LA-focused funds

Community-focused, early-stage venture capital firm with over 70% of portfolio companies led by women founders and those from under-represented groups such as LGBTQ+ and people of color.

High-touch Venture Capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The team believes that (1) hardware can be brought to market more frugally than in the past and that (2) Los Angeles has the expertise and best resources to support founders who play in the physical world.

Early-stage venture fund investing in climate and sustainability. Governments will play central roles in the climate transition and the most successful climate startups must navigate and leverage government effectively. That's why Overture VC invests in venture-scale startups and helps them win government support and navigate regulatory complexity.

PLG Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital firm providing pre-seed and seed capital to technology-enabled startups. PLG Ventures works hands-on with the founding teams developing their leadership skills and emotional intelligence abilities. In addition, they will help your company put in place the best foundation to allow for scalable and successful growth.

On a mission to create alpha and impact by funding Latinx and diverse founders creating disruptive tech solutions that help shape a future by us, for us.

First-check crypto fund focused on web3 companies.

Invests in the top technology companies that serve future consumers. Night Ventures helps founders navigate new forms of customer acquisition: community, creator economy & beyond. They are backed by some of the most famous people on the internet driving popular culture to billions of consumers across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, podcasts and elsewhere

A community of founders & operators who care deeply about the next generation of local entrepreneurs.

Fund led by West Point graduates and veterans to aggressively invest in companies that are military veteran founded or run.

A community of over 250 diverse teams, across 30 states and 19 countries, sharing one common goal: redefining the Internet economy.

Early-stage fund that wants to be with its founders throughout their journey.

Invests in talented founders building the next generation of software giants. Bonfire recently raised $168m for its third flagship seed fund and $63m for a second opportunity fund.

Venture capital firm that invests in start-ups that apply data and technology to disrupt existing industries. Their founders have started eight venture-backed startups — including AdSense (acq. by Google), Factual, Shift, PeoplePC & Scopely — taken two public and realized over a billion dollars in exits.

Led by Tinder founder, Justin Mateen. They invest in visionary founders disrupting large spaces.

Founded in 2016, Fika supports founders with elevated visions and unflappable persistence. They seek out founders who don’t fit the mold, are drawn to solve the impossible, and value the truth. They also look for radical solutions that impact many and get us one step closer to a more equitable and just world.

Invests across all stages in companies building technologies modernizing our large old-world, physical industries.

Investing in early-stage frontier technology companies.

Invests in anything progressing humanity towards a Type One Civilization.

$15M fund driving growth by leveraging proprietary marketing channels and increasing consumer awareness.

Led by the founders of Crush Music, the people who built and marketed a lot of big artists today. They invest in companies working at the intersection of pop culture, consumers, and tech-enabled experiences.

VC fund investing in early stage consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands with a better-living ethos.

Early-stage venture capital firm investing at the two forces radically transforming the food economy: climate and culture.

Majority Black-owned firm focused on startups shaping culture, increasing access and resources to underserved communities, and meeting consumer and industry needs.

LA-based early-stage fund backing the next-rising technologies, products, and services that delight consumers and transform commerce

Focused on technologies for the global real estate industry.

Aims to democratize access to entrepreneurship by bridging the gap between untapped founders historically overlooked by the traditional venture ecosystem and the right capital and resources required to create sustainable equity & economic inclusion.

Invests in emerging software technology for B2B markets. They are not driven by thesis, geography, or sector. Their portfolio companies range from St. Louis to Seattle and we’ve partnered with startups in sectors ranging from e-commerce to Government technology.

An early-stage VC firm led by a team with operating and investing experience looking to enable the future of the Metaverse and develop frontier tech to better the world!

Provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Austin and Nashville, Mucker is investing in markets that are underfunded relative to Silicon Valley.

Founded by former Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and former Dropbox Head of Business Sujay Jaswa, WndrCo builds and invests, especially around the Future of Work, Security, and Consumer Technology.

Canyon Creek Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on the "Bridge to the A", Series A space. They prefer to see evidence of market adoption and/or traction before investing. They search for companies that have the potential to be disruptive to their market and who have strong CEO's they believe in and can work well with.

LA-based early-stage VC firm that focuses on investments across consumer-facing landscapes. Operating as a bridge between Silicon Valley, the corporate brand world, and the entertainment industry, Muse Capital creates outsized value for its portfolio by providing active capital in the form of partnership-based business development.

Anthem Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in Southern California investments. They are active investors that almost always lead/co-lead and take a board seat. They look at under-the-radar opportunities and stay away from areas we think are crowded.

Baroda Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital that has a strong preference for investing in scrappy, hardworking entrepreneurs based in the Los Angeles area. They look for companies that have a strong founding team, large potential markets, and low capital requirements.

Co-founded by actor Will Smith, and soccer player Keisuke Honda to bridge established Japanese corporate investors with early-stage US-based companies.  Dreamers invests in innovative companies with the goal of improving lives through the application of emerging technology.

LA-based venture fund and startup studio that invests in and incubates companies that offer bold solutions to everyday problems. They especially love to back Los Angeles-based teams, but are happy to partner with visionary entrepreneurs all over the world.

An investment platform that partners with courageous entrepreneurs to build category-creating companies. Their cognitively diverse team helps founders understand latent demand, unlock new markets, and scale businesses that change our world–for the better.

Skyview Ventures is an internally managed pool of partners’ capital that will invest in high-growth companies in Southern California. They invest in disruptive early stage businesses, where the team can leverage our industry experience.

Founded in 2008, Crosscut is the largest early-stage venture capital firm in Los Angeles with deep operational and investing expertise. They are partnering with early-stage founders to build extraordinary high-growth tech companies.

VC Firm that invests in solid companies, with “real” products and some form of traction and has proven “product/market fit", creating or using emerging technologies to provide better solutions that were previously not possible.

MAGIC Fund is a global collective of founders that backs other founders in solving daunting challenges. Their investment thesis is that “smaller funds run by diverse founders perform the best at early-stage investing”

Strong Ventures is a seed fund, based in California, that finances, supports and mentors Korean/Asian/Global entrepreneurs, empowering them to build strong ventures and to break successfully into the global market.

Root and Shoot Ventures was created to capitalize on the transformation of the Digital Economy. They invest in digital technologies that will create new markets and level the playing field.

MANTIS Venture Capital is an early-stage fund cofounded by the music duo The Chainsmokers. MANTIS invests in consumer tech, media/entertainment, and fintech companies.

Amplify is a pre-seed fund in Venice, CA dedicated to backing strong teams at the earliest stages and supporting from first check to exit.

Venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies and helps them avoid traditional roadblocks on their path to hyper-growth.

Provides long-term capital and management support to emerging businesses in the information technology and life science sectors.

Presight Capital is a venture capital firm investing in the most ambitious founders across sectors, stages, and geographies

Invests in untapped & diverse deeptech founders with first revenues and MVP/Product out from their first set of customers.

Invests in missionary founders to help build world-class companies that solve hard problems or make delightful products.

Innovative VC firm in search of companies that are designing the future of health, happiness, and productivity.

Provides state-of-the-art laboratories to launch novel biotech companies with academic founders.

Early-stage venture capital fund providing first check capital for founders, from founders.

Invests in entrepreneurs who build the world’s most innovative technology companies.

Founder-First Capital for Innovative Entrepreneurs who want to Change the World.

An early-stage venture capital firm championing unexpected founders.

Multi-stage investment firm that focuses on consumer businesses.

Early stage venture fund.

Seed-focused Fintech VC

Applies a hybrid strategy of investing in funds and directly investing in the most promising opportunities at the post-traction Seed and Series A stages. Proudly backed by a diverse and strategic investor base made up of prominent family offices, institutions, tech execs, and 40+ professional athletes and entertainers.

Functions as a VC firm and incubator that liaisons for high-level startups and deal flow, connects influencers and celebrities to entrepreneurs and brands, and incubates global business opportunities with A-list talent.

Founder-focused venture capital fund based in NY and LA, that partners with teams to change industries worldwide.