Top Tech Startups in Southern California in 2024

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. Our proprietary technology stack leverages advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce digitally-verified, flawless parts at unprecedented speed and cost. Our mission is to make the transformative power of 3D printing available to all industries at scale and unlock the future of innovation.

Applied Behavior Analysis, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy: ABA is the only surgeon general recommended treatment for autism. Taking a comprehensive approach, involving occupation and speech therapy is proven to achieve the highest level of outcomes for kiddos with ASD and other developmental delays. Our commitment to clinical quality is unwavering and is at the forefront of all decision-making.

Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City that specializes in software and data management products for organizations that are testing and validating complex physical systems (like drones, planes, rockets, engines, satellites, nuclear reactors, etc.). We are backed by prolific and experienced venture capital firms like Founders Fund, Lux Capital, XYZ, Haystack, Human Capital, BoxGroup, etc., and have raised significant venture funding with strong early traction in both commercial aerospace as well as defense applications with the Department of Defense (DoD). The Nominal team comes from commercial companies like SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and NASA and is active amongst customers in aerospace, defense, industrial, and advanced energy applications (autonomous aviation, eVTOL/VTOL, flight testing, satellite development, etc.). We are also building and delivering solutions to the United States Air Force (USAF) and are looking to expand use cases across the broader DoD test community. Our product is a data visualization and computation platform designed to accelerate how engineering teams test and validate hardware systems. We specifically aim to shorten the data review process after running tests and helping engineering organizations scale testing campaigns more efficiently and effectively to save time and lower costs. It works by combining heterogeneous data into runs and allowing users to easily build custom visualization and analysis. Users write test logic with interactive computation, and these checks can be applied to historical and future runs to compound learnings. Data sources can include telemetry, sensor data, logs, simulations, and other testing metadata like environment, vehicle, part, version, etc.

Joining our platform as a Mentor offers a multitude of benefits that can significantly enhance your professional journey. First and foremost, we provide an unparalleled opportunity to maximize your earning potential by allowing you to monetize your expertise instantly, without the need to build your own community from scratch. This streamlined approach enables you to focus solely on what you do best - teaching. Additionally, our extensive Mentor network opens doors to unique collaboration opportunities across diverse online education niches, fostering innovative partnerships and expanding your professional horizons. Perhaps most importantly, as a Mentor on our platform, you gain exposure to our wide community of engaged students who are eager to learn from industry leaders like yourself. This exposure not only broadens your reach but also provides a constant stream of motivated learners, ensuring that your knowledge and skills are always in demand and appreciated. As a Mentee on our platform, you'll unlock a world of opportunities designed to accelerate your personal and professional growth. At the core of our offering is unlimited access to real-time live-streams and up-to-date curriculum from influential Mentors, ensuring you're always in sync with the current economic landscape. This direct connection to industry leaders provides invaluable insights and knowledge that can be immediately applied to your career. Moreover, the skills and expertise you gain can be leveraged to create exciting online business opportunities, helping you achieve the results you've always aspired to. Perhaps most compelling is our commitment to delivering a top-tier learning experience that rivals traditional education and mentorship programs, but at a fraction of the cost. This combination of accessibility, relevance, and affordability makes our platform an unparalleled resource for those seeking to advance their careers and expand their horizons in today's dynamic profess

We feel that the best way to work towards eliminating the tobacco-related harm is twofold: intelligently designing tobacco-free nicotine products and making them easy for customers to buy online. Our small team of entrepreneurs, scientists, and nicotine enthusiasts has served over 100,000 customers who, like us, knew there had to be a better way to enjoy nicotine.

As Y Combinator's first cannabis start-up, Meadow launched out of the Winter 2015 class. Meadow builds powerful Point of Sale and eCommerce software for retailers in the legal cannabis industry. Meadow’s all-in-one platform allows dispensaries to sell products, manage menus and inventory, reward customers, dispatch delivery and pick-up orders, and create exceptional in-store experiences for customers. Meadow powers dispensaries and delivery services of all sizes, utilizing technology to maintain compliance with local and state regulations, scale with the Adult Use market, and create operational efficiencies that allow these businesses to thrive in a regulated industry. Meadow’s team is dedicated to making the best retail software in cannabis, and to creating a more collaborative and inclusive legal cannabis industry. To learn more about Meadow, visit getmeadow.com.

We're the world's leading connected carsharing platform, on a mission toward empowering people to carshare everywhere. We developed and built the Connect®, the world's first connected device for carsharing, which allows users to rent, find, and unlock Getaround cars using the Getaround app. Founded in 2009, we are currently in 300 cities and 7 countries with 5 million users and 1000+ car models. Want to solve real-world problems, create an amazing consumer experience, and change the future of transportation? Accelerate your career and join us.

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content they love. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement through content distribution, social, events, games, consumer products, and manga publishing. Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store). Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Berlin (AV Visionen) and Chisinau. VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands.

Upbound is the industry’s first platform for building internal cloud platforms. Designed around control planes, Upbound offers a new methodology for building an internal cloud platform, purpose-built for your organization. Customers can quickly build, deploy, manage, secure, and use their platforms all from a single point of control.

Cinemaloop - Discover. Connect. Watch. Belong! Cinemaloop Inc is location based social media platform that champions inclusion and connections among diverse movie fans. We connect people where they are and bring them to the movies together. We are launching our Beta in Los Angeles in Q4 this year! Watch the video to see the problem we are solving for.