Recently Funded Startups in California (Sep-2025)
Last Updated: 2-Sep-2025
California continues to be a powerhouse in the global startup ecosystem, attracting a diverse range of innovators and entrepreneurs. With a rich blend of talent, resources, and a supportive network, the state nurtures an environment where startups can thrive. As of September 2025, California is home to nearly 8,000 tracked startups, highlighting the vibrancy and potential for growth in various sectors.
Funding plays a crucial role in transforming innovative ideas into scalable businesses, and this year has seen impressive activity in California’s startup scene. So far in 2025, over $34 billion has been raised across diverse industries, underscoring investors’ confidence in the state as a hub for technological advancement. Key sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, and Financial Services are seeing substantial funding, reflecting emerging trends and consumer demands.
Funding Highlights
- Total number of startups tracked: 7921
- Number of startups that raised funding last year: 1971
- Number of startups that raised funding this year: 1058
- Total funding raised this year so far in USD: $34,235,448,700
- Largest deal: Safe Superintelligence, Series Unknown, $2,000,000,000
- Top industries by funding amount (in USD):
- 1. Artificial Intelligence (AI), $8,987,382,800
- 2. Biotechnology, $5,014,425,000
- 3. Financial Services, $4,710,200,000
- Top industries by number of deals this year:
- 1. Artificial Intelligence (AI), 332 deals
- 2. Biotechnology, 98 deals
- 3. Financial Services, 73 deals
Full List of Recently Funded Startups in California
| Company | Country | State | Round | Amount | Date | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suma Wealth | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $5,575,497 | 2025-11-30 | Financial Services |
| Momentic | United States | California | Series A | $15,000,000 | 2025-11-27 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Paystand | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $285,004 | 2025-11-27 | Financial Services |
| Harmonic | United States | California | Series C | $120,000,000 | 2025-11-25 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Intellihealth | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $5,239,998 | 2025-11-25 | Health Care |
| Alchemy | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-11-24 | Other |
| Gridware | United States | California | Series B | $55,000,000 | 2025-11-23 | Energy |
| Ember Copilot | United States | California | Seed | $4,300,000 | 2025-11-23 | Health Care |
| Peek | United States | California | Series D | $70,000,000 | 2025-11-23 | Commerce and Shopping |
| Federato | United States | California | Series D | $100,000,000 | 2025-11-23 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Luma AI | United States | California | Series C | $900,000,000 | 2025-11-22 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Numeric | United States | California | Series B | $51,000,000 | 2025-11-22 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Sphere | United States | California | Series A | $21,000,000 | 2025-11-20 | Education |
| Doppel | United States | California | Series C | $70,000,000 | 2025-11-20 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Eclipse Bioinnovations | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $4,905,886 | 2025-11-19 | Biotechnology |
| Wispr Flow | United States | California | Series A | $25,000,000 | 2025-11-19 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| World Labs | United States | California | Convertible Note | unknown | 2025-11-19 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Aspen Neuroscience | United States | California | Series C | $115,000,000 | 2025-11-19 | Biotechnology |
| 4L Data Intelligence | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $1,000,000 | 2025-11-18 | Data and Analytics |
| Function Health | United States | California | Series B | $298,000,000 | 2025-11-18 | Health Care |
| Lambda | United States | California | Series E | $1,500,000,000 | 2025-11-18 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Perelel | United States | California | Private Equity | $27,000,000 | 2025-11-17 | Health Care |
| Cavela | United States | California | Seed | $6,600,000 | 2025-11-17 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| House Rx | United States | California | Series B | $55,000,000 | 2025-11-16 | Health Care |
| ALICE Technologies | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-11-16 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Foxglove | United States | California | Series B | $40,000,000 | 2025-11-16 | Consumer Electronics |
| Skims | United States | California | Series D | $225,000,000 | 2025-11-16 | Clothing and Apparel |
| Chaos | United States | California | Series D | $510,000,000 | 2025-11-16 | Government and Military |
| Gamma | United States | California | Series B | $48,000,000 | 2025-11-16 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Joy | United States | California | Series A | $14,000,000 | 2025-11-15 | Community and Lifestyle |
| Genspark | United States | California | Series B | $200,000,000 | 2025-11-15 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Fabric8Labs | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $50,000,000 | 2025-11-15 | Content and Publishing |
| Wisdom AI | United States | California | Series A | $50,000,000 | 2025-11-15 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Neros Technologies | United States | California | Series B | $75,000,000 | 2025-11-14 | Consumer Electronics |
| Bindwell | United States | California | Seed | $6,000,000 | 2025-11-14 | Agriculture and Farming |
| Harbinger | United States | California | Series C | $160,000,000 | 2025-11-14 | Administrative Services |
| Carbon | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $60,000,000 | 2025-11-14 | Manufacturing |
| Anysphere | United States | California | Series D | $2,300,000,000 | 2025-11-14 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Litmus Automation | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-11-14 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Theo Ai | United States | California | Seed | $3,400,000 | 2025-11-13 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Tavus | United States | California | Series B | $40,000,000 | 2025-11-13 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Gate Bioscience | United States | California | Series B | $65,000,000 | 2025-11-13 | Biotechnology |
| NextSense | United States | California | Series A | $16,298,123 | 2025-11-12 | Health Care |
| Alembic | United States | California | Series B | $145,000,000 | 2025-11-12 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Quino Energy | United States | California | Series A | $10,000,000 | 2025-11-12 | Energy |
| d-Matrix | United States | California | Series C | $275,000,000 | 2025-11-12 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Anzen | United States | California | Series A | $16,000,000 | 2025-11-11 | Financial Services |
| Iambic Therapeutics | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $100,000,000 | 2025-11-11 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Azra Games | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $18,874,376 | 2025-11-10 | Financial Services |
| Epalex | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $1,200,000 | 2025-11-10 | Biotechnology |
| MoEngage | United States | California | Series F | $60,000,000 | 2025-11-09 | Data and Analytics |
| MiSalud | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-11-09 | Health Care |
| Cymbiotika LLC | United States | California | Seed | $25,000,000 | 2025-11-09 | Commerce and Shopping |
| Zest AI | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-11-08 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Novoflow | United States | California | Seed | $3,100,000 | 2025-11-08 | Technology |
| Lucendi | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $1,000,000 | 2025-11-07 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Reevo | United States | California | Series A | $80,000,000 | 2025-11-07 | Software |
| Armis Security | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $435,000,000 | 2025-11-06 | Information Technology |
| Mecha Health | United States | California | Seed | $4,100,000 | 2025-11-06 | Health Care |
| Cuckoo | United States | California | Seed | $1,738,503 | 2025-11-06 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Truffle Security | United States | California | Series B | $25,000,000 | 2025-11-06 | Information Technology |
| The EVERY Company | United States | California | Series D | $55,000,000 | 2025-11-05 | Biotechnology |
| Hippocratic AI | United States | California | Series C | $126,000,000 | 2025-11-05 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Titaniam | United States | California | Series A | $9,000,000 | 2025-11-04 | Information Technology |
| Amae Health | United States | California | Series B | $25,000,000 | 2025-11-04 | Health Care |
| Viridian Space | United States | California | Seed | $517,032 | 2025-11-04 | Manufacturing |
| MyoGene Bio | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $400,000 | 2025-11-04 | Biotechnology |
| Ceres AI | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $13,000,000 | 2025-11-03 | Agriculture and Farming |
| Osteal Therapeutics | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $15,602,151 | 2025-11-03 | Biotechnology |
| Frontline Wildfire Defense | United States | California | Series A | $48,000,000 | 2025-11-02 | Apps |
| Ridepanda | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $12,600,000 | 2025-11-01 | Commerce and Shopping |
| Wildcat Discovery Technologies | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $4,900,000 | 2025-11-01 | Design |
| Agtonomy | United States | California | Series B | $18,000,000 | 2025-10-31 | Agriculture and Farming |
| MEXT.ai | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $2,406,992 | 2025-10-31 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Mercor | United States | California | Series C | $350,000,000 | 2025-10-30 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Curve Biosciences | United States | California | Series A | $40,000,000 | 2025-10-30 | Biotechnology |
| Voxel | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-10-30 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| SalesPatriot | United States | California | Seed | $5,000,000 | 2025-10-30 | Government and Military |
| Fireworks AI | United States | California | Series C | $230,000,000 | 2025-10-30 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Wild Moose | United States | California | Seed | $7,000,000 | 2025-10-30 | Information Technology |
| Perfumeo | United States | California | Series D | $105,450,000 | 2025-10-30 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Whatnot | United States | California | Series F | $225,000,000 | 2025-10-30 | Commerce and Shopping |
| xMEMS | United States | California | Series D | $21,000,000 | 2025-10-28 | Consumer Electronics |
| SavvyMoney | United States | California | Private Equity | $225,000,000 | 2025-10-27 | Financial Services |
| Mem0 | United States | California | Series A | $20,000,000 | 2025-10-27 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Tr1x | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $50,000,000 | 2025-10-19 | Biotechnology |
| WellTheory | United States | California | Series A | $14,000,000 | 2025-10-19 | Health Care |
| Nova Credit | United States | California | Series D | $35,000,000 | 2025-10-19 | Data and Analytics |
| Stand | United States | California | Series B | $35,000,000 | 2025-10-18 | Financial Services |
| BridGene Biosciences | United States | California | Series B | $28,000,000 | 2025-10-18 | Biotechnology |
| Electric Entertainment | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $20,000,000 | 2025-10-17 | Media and Entertainment |
| Baniql | United States | California | Seed | unknown | 2025-10-17 | Natural Resources |
| Mythical Games | United States | California | Series D | unknown | 2025-10-17 | Gaming |
| Atomic | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-10-17 | Financial Services |
| Campfire | United States | California | Series B | $65,000,000 | 2025-10-17 | Financial Services |
| Smartlens | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $5,200,000 | 2025-10-16 | Health Care |
| Super73 | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $5,000,000 | 2025-10-16 | Manufacturing |
| Movandi | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $40,000,000 | 2025-10-16 | Hardware |
| Tachyum | United States | California | Series C | $220,000,000 | 2025-10-16 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Aptera | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $75,000,000 | 2025-10-15 | Manufacturing |
| Starship Technologies | United States | California | Series C | $50,000,000 | 2025-10-15 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Reducto | United States | California | Series B | $75,000,000 | 2025-10-14 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Launchpad.build | United States | California | Series A | $8,500,000 | 2025-10-13 | Manufacturing |
| Pelage Pharma | United States | California | Series B | $120,000,000 | 2025-10-13 | Health Care |
| Woz | United States | California | Seed | $6,000,000 | 2025-10-13 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Kardigan | United States | California | Series B | $254,000,000 | 2025-10-13 | Biotechnology |
| Upgrade | United States | California | Series G | $165,000,000 | 2025-10-13 | Financial Services |
| Jiko | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-10-12 | Financial Services |
| TransCrypts | United States | California | Seed | $15,000,000 | 2025-10-12 | Administrative Services |
| Reo.Dev | United States | California | Seed | $4,000,000 | 2025-10-12 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Tigris Data | United States | California | Series A | $25,000,000 | 2025-10-12 | Data and Analytics |
| Interfere | United States | California | Seed | $3,400,000 | 2025-10-12 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Quilter | United States | California | Series B | $25,000,000 | 2025-10-12 | Consumer Electronics |
| Foundation Health | United States | California | Series A | $20,000,000 | 2025-10-12 | Health Care |
| Blue Current | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $80,999,980 | 2025-10-11 | Consumer Electronics |
| OpsLyft | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-10-10 | Software |
| Alec's Ice Cream | United States | California | Series A | $11,000,000 | 2025-10-10 | Food and Beverage |
| EvenUp | United States | California | Series E | $150,000,000 | 2025-10-10 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Datacurve | United States | California | Series A | $15,000,000 | 2025-10-09 | Information Technology |
| Arcjet | United States | California | Series A | $8,500,000 | 2025-10-09 | Information Technology |
| Brain Jar Games | United States | California | Seed | $5,499,997 | 2025-10-09 | Gaming |
| Revel Pharmaceuticals | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $83,567 | 2025-10-09 | Biotechnology |
| ClickHouse | United States | California | Series C | unknown | 2025-10-07 | Data and Analytics |
| Twelve Labs | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-10-07 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| David AI | United States | California | Series B | $50,000,000 | 2025-10-06 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Apriora | United States | California | Series A | $17,000,000 | 2025-10-05 | Administrative Services |
| Aarvik Therapeutics | United States | California | Seed | unknown | 2025-10-05 | Biotechnology |
| Alvys | United States | California | Series B | $40,000,000 | 2025-10-05 | Financial Services |
| PostHog | United States | California | Series E | $75,000,000 | 2025-10-04 | Data and Analytics |
| CyberCube | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $180,000,000 | 2025-10-04 | Data and Analytics |
| Talus Network | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $10,000,000 | 2025-10-04 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Descope | United States | California | Seed | $35,000,000 | 2025-10-04 | Apps |
| Vercel | United States | California | Series F | $300,000,000 | 2025-10-03 | Apps |
| Swan Bitcoin | United States | California | Series C | unknown | 2025-10-03 | Financial Services |
| Eve | United States | California | Series B | $103,000,000 | 2025-10-02 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Feedzai | United States | California | Series E | $75,000,000 | 2025-10-02 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Fleak | United States | California | Seed | $5,000,000 | 2025-10-01 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Lava | United States | California | Series A | $17,500,000 | 2025-10-01 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency |
| Midi Health | United States | California | Series C | $50,000,000 | 2025-10-01 | Community and Lifestyle |
| Supabase | United States | California | Series E | $100,000,000 | 2025-10-01 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Rhythm Diagnostic Systems | United States | California | Series A | $16,416,472 | 2025-10-01 | Health Care |
| Ansa Biotechnologies | United States | California | Series B | $45,199,665 | 2025-10-01 | Biotechnology |
| Audioshake | United States | California | Series A | $14,000,000 | 2025-09-29 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Star Therapeutics | United States | California | Series D | $125,000,000 | 2025-09-29 | Health Care |
| InOrbit | United States | California | Series A | unknown | 2025-09-29 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Mesta | United States | California | Seed | $5,500,000 | 2025-09-29 | Financial Services |
| MiChamba | United States | California | Pre-Seed | $2,250,000 | 2025-09-29 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Modular | United States | California | Series C | $250,000,000 | 2025-09-28 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Daymark Health | United States | California | Series A | $20,000,000 | 2025-09-28 | Health Care |
| Telo Trucks | United States | California | Series A | $20,000,000 | 2025-09-27 | Manufacturing |
| InCountry | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $10,000,000 | 2025-09-27 | Hardware |
| AmplifyMD | United States | California | Series B | $20,000,000 | 2025-09-26 | Health Care |
| Greptile | United States | California | Series A | $25,000,000 | 2025-09-26 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Factory | United States | California | Series B | $50,000,000 | 2025-09-26 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| MaxHome | United States | California | Seed | $5,000,000 | 2025-09-26 | Information Technology |
| Hello Divorce | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-09-25 | Apps |
| Aether Bio | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $320,106 | 2025-09-24 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| WeTravel | United States | California | Series C | $92,000,000 | 2025-09-24 | Financial Services |
| VedaBio | United States | California | Series A | $25,000,000 | 2025-09-24 | Biotechnology |
| Empower Semiconductor | United States | California | Series D | $140,000,000 | 2025-09-24 | Consumer Electronics |
| Cardless | United States | California | Series C | $60,000,000 | 2025-09-23 | Financial Services |
| Distyl AI | United States | California | Series B | $175,000,000 | 2025-09-22 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Groq | United States | California | Series E | $750,000,000 | 2025-09-21 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Figure | United States | California | Series C | $1,000,000,000 | 2025-09-21 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| PostSig | United States | California | Seed | $4,100,000 | 2025-09-19 | Software |
| MarqVision | United States | California | Series B | $48,000,000 | 2025-09-19 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Groflex | United States | California | Seed | unknown | 2025-09-19 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| WeaveGrid | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-09-18 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Centari | United States | California | Series A | $14,000,000 | 2025-09-18 | Administrative Services |
| Tioga Medical | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $22,897,352 | 2025-09-17 | Health Care |
| CodeRabbit | United States | California | Series B | $60,000,000 | 2025-09-17 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Numeral | United States | California | Series B | $35,000,000 | 2025-09-16 | Financial Services |
| Atomicwork | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-09-16 | Administrative Services |
| Blacksmith | United States | California | Series A | $10,000,000 | 2025-09-16 | Internet Services |
| PayNearMe | United States | California | Series E | $50,000,000 | 2025-09-16 | Financial Services |
| Nalu Medical | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $50,000,000 | 2025-09-15 | Health Care |
| Luminary Cloud | United States | California | Series B | $72,000,000 | 2025-09-15 | Data and Analytics |
| Divergent 3D | United States | California | Series E | $250,000,000 | 2025-09-15 | Manufacturing |
| Utelogy | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $675,000 | 2025-09-15 | Hardware |
| Mana.bio | United States | California | Seed | unknown | 2025-09-14 | Biotechnology |
| Aven | United States | California | Series E | $110,000,000 | 2025-09-14 | Apps |
| Motion | United States | California | Series C | $8,100,000 | 2025-09-14 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Higgsfield | United States | California | Series A | $50,000,000 | 2025-09-13 | Technology |
| Apex – Spacecraft Manufacturing | United States | California | Series D | $200,000,000 | 2025-09-13 | Manufacturing |
| Perplexity AI | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $200,000,000 | 2025-09-12 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Paladin Drones | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | $17,013,621 | 2025-09-12 | Privacy and Security |
| Syncari | United States | California | Series B | unknown | 2025-09-11 | Internet Services |
| Sapphire Technologies | United States | California | Series C | $18,000,000 | 2025-09-11 | Energy |
| OptiCore | United States | California | Seed | $7,500,000 | 2025-09-09 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| PsiQuantum | United States | California | Series E | $1,000,000,000 | 2025-09-09 | Consumer Electronics |
| inkeep | United States | California | Seed | $13,000,000 | 2025-09-09 | Information Technology |
| Join | United States | California | Venture – Series Unknown | unknown | 2025-09-09 | Consumer Electronics |
| Standard Fleet | United States | California | Series A | $13,000,000 | 2025-09-09 | Software |
| XENDEE Corporation | United States | California | Series B | unknown | 2025-09-08 | Energy |
| Portal to Bitcoin | United States | California | Series A | $50M | 2025-08-28 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency |
| FriendliAI | United States | California | Seed | $20M | 2025-08-28 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| Okika Devices Corporation | United States | California | Series Unknown | Undisclosed | 2025-08-28 | Consumer Electronics |
| Fresh Victor | United States | California | Series Unknown | $750K | 2025-08-28 | Food and Beverage |
| Rokid | United States | California | Series Unknown | $852.7K | 2025-08-27 | Commerce and Shopping |
| QT Imaging | United States | California | Series Unknown | $5M | 2025-08-27 | Health Care |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Where can I find recently funded startups in California, United States?
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Q2. How many startups in California, United States were funded this year and how much did they raise?
1058 startups in California, United States raised funding this year so far, totaling $34,235,448,700.
Q3. Which industries are trending among recently funded startups in California, United States?
Top industries by funding are Artificial Intelligence ($8,987,382,800), Biotechnology ($5,014,425,000) and Financial Services ($4,710,200,000); by deal count the leaders are AI (332 deals), Biotechnology (98 deals) and Financial Services (73 deals).
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Q5. What were the biggest funding highlights in California, United States this year?
Major highlights: total startups tracked in the region 7,921; 1,058 funded this year; largest deal Safe Superintelligence (Series Unknown) $2,000,000,000.
