Funded Community and Lifestyle Startups in Santa Monica
Santa Monica community and lifestyle rounds in this slice show a sharp size split: Thatgamecompany’s $160M disclosed round (2022-03-03) dwarfs the next-lar…
Santa Monica community and lifestyle rounds in this slice show a sharp size split: Thatgamecompany’s $160M disclosed round (2022-03-03) dwarfs the next-largest disclosed amount, Community’s $25M (2023-04-24), with most other disclosed rounds clustered below $13M (for example Tongal’s $13M on 2020-03-03 and Prima’s $9M on 2021-05-21). The timing also clusters, with four of the ten rows closing in 2023–2025 (Milken Institute $250K on 2025-04-15, Final Boss Sour $4M on 2025-05-20, Kindra $3M on 2026-05-06, and Community $25M on 2023-04-24), while the older edge runs back to Tongal (2020-03-03).
Stage and disclosure patterns add another lens: four of the ten entries use “Series Unknown” and one entry is explicitly “undisclosed” (Type:A Brands on 2021-11-01), so disclosed sizes concentrate unevenly around a small set of large financings. All ten companies are listed in Santa Monica, California, creating a tight geographic concentration within this community-and-lifestyle category.
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What’s the largest disclosed round here, and how separated is it from the rest of the disclosed amounts?
Thatgamecompany’s $160M disclosed round on 2022-03-03 is an outlier; the next-largest disclosed amount is Community’s $25M on 2023-04-24, while several other disclosed rounds sit far lower (for example Prima $9M on 2021-05-21 and Tongal $13M on 2020-03-03).
How concentrated are closings in time compared with the page’s oldest and newest entries?
The newest round shown is Kindra’s $3M on 2026-05-06, and the oldest is Tongal’s $13M on 2020-03-03. Within that span, four of the ten rows fall in 2023–2025, including Community’s 2023-04-24 $25M and both Final Boss Sour (2025-05-20 $4M) and Milken Institute (2025-04-15 $250K).
Is Santa Monica over-represented in this list, or do any entries shift locations?
All ten companies are listed in Santa Monica, California, United States (e.g., Kindra on 2026-05-06 and Chisos on 2020-09-01), so the geographic pattern is tightly concentrated rather than spread across multiple metro areas.
Which stage labels dominate the dataset, and how often are amounts disclosed vs. not?
“Series Unknown” appears in four of the ten entries (e.g., Milken Institute on 2025-04-15 with $250K and Kindra on 2026-05-06 with $3M), while one entry is explicitly “undisclosed” (Type:A Brands on 2021-11-01). Despite mostly community/lifestyle branding, disclosed amounts include both very large outliers (Thatgamecompany $160M) and smaller checks like Milken Institute $250K.
Are there any other notable size outliers besides the top round?
Yes on the low end: Milken Institute’s $250K on 2025-04-15 is the smallest disclosed amount in these rows, contrasting with multiple mid-single-digit to double-digit rounds such as Final Boss Sour $4M (2025-05-20) and Prima $9M (2021-05-21).
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