202 SoCal VC funds

Lucas J. Pols
3 min readApr 10, 2018

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Pro-tips:

  1. This list is to be used as a reference, not a call sheet.
  2. Do not cold e-mail VC’s as it is a waste of time.
  3. If you are raising a seed round do not try and raise a round from a VC that only does A rounds
  4. 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

  1. 3L Capital
  2. 3Rodeo
  3. Accelerate-IT Ventures
  4. Acre Venture Partners
  5. Act One Ventures
  6. Advancit Capital
  7. Alpha Edison
  8. Altpoint Ventures
  9. Amplify.LA
  10. Ankona Capital
  11. Anthem Venture Partners
  12. Anthos Capital
  13. Anzu Partners
  14. ArcheMatrix Ventures
  15. Archer Ventures
  16. Arena Ventures
  17. Arrowroot Capital
  18. Atom Factory
  19. Avalon Ventures
  20. AXiomatic
  21. B Capital
  22. Backstage Capital
  23. BAM Ventures
  24. Basepoint Ventures
  25. BDMI
  26. BITKRAFT
  27. Bonfire Ventures
  28. Brilliant Ventures
  29. Broad Beach Ventures
  30. BryantStibel
  31. Bullpen Capital
  32. CAA Ventures
  33. Calibrate Ventures
  34. California Technology Ventures
  35. Canyon Creek Capital
  36. Capricorn Investments
  37. Caruso Affiliated
  38. CerraCap Ventures
  39. Chaotic Investments
  40. ClearVision Equity
  41. Clocktower Technology Investors
  42. Collaborative Fund
  43. Comcast Ventures
  44. Core Innovation Capital
  45. Cornerstone Innovation Fund
  46. Correlation Ventures
  47. Cross Culture Ventures
  48. Crosscut Ventures
  49. Crypto Currency Partners
  50. Daher Capital
  51. Danmar Capital
  52. Dawn Patrol Ventures
  53. DFJ Frontier
  54. Digitalis Ventures
  55. Disney Accelerator
  56. Downey Ventures
  57. Elevation Partners
  58. Embark Ventures
  59. Evolution Media Capital (EMC)
  60. Fertitta Capital
  61. Fierce Capital
  62. Fifth Wall
  63. Fika Ventures
  64. FirstMark Capital
  65. Flight Ventures
  66. Freeman Spogli & Co.
  67. Frost Data Capital
  68. Fung Capital
  69. Future\Perfect Ventures
  70. Greycroft Partners
  71. Guggenheim Digital Media
  72. Halogen Ventures
  73. Himalaya Capital
  74. Hinge Capital
  75. Horizon X Ventures
  76. Hybrid VC
  77. ICM
  78. Ideal Merchant Partners
  79. idealab
  80. Inevitable Ventures
  81. Ingram Micro Ventures
  82. IVP
  83. JMI Equity
  84. Jump Investors
  85. K5 Ventures
  86. Kairos Ventures
  87. Kaktus Capital
  88. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
  89. KohFounders
  90. Kombo Ventures
  91. LaunchFund
  92. LDR Ventures
  93. Legacy Ventures
  94. Lowercase Capital
  95. Luma Launch
  96. M13
  97. MachineShopVentures
  98. Magic Johnson Enterprises
  99. Magnestr Capital
  100. Make in LA
  101. Manatt Digital Media Ventures
  102. March Capital Partners
  103. Mark Cuban Companies
  104. McCourt Group
  105. Miramar Venture Partners
  106. Mission Ventures
  107. MK Capital
  108. Moonshot Capital
  109. Moore Venture Partners
  110. Morpheus Ventures
  111. Mucker Capital
  112. NALA Investments
  113. NantCapital
  114. Navitas Capital
  115. Newport Coast Investments
  116. NGEN Partners
  117. O Labs
  118. OCV Partners
  119. Okapi Venture Capital
  120. Palisades Growth Capital
  121. Paradigm Agency
  122. Pasadena Angels
  123. Plus Capital
  124. Powerplant Ventures
  125. Pritzker Group Venture Capital
  126. Quake Capital Partners
  127. Qualcomm Ventures
  128. QueensBridge Venture Partners
  129. Raine Ventures
  130. Redpoint Ventures
  131. Refactor Capital
  132. Refinery Ventures
  133. Reimagined Ventures
  134. RezVen Partners
  135. RG/A Sports Accelerator
  136. Rivet Ventures
  137. Rizvi Traverse
  138. Root / Ventures
  139. RRE Ventures
  140. Saban Ventures
  141. SAM Ventures
  142. Science Inc.
  143. SCOPE Capital Partners
  144. Seacrest Global Group
  145. Section 32
  146. Serra Ventures
  147. SGVC
  148. Shamrock Capital Advisors
  149. SK Ventures
  150. Slow Ventures
  151. SLP Ventures
  152. Social Leverage
  153. SoGal Ventures
  154. Sound Ventures
  155. Starburst Aerospace Accelerator
  156. Start Engine
  157. Strandview Capital
  158. Strong Ventures
  159. Struck Capital
  160. Summation Health Ventures
  161. Susa Ventures
  162. SV Angel
  163. SVB Capital
  164. Swipe Ventures
  165. Tamasic
  166. Tech Coast Angels
  167. Technicolor Ventures
  168. Techstars Healthcare Accelerator
  169. TenOneTen Ventures
  170. Terrapin Bale
  171. The Chernin Group
  172. Third Wave Digital
  173. Third Wave Ventures
  174. Tiller Partners
  175. Time Warner Investments
  176. Toba Capital
  177. Toms Social Entrepreneurship Fund
  178. Tornante Company
  179. Touchdown Ventures
  180. Trimantium Capital
  181. Troy Capital Partners
  182. Tull Investment Group
  183. Turner Impact Capital
  184. TYLT Lab
  185. United Talent Agency
  186. Universal Music Group
  187. Upfront Ventures
  188. USV
  189. Velos Partners
  190. Vicente Capital Partners
  191. Vision Venture Partners
  192. Warburg Pincus
  193. Wasserman Media Group
  194. Wavemaker Partners
  195. Whitehart Ventures
  196. Wildcat Venture Partners
  197. Winklevoss Capital
  198. WME Ventures
  199. WndrCo
  200. Women’s Venture Capital Fund
  201. Wonder Ventures
  202. Zoe Media

Lucas is the founder of Spark xyz, platform management software for incubators, accelerators, Angel groups, and VC’s.

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Lucas J. Pols

Chairman of the Board @ Spark xyz | President Tech Coast Angels