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Los Angeles, known for its Hollywood glitz and glamour, also has a thriving startup culture. We've taken the top 10 startups around LA that are raising tons of money and hiring like crazy.
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Best Startup companies in Los Angeles
1. CloudKitchens
CloudKitchens is a real estate company that provides smart kitchens for delivery-only restaurants. They provide infrastructure and software that enables food operators to open delivery-only locations with minimal capital expenditure and time. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Website: https://www.cloudkitchens.com/
Founded: 2016
Total Funding: $1.3B
Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown
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2. ACELYRIN
ACELYRIN is a biopharma company focused on providing patients life-changing new treatment options by identifying, acquiring, and accelerating the development and commercialization of promising drug candidates and by leveraging its expertise to rapidly advance these medicines to patients.
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Website: https://acelyrin.com/
Founded: 2020
Total Funding: $558M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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3. LIVEKINDLY
LIVEKINDLY is a collective of plant-based heritage and start-up brands including The Fry Family Food Co., LikeMeat, and LIVEKINDLY Media.Committed to transforming its global food system and the only company in the plant-based food sector to own and operate the entire value chain of production, the LIVEKINDLY co. has established strategicpartnerships with seed growers, producers, distributors, and has invested in infrastructure to transform traditional meat production facilities to plant-based products.The LIVEKINDLY co. and its portfolio of brands are creating delicious plant-based food without the need for animals or the depletion of natural resources.
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Website: https://www.livekindly.co/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $535M
Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown
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4. Freeform
Freeform is a 3D printing company offering metal 3D printing solutions for manufacturing companies. Freeform deploys software-defined, self-sufficient metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing software scalability to physical production. Freeform's technology stack combines advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-drivenlearning to produce digitally-verified, flawless parts at previously unheard-of speeds and costs.
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Website: https://freeformfuture.com/
Founded: 2018
Total Funding: $45M
Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown
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5. Bambee
Bambee is a platform that gives access to small and medium-sized businesses to hire an HR Manager.Bambee clients can hire an HR manager starting at just $99 a month, to help craft HR policy and understand compliance. Combined with HR Autopilot, Guided Payroll, and a free suite of powerful HR tools, SMBs can easily reach compliance. The companywas founded on the idea that every business should have access to an affordable human resource manager and every business can run like a Fortune 500 company.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
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Website: https://www.bambee.com/
Founded: 2016
Total Funding: $63M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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6. Plai Labs
PLAI Labs is building the next generation of social platforms. The company is applying its proven track record In Social Media, Game Mechanics, and advanced technology to build products that are used by 100’s of millions of people around the world.
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Website: http://www.plailabs.com/
Founded: 2023
Total Funding: $32M
Last Funding Type: Seed
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7. PlayVS
PlayVS is an operator of an eSports platform used to organize competitions in eSports on behalf of high school. Its platform offers to organize online tournaments and wagers for cash and prizes and helps to play and stay up-to-date on high school e-sports programs that enable teen gamers to form teams at their high schools to compete with playersfrom other schools and the battle for titles at state championships.
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Website: https://www.playvs.com/
Founded: 2018
Total Funding: $106.2M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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8. Spatial Labs
Spatial Labs is an industry-leading hardware-software infrastructure company shaping the future of commerce, consumer experience, and connectivity between brands and the next generation. Founded by technologist and entrepreneur Iddris Sandu, Spatial Labs is committed to driving innovation at the intersection of culture, community, connectivity, andlimitless design to revolutionize the future of the human experience. The company’s first product LNQ, an innovative state-of-the-art blockchain-enabled hardware platform, was publicly launched in May 2022. LNQ aims to make Web3 more accessible and provide creators with decentralized tools to engage with their communities through LNQ's proprietary, real-time processing stack.
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Website: https://www.slabs.one/
Founded: 2020
Total Funding: $14M
Last Funding Type: Seed
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9. Thrilling
Thrilling is an online marketplace that offers curated vintage and secondhand items from the best boutiques across the United States. Thrilling is currently hosting 100 stores in 15 cities.
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Website: https://shopthrilling.com/
Founded: 2018
Total Funding: $10.7M
Last Funding Type: Series A
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10. FORME
FORME Life is a modular smart home gym and home fitness system for fitness and strength workouts. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Website: https://formelife.com/
Founded: 2020
Total Funding: $128.5M
Last Funding Type: Series A
