Recently Funded Startups in La Jolla
Updated Sep 2026
There are 38 funded startups in La Jolla in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in La Jolla, along with the 38 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $35M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $13M and $100M. Biotechnology, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies by sector. Startups in La Jolla closed 19 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 10 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.6B in disclosed capital.
Biotechnology dominates the local funding activity. Venture capital focuses on mid-sized teams, which implies a preference for established research over early seed concepts. Institutional backing from specialized life science funds creates a high barrier for entry. Sales efforts find more traction with these scaled operations than with solo founders.
La Jolla funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.
38 most recently funded startups in La Jolla
38 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
La Jolla startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in La Jolla closed 19 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 10 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.6B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $35M, with the middle half running from $13M to $100M. 17 of 19 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Biotechnology, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies, led by Biotechnology at 20. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in La Jolla
Sector counts across all 38 tracked companies in La Jolla. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
About the FundedIQ La Jolla startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 38 funded startups in La Jolla currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 19 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in La Jolla is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 38 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in La Jolla?
FundedIQ tracks 38 funded startups in La Jolla. This page lists the 38 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in La Jolla raised?
Startups in La Jolla tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.6B in disclosed capital across 19 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 10 rounds in the last 12 months. 17 of those 19 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in La Jolla?
Biotechnology has the most, with 20 companies, followed by Financial Services (3), Artificial Intelligence (2) and Content and Publishing (2). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in La Jolla?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $35M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $13M and $100M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the La Jolla startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in La Jolla is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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