Los Angeles
Metro area · United States · Pop. 18.6M · #12 city by EV
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
Quarterly report
Los Angeles's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Los Angeles-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Los Angeles
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Los Angeles-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Los Angeles - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Los Angeles
VC investment into Los Angeles-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Academia
Los Angeles's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Los Angeles.
| # | University | City | Based here | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸UCLA | Los Angeles, CA | 22 | 4,599 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸USC | Los Angeles, CA | 22 | 3,752 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 18 | 13K |
| 4 | 🇺🇸UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 12 | 8,909 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 8 | 3,653 |
Location comparison
How Los Angeles stacks up
Compare Los Angeles with peers from the same country (United States) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Los Angeles's row is highlighted (#6).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Area | $20.3T | 9.7× | 886 | $157B | 24.5K |
| 2 | Seattle | $2.9T | 30.2× | 70 | $6.8B | 2,947 |
| 3 | Austin | $2T | 22.1× | 61 | $7.8B | 2,679 |
| 4 | New York City | $1.6T | 5.3× | 328 | $32.6B | 16.6K |
| 5 | Boston | $1.2T | 5.1× | 209 | $12.9B | 6,293 |
| 6 | Los Angeles | $911B | 4.6× | 163 | $17.3B | 8,638 |
| 7 | Miami | $690B | 12.3× | 43 | $2.9B | 2,914 |
| 8 | San Diego | $332B | 5.3× | 63 | $3.4B | 2,214 |
| 9 | Chicago | $266B | 3.3× | 54 | $2.2B | 2,808 |
| 10 | Washington DC | $263B | 4.3× | 55 | $3.6B | 2,336 |
| 11 | Dallas | $224B | 4.2× | 47 | $2.1B | 2,053 |
| 12 | Research Triangle | $144B | 3.4× | 27 | $1.7B | 1,053 |
Sector concentration
Where Los Angeles punches above its weight
Sectors in which Los Angeles's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Los Angeles is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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