Newest Businesses in California

Browse newly-funded private companies headquartered in California. Sorted by filing date, with the most recent on top.

About California

California dominates US Form D filings by volume, accounting for the largest share of any state. The Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, San Jose) anchors tech filings across AI, fintech, SaaS, and consumer platforms; Los Angeles hosts media, creator-economy, and consumer-brand filings; San Diego clusters biotech, medical devices, and defense-tech; the Central Coast and Central Valley contribute agtech and specialty manufacturing. California filings span every sector and round size — from $500K seed rounds by new founders to $500M+ growth rounds by established category leaders. Delaware incorporation is universal for venture-backed operating companies; California LLCs dominate real-estate SPVs.

In 2026, California accounts for 770 catalogued filings totaling $23009.8M, running at roughly 167.8 filings per week over the last 30 days.

Total raised
$23009.8M
Median offering
$10M
Active cities
10
Last 30 days
718

Top cities

Featured California companies in 2026

$2209.8M

Pinegrove Opportunity Partners I LP

San Francisco, CA · Services · Filed Apr 8, 2026

Pinegrove Opportunity Partners I LP is a Services company based in San Francisco, CA. The company is a Limited Partnership, incorporated in…

$2000M

Phoenix Energy One, LLC

IRVINE, CA · Other · Filed Apr 2, 2026

Phoenix Energy One, LLC is a private company based in IRVINE, CA. The company is a Limited Liability Company, incorporated in Delaware, with…

$1920M

Kleiner Perkins Select Fund IV, LLC

MENLO PARK, CA · Services · Filed Apr 7, 2026

Kleiner Perkins Select Fund IV, LLC is a Services company based in MENLO PARK, CA. The company is a Limited Liability Company, incorporated…

About private capital in California

California's high corporate income tax and personal income tax rates are offset (for most venture-backed companies) by the depth of the state's capital markets, talent pool, and customer concentration. California's regulatory environment is stricter than most states on consumer privacy (CCPA/CPRA), gig-worker classification (AB5), and employment-law basics, shaping how certain filings structure. Real-estate filings in California are heavily concentrated in commercial multifamily, office-to-residential conversions, and data-center development, with both operating companies and project-SPV structures common. California's fund-administration and SPV ecosystem (Sydecar, AngelList, Assure, Carta) is the deepest in the US, visible in the large number of Pooled Investment Fund filings with California-addressed administrators.

California funding trends

Recent California Form D filings show several dominant patterns. First, AI and AI-adjacent companies (foundation models, infrastructure, applications) dominate filing volume — large rounds, strategic corporate investor participation, Bay Area addresses. Second, biotech and medical-device filings from San Diego's cluster account for significant dollar volume. Third, real-estate investment vehicles targeting California multifamily and data-center assets appear regularly. Fourth, SPV and feeder-fund vehicles from California-based fund administrators dominate the Pooled Investment Fund filing category. Fifth, consumer-brand and media companies from LA file at smaller but consistent rates. California's diversity of filings makes this hub useful as a snapshot of the broadest slice of US private capital activity.