControl today.
Santa MonicaCA10 - 1002019$33,200,000
Whatnot logo
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.
Marina del ReyCA500 - 2,0002019$1,519,700,000
Modern Animal logo
Modern Animal is an innovative veterinary platform building a new kind of veterinary experience for animals and humans. The veterinary platform offers unlimited exams, in-app prescription requests & delivery, 24/7 virtual care, and more. They build innovations in technology and design give you greater access to a team of experts, flexibility, and convenience in every interaction, and the highest level of personalized care. Modern Animal built the next generation in veterinary care, reshaping a traditional industry to better meet the needs of pet owners, pets, practitioners and staff. Through the state-of-the-art app and in-clinic technology and design, as well as a membership model that allows for quality relationships to develop between doctors, pets and pet owners. Modern Animal was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Los AngelesCA50 - 5002019$210,000,000
Orca Security logo
Cloud Security, Cloud Compliance, Vulnerability Management, AWS Security, Microsoft Azure Security, Google Cloud Platform Security. Orca’s cloud-native solution reads a company’s cloud configuration and can detect malware, misconfigurations, and other vulnerabilities. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
PortlandOR200 - 1,0002019$632,000,000
Entos logo
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.
San DiegoCA50 - 2002019$203,000,000
Coco Robotics logo
Coco Robotics is an organization currently based in Santa Monica, California, United States. It has been founded in 2019.
San FranciscoCA50 - 1002019$122,800,281
Owner.com logo
Profitboss powers direct online ordering for restaurants through their website.
Palo AltoCA5 - 102018$182,200,000
Sidecar Health logo
Sidecar Health is changing health insurance. We empower people to be in control of their health and spending. We are a passionate group of people developing a health insurance product that works the way we think health insurance should work.
El SegundoCA200 - 5002018$328,000,000
BuildOps logo
BuildOps enables subcontractors to run their entire business on one software solution that manages their invoicing & billing, scheduling, estimates, proposals, payments, workflows, custom forms, financial reporting, and more. Our industry leading cloud-based solution allows you to improve your operations and efficiency, driving profitability through best-in-class technology. BuildOps has been uniquely designed and built by a team of subcontractors & world-class engineers. www.buildops.com
Santa MonicaCA50 - 5002018$225,800,000
First Resonance logo
First Resonance is developing a manufacturing software platform for modern manufacturers. Its factory operating system accelerates manufacturing and tracks parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Los AngelesCA20 - 1002018$80,447,071
Lightship logo
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.
Menlo ParkCA50 - 1002018$76,511,835
Steno logo
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.
Los AngelesCA200 - 1,0002018$185,542,455
Singularity 6 logo
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.
Los AngelesCA50 - 2002018$49,000,000
Verishop logo
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.
Santa MonicaCA50 - 2002018$70,000,000
rct AI logo
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.
BurbankCA20 - 1002018$26,228,944
FitOn logo
FitOn is the #1 free fitness app with more than 6M+ members who have completed over 500M workout minutes on the platform.
West HollywoodCA20 - 1002018$70,049,000
Artie logo
Artie is a platform for next-gen mobile games that can be shared and played instantly on popular social apps with no additional app download, API access, or integration needed. Artie's technology serves high-quality, Unity-made games from the cloud and renders them at the edge on players’ phones inside of apps like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, Twitch, Discord, and Twitter.High-quality, social native mobile games can now circumvent app stores and their 30% fees and be delivered directly to consumers where they naturally discover content. The platform also enables optional next-gen gameplay features—including voice, texting, and camera input—to drive deeper engagement than ever before and blur the lines between player and game.Artie's team includes engineers and game developers from Activision/Blizzard, Infinity Ward, Playtika, Disney, Snap, Mozilla, and Facebook.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502018$54,350,968
Trellis logo
Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators.
Los AngelesCA10 - 502017$35,620,000
Blockdaemon logo
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.
Los AngelesCA100 - 5002017$431,300,800
Anduril Industries logo
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.
Costa MesaCA2,000 - 5,0002017$12,865,370,000
100 Thieves logo
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.
Los AngelesCA10 - 2002017$120,000,000
Metropolis logo
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.
New YorkNY10,000 - 50,0002017$3,528,000,000
Fernish logo
Fernish is a furniture rental startup company that offers provides furniture as a subscription model to consumers living a mobile lifestyle. The company seeks to redefine the way the market sees furniture rental by positioning itself as a lifestyle brand. It offers a rent to own program that allows subscribers to apply their previous payments towards the cost of the piece or pieces they want to buy at the end of their subscription. Users are allowed to subscribe to an entire room or specific pieces and can even swap out things they don’t like or simply want to change up at any point. Founders Michael Barlow and Lucas Dickey launched the company in Los Angeles, California in 2017.
Los AngelesCA20 - 1002017$71,057,920
VUZ logo
360VUZ is the #1 Immersive Virtual Video mobile app, Featured as #1 App on Apple Apps They Love, and won the “Top Media Company” Award for year. Backed by top-tier Venture Capital funds from Silicon Valley. 360VUZ vision is to help millions of people teleport in time to top experiences around the world by giving people the power to choose what they want to see, how to see it and when to see it. Removing constraints of TTA (Travel, Time and Access) We as 360VUZ believe in fast innovation, brilliant ideas, and taking bold steps to help Millions of People Teleport in Time. 360VUZ has won numerous awards, including Media Startup of the Year, App of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine and Best Travel Tech Startup. You can download our 360VUZ app and contact us on info@360mea.com If you have an amazing warrior personality and want to join our team send us your CV and how do you think you can add real value to our company on info@360mea.com
Los AngelesCA10 - 1002017
WAYV logo
WAYV is a B2B cannabis logistics and compliance platform that delivers inventory to cannabis retailers founded by Keith McCarty.
VenturaCA2 - 102017$5,000,000
Bev logo
The idea was pretty simple. Let’s make a drink. Let’s build a company… That’s about fun. About us. About you. About that feeling you get when you start a dance party at the bar because you’re really feeling yourself and the Chainsmokers come on and you just can’t stop your hips from moving even if you wanted to. Let’s build a company whose heart is about owning your fun. About always feeling worth celebrating, and always feeling welcome. About the joy that comes from going out for you, on your terms. It’ll be our company. It’ll be our drink. It’ll be pink. Because we like pink. It’ll be kind, and happy, and confident. It’ll be fun. And it’ll be made by chicks.
1 - 102017
Kitchen United logo
Kitchen United, Inc. provides commercial properties leasing and rental services. The Company offers commercial kitchens for rent and food production space for food service providers, restaurants, caterers, pop-ups, and mobile food vendors. Kitchen United serves customers in the State of California.
PasadenaCA82 - 5002017$150,000,000

SECTION II · THE BRIEF

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Brief #62663Updated 11 SEP 2026TOP LOS ANGELES STARTUPS TO WATCHCOLLECTION BRIEF
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Inside Top Los Angeles Startups to Watch

What we publish for members: hiring momentum, comp bands, and investor activity behind the 50 companies above.

Companies
50
With funding
47
Top city
Los Angeles
Tracked capital
$24.3B
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  • 01Hiring momentum across Top Los Angeles Startups to Watch (last 90 days)Locked
  • 02Recently-funded companies hiring nowLocked
  • 03Open roles across the collection (live ATS feed)Locked
  • 04Comp bands by stage and headcountLocked
  • 05Investor activity in the last 12 monthsLocked

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