Sprawling Los Angeles is home to year-round southern California sunshine and miles of beaches, as well as Hollywood – still the center of the nation’s entertainment industry.
These fourteen businesses in the Los Angeles area each recently closed funding rounds that grew the companies by 50 million dollars or more – which means they’re potentially going places, and soon. The money will most likely be used by these companies to accelerate growth, kick off new sales and marketing efforts, and hire new employees.
Industry: Transportation
Total Funding: $368.4M
Hyperloop One is an American transport system company that reinvents transportation to eliminate barriers of time and distance. It designs and builds Hyperloop, a tubular transit system that relies on magnetic levitation technology to transport passengers and cargo between two points immediately. The company raised $172.2M via its most recent funding round.
“Transparent and approachable. If you have a problem or concern, you can easily walk up to them and talk about it. Not an ‘untouchable’ upper management structure!”
Virgin Hyperloop One is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Total Funding: $100M
Cloud Constellation intends to establish the SpaceBelt information ultra-highway, an independent space-based network infrastructure for Cloud Service Providers to offer secure storage and provisioning of enterprise data around the world, without exposure to any surreptitious elements or unintended network jurisdictions. The company raised $100M during their most recent funding round.
Cloud Constellation is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: FinTech
Total Funding: $136.6M
Dave is a leading challenger bank in the U.S., reinventing budgeting, overdraft, income creation and credit building for millions of Americans. Dave helps over 3 million people thrive, not just survive, between paychecks. For its most recent funding round, the company secured $110M.
Dave Inc is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Storage
Total Funding: $300M
Clutter is a tech-enabled storage company that lets clients store extra stuff without actually leaving their house. No more getting stuck in traffic just to put away your camping gear, or completely unpacking a storage unit in order to locate a box of family photos. With Clutter, all your stored items are ready to view online, and getting them out of storage is as easy as ordering a pizza. $200M was raised during the company’s latest funding round.
“The team is full of amazing, patient and empathetic people.”
Clutter is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Digital Entertainment, Gaming
Total Funding: $302M
Jam City is a Los Angeles-based mobile gaming platform with global reach. Its games have been downloaded more than 800 million times and are regularly played each month by nearly 50 million people, half of whom live outside the United States. Jam City is the creative force behind Six of the Top 100 highest grossing games across Google’s and Apple’s U.S. app stores. During its last funding round, the company secured $145M.
Jam City employees rated their overall culture an A.
Jam City is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Infrastructure
Total Funding: $120M
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction company founded by Elon Musk that aims to dig tunnels efficiently to facilitate an underground transportation network. Fast to dig, these low cost tunnels would also make Hyperloop adoption viable and enable rapid transit across densely populated regions. The company raised $120M during its most recent funding round.
The Boring Company is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Electric Vehicles
Total Funding: $2.2B
Faraday Future is a California-based mobility company comprised of a global team of automotive and technology experts. We believe that today’s cars do not meet today’s needs. The company plans to redefine the automotive experience by delivering seamlessly connected electric vehicles and future mobility solutions that will fit the needs of tomorrow’s population. Faraday Future raised $225M during its most recent funding round.
Faraday Future is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Customer Relationship Management
Total Funding: $326M
ServiceTitan is a mobile, cloud-based software platform that helps home service companies streamline operations, improve customer service, and grow their business. ServiceTitan’s end-to-end solution for the multi-billion dollar residential home service industry includes CRM, intelligent dispatch, comprehensive reporting, marketing management tools, mobile connectivity for field techs, and Quickbooks integration. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $165M.
“Forward-thinking, diverse, good company culture, transparency.”
ServiceTItan is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Freight Service
Total Funding: $124.3M
NEXT Trucking is a venture-backed company boldly taking on the challenge of digitizing the $450B freight trucking industry. It created an on-demand platform where shippers can instantly get real time tracking updates and transparency regarding the movement of their freight throughout the entire shipping process. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $97M.
“Working on a disruptive product within an organization with an established, solid foundation.”
NEXT Trucking is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Automotive, FinTech
Total Funding: $1.5B
Fair is a car leasing company that aims to grant mobility access to everyone by pioneering the car-as-a-service (CaaS) concept. It gives customers the freedom to drive the car they want for as long as they want, and the flexibility to walk away at any time. The company raised $50M during its most recent funding round.
Fair is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Financial Services
Total Funding: $110M
LendingUSA specializes in point of need and direct-to-consumer financing solutions for the elective medical industry, dental care, pets, pet care, consumer goods and services, and much more. They also power a proprietary network of websites that provide thousands of personal loans each month to meet a variety of needs. During its most recent funding round, the company raised $50M.
Industry: SaaS
Total Funding: $64.3M
Criteria is a provider of pre-employment tests, including aptitude, personality, and skills tests. Criteria’s Scientific Advisory Board includes psychologists, psychometricians, and statisticians from Harvard University, Penn State University, the Wharton School, and Stanford University. The company raised $56M during its most recent funding round.
Criteria is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: E-Commerce
Total Funding: $83.5M
FabFitFun offers subscription services that allow its members to discover brands and products, and delivers the season’s best beauty, fashion, fitness, and lifestyle products straight to their customers’ doorsteps. During its last funding round, the company raised $80M.