69 Best Startups in Los Angeles to Watch in 2025

Mythical Games is a Los Angeles-based video game development company developing games for playable non-fungible tokens to identify game characters that players can own and offers players a secondary market.

Faire is a curated boutique wholesale marketplace connecting local retailers with thousands of emerging and established brands.

AvantStay is a premier next-generation hospitality platform for short-term rentals (STRs).

Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator capable of managing nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks.

Scopely - leading mobile game development company.

Califia Farms makes plant-based dairy products (primarily almond based) such as plant-based milks, plant-based creamers, juices, and dairy-free probiotic yoghurts. The company was founded in 2010 by Greg Steltenpohl and is located in San Joaquin Valley, California.

Whatnot is a California-based livestream shopping platform and marketplace.

Paragon is a company that has developed a platform that allows users to visually build production-ready API workflows and microservices.

Paige provides AI-based digital diagnostics and a vendor-neutral platform designed to drive diagnostic confidence and a more productive pathology workflow.

Jumpcut creates online courses and is based in Los Angeles, California.

A company offering a full-service digital asset management platform with its own stablecoin cryptocurrency pegged to US treasury bonds called the Arca UST Coin.

Reformation is a women's fashion company aimed at designing sustainable clothing and accessories.

Launch House is a physical and digital community for entrepreneurs and creators.

Big Time is a multiplayer action RPG that makes collectable NFTs accessible to everyone.

XPRIZE Foundation is an artificial intelligence company that manages public competitions for technological developments

PlayVS is a company providing a platform for e-sports competitions for high school students.

Wave Financial is a Toronto-based financial services and accounting software company.

Calaxy Inc., is a US company developing the Calaxy app, an open social marketplace for creators.

Kernel is a neuroscience and engineering company founded in 2016, based in Los Angeles. Kernel is developing neuroprosthetics that mimic or assist brain functions for patients with neurological and degenerative brain diseases. In the long term Kernel plans to develop less invasive brain implants that can augment human intelligence.

Mira Labs is a Los Angeles-based augmented reality company offering hardware and software solutions to help increase the productivity and safety of distributed workforces.

Stackin is a text message-based financial wellbeing platform.

StartEngine is an equity crowdfunding platform. StartEngine allows non accredited investors invest online, own shares in startups and early growth companies. Over 150 Startups and entrepreneurs have been funded on StartEngine.

Crypto hedgehog is a San Jose, CA-based investment management software company providing a portfolio management app for cryptocurrencies.

Privy is a company founded in 2011 by Ben Jabbawy.

LeafLink is a New York City and Los Angeles-based company that provides a marketplace for wholesale cannabis.

TRIPP is a digital wellness company that produces a VR meditation app.

LAFORGE Optical is a Los Angeles-based company that creates prescription augmented reality eyewear that works with a smart device.

Chewse is a company founded in 2012 by Jeff Schenck.

R3 Printing is a company offering 3D-printed products.

Leader in delivering real-world evidence (RWE) and outcomes-based analytics solutions to life science companies and payers.

Relativity Space is a company that develops the process of building and flying rockets.

ProducePay is a new tech-based cash flow solution that provides domestic and foreign fresh produce farmers (growers) who ship to the U.S. with immediate access to distribution and financing. ProducePay's solutions provide the working capital fresh-produce growers? need to complete their harvest and grow. By leveraging our international network, ProducePay connects clients with interested fresh produce buyers and distributors. Interested distributors receive connection to a growing list of international farmers who might otherwise feel limited by current financing options.

A software company that has solutions for shipping on-premise software. It was founded in 2014 and is located in Culver City, California.

A company that has created software so that restaurants can manage their online orders. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Los Angeles, California.

Enervee is a company founded in 2010 by Hjalmar Branting, Iker Casillas, Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, Yhonastan Fabian, The Sxplay, Ujiie Naotomo, Robbie Grossman, Ingrid Gfölner, Moisey Uretsky, Don Epperson, Matt Service FBCS and Bhavesh M. Mehta.

Company that develops a smart fitness system designed for boxing at-home that uses motion sensors to record data about punches and provide feedback through an app.

A company developing science-based products and services for the health, safety and emotional well-being of children and parents.

Pipe is a financing platform for SaaS companies based in Los Angeles.

Savings.com is a Santa Monica, California-based company founded in 2007 by Joe Zulli, Marcus Flemming, Loren Bendele, Phil Del Rivo and Robert Cornejo.

A health technology company designing and developing a urine testing application that analyzes the results of urinary tract infection (UTI) test kit. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Los Angeles, California.

AppearMe is a web application and a mobile application designed to help users hire appearance attorneys and help freelance attorneys find clients.

Wave, formerly known as TheWaveVR, is a company that provides virtual musical performances, previously using virtual reality technology.

A blockchain platform for exchanging financial information without sharing data. It is located in Marina Del Rey, California and was founded in 2017.

Analytics and data science company focused on analysis of traumatic brain injury

Tango is a software development company that has developed an extension for digital documentation purposes.

AppOnboard is a company that is known for offering a no-code development platform, primarily for marketers.

Tradesy is a company founded in 2009.

Forcyte Biotechnologies is a Los Angeles-based biotechnology company, founded in 2017.

Donut is a Los Angeles and Berlin-based developer of a portfolio management mobile application offering users a chance to save money in a high-interest savings account or invest in cryptocurrency.

A software company offering a mobile application for managing tax-free 529 education saving plans.

Leucadia Therapeutics is a company working on Alzheimer's Disease.

DSCVR is a decentralized version of Reddit, where users are the owners. Decentralized end-to-end, built on the Internet Computer, and accessible from any browser.

Mobile sports training company launched in 2014 based in Los Angeles, USA.

Commercial electric airliner company based in Los Angeles, USA.

Revel is a non-fungible token (NFT) and social collectibles platform, allowing users to create their own collectibles, collect others, and trade with others through a marketplace.

Tempo Therapeutics is an interventional biomaterials for regenerative medicine company founded by Westbrook Weaver.

CapLinked is a Manhattan Beach, California-based secure document management software developer.

Spero Foods is a food and data analytics company located in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016 by Phaedra Anestassia using data analytics to make plant-based diary and egg alternatives.

Company founded in 2015, based in Van Nuys, California, that designs and manufactures jetpack transportation vehicles for personal, rapid, short distance transportation.

Sensay is a company that develops AI-based chat platforms.

A software media company that creates complex digital characters. It is located in Los Angeles, California and was founded in 2014.

PopBase is a California-based SaaS platform that offers a wellness focused, subscription-based, interactive education experience for children and their caretakers.

LeaseLock replaces security deposits with insurance. Introducing the Zero Deposit. Renters pay a low monthly fee starting at $19 that insures the property for 6x rent. Renters save thousands of dollars at move-in, while properties convert more leases with better protection. LeaseLock is the first nationwide A-rated (Excellent) lease insurance program. Over 1,000,000 apartment homes protected at Greystar, Equity Residential, United Apartment Group, Lennar Multifamily Communities, and Avenue5 Residential. Over 250,000 student beds protected at Asset Campus Housing, Campus Advantage, Landmark Properties, University Student Living, and Homestead U. KEY BENEFITS Convert more leases by replacing expensive deposits with a low monthly fee. Increase occupancy by capturing quality renters turned away for credit or income. Eliminate losses with protection for up to 6x rent, damages, and turn costs. Our mission is to help the world find "home." Powered by insurance and technology, we're reinventing the way renters and properties transactmaking it faster, simpler, and more cost-effective.

Soothe is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2013.

Carv is a mobile gaming identity enabling achievement display, friends and games discovery, and direct monetization.

The Creative Technology Studio for Web3 Artists and Fans.

DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.

ChowNow is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2011 by Eric Jaffe, Josiah Carlson and Christopher Webb.

Release is a Los Angeles-based software development company offering a staging management toolkit designed to define environments, resources, workflows, and hostnames.