202 SoCal VC funds
3 min readApr 10, 2018
Pro-tips:
- This list is to be used as a reference, not a call sheet.
- Do not cold e-mail VC’s as it is a waste of time.
- If you are raising a seed round do not try and raise a round from a VC that only does A rounds
- Find an intro to the VC through your network, other entrepreneurs are a great start but sales people that work in the space are more valuable.
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The list
- 3L Capital
- 3Rodeo
- Accelerate-IT Ventures
- Acre Venture Partners
- Act One Ventures
- Advancit Capital
- Alpha Edison
- Altpoint Ventures
- Amplify.LA
- Ankona Capital
- Anthem Venture Partners
- Anthos Capital
- Anzu Partners
- ArcheMatrix Ventures
- Archer Ventures
- Arena Ventures
- Arrowroot Capital
- Atom Factory
- Avalon Ventures
- AXiomatic
- B Capital
- Backstage Capital
- BAM Ventures
- Basepoint Ventures
- BDMI
- BITKRAFT
- Bonfire Ventures
- Brilliant Ventures
- Broad Beach Ventures
- BryantStibel
- Bullpen Capital
- CAA Ventures
- Calibrate Ventures
- California Technology Ventures
- Canyon Creek Capital
- Capricorn Investments
- Caruso Affiliated
- CerraCap Ventures
- Chaotic Investments
- ClearVision Equity
- Clocktower Technology Investors
- Collaborative Fund
- Comcast Ventures
- Core Innovation Capital
- Cornerstone Innovation Fund
- Correlation Ventures
- Cross Culture Ventures
- Crosscut Ventures
- Crypto Currency Partners
- Daher Capital
- Danmar Capital
- Dawn Patrol Ventures
- DFJ Frontier
- Digitalis Ventures
- Disney Accelerator
- Downey Ventures
- Elevation Partners
- Embark Ventures
- Evolution Media Capital (EMC)
- Fertitta Capital
- Fierce Capital
- Fifth Wall
- Fika Ventures
- FirstMark Capital
- Flight Ventures
- Freeman Spogli & Co.
- Frost Data Capital
- Fung Capital
- Future\Perfect Ventures
- Greycroft Partners
- Guggenheim Digital Media
- Halogen Ventures
- Himalaya Capital
- Hinge Capital
- Horizon X Ventures
- Hybrid VC
- ICM
- Ideal Merchant Partners
- idealab
- Inevitable Ventures
- Ingram Micro Ventures
- IVP
- JMI Equity
- Jump Investors
- K5 Ventures
- Kairos Ventures
- Kaktus Capital
- Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
- KohFounders
- Kombo Ventures
- LaunchFund
- LDR Ventures
- Legacy Ventures
- Lowercase Capital
- Luma Launch
- M13
- MachineShopVentures
- Magic Johnson Enterprises
- Magnestr Capital
- Make in LA
- Manatt Digital Media Ventures
- March Capital Partners
- Mark Cuban Companies
- McCourt Group
- Miramar Venture Partners
- Mission Ventures
- MK Capital
- Moonshot Capital
- Moore Venture Partners
- Morpheus Ventures
- Mucker Capital
- NALA Investments
- NantCapital
- Navitas Capital
- Newport Coast Investments
- NGEN Partners
- O Labs
- OCV Partners
- Okapi Venture Capital
- Palisades Growth Capital
- Paradigm Agency
- Pasadena Angels
- Plus Capital
- Powerplant Ventures
- Pritzker Group Venture Capital
- Quake Capital Partners
- Qualcomm Ventures
- QueensBridge Venture Partners
- Raine Ventures
- Redpoint Ventures
- Refactor Capital
- Refinery Ventures
- Reimagined Ventures
- RezVen Partners
- RG/A Sports Accelerator
- Rivet Ventures
- Rizvi Traverse
- Root / Ventures
- RRE Ventures
- Saban Ventures
- SAM Ventures
- Science Inc.
- SCOPE Capital Partners
- Seacrest Global Group
- Section 32
- Serra Ventures
- SGVC
- Shamrock Capital Advisors
- SK Ventures
- Slow Ventures
- SLP Ventures
- Social Leverage
- SoGal Ventures
- Sound Ventures
- Starburst Aerospace Accelerator
- Start Engine
- Strandview Capital
- Strong Ventures
- Struck Capital
- Summation Health Ventures
- Susa Ventures
- SV Angel
- SVB Capital
- Swipe Ventures
- Tamasic
- Tech Coast Angels
- Technicolor Ventures
- Techstars Healthcare Accelerator
- TenOneTen Ventures
- Terrapin Bale
- The Chernin Group
- Third Wave Digital
- Third Wave Ventures
- Tiller Partners
- Time Warner Investments
- Toba Capital
- Toms Social Entrepreneurship Fund
- Tornante Company
- Touchdown Ventures
- Trimantium Capital
- Troy Capital Partners
- Tull Investment Group
- Turner Impact Capital
- TYLT Lab
- United Talent Agency
- Universal Music Group
- Upfront Ventures
- USV
- Velos Partners
- Vicente Capital Partners
- Vision Venture Partners
- Warburg Pincus
- Wasserman Media Group
- Wavemaker Partners
- Whitehart Ventures
- Wildcat Venture Partners
- Winklevoss Capital
- WME Ventures
- WndrCo
- Women’s Venture Capital Fund
- Wonder Ventures
- Zoe Media
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