Best Blockchain Technology Companies in California, United States
The 1478 best Blockchain Technology companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Roblox.
Our analysis of 81 Blockchain Technology companies
$9.2b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Blockchain Technology companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Tech stack | App-install YoY | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tempo Developer of a layer 1 blockchain designed for payment solutions 48Funding top 18%Tech top 37%Talent top 38%Global bottom 46% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Techtop 37% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 46% Innovationbottom 42% Marketbottom 37% Patentsbottom 37% Funding: Raised $500M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 27 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $500M | 8 mo ago | Series A | — | ContentfulApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | — | 8 patents HVAC ventilation control systems and collaborative team scheduling software | 2 launchs |
| 2 | pump.fun Decentralized platform that enables users to create and launch their own tokens 76Funding top 13%Tech top 13%Market top 31%Growth top 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Techtop 13% Markettop 31% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $500M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 46 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $500M | 11 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+32 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Anchorage Digital 🦄 Digital asset platform providing trading, custody, staking, settlement, and crypto financial infrastructure 74Funding top 16%News top 16%Growth top 26%Moat top 26% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Newstop 16% Growthtop 26% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Producttop 33% Markettop 34% Techtop 48% Globaltop 48% Innovationbottom 45% Partnersbottom 43% Funding: Raised $487M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 13 tracked, 5 types) · 8 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $487M | 4 mo ago | Series E | 349 | WebflowSalesforceGSAP+28 | — | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 4 | Aptos 🦄 Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions 76Funding top 20%Tech top 21%Customers top 24%Moat top 28% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Techtop 21% Customerstop 24% Moattop 28% Producttop 29% Markettop 32% Globaltop 34% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 47% Growthtop 50% Patentsbottom 48% Newsbottom 24% Funding: Raised $350M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Netlify rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $350M | 20 mo ago | Series D | 175 | DatoCMSNode.jsThree.js+22 | +30% | 11 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 5 | Phantom 🦄 Provider of a self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet with multi-chain support 87Customers top 13%Tech top 19%Funding top 20%Market top 27% All 12 signals ▾Customerstop 13% Techtop 19% Fundingtop 20% Markettop 27% Moattop 27% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Patentstop 38% Innovationtop 40% Producttop 40% Growthtop 50% Globalbottom 48% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.56★ across 148,178 ratings (1 apps) Tech: 51 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $277M | 17 mo ago | Series C | — | Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+16 | +22% | 73 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 6 | Aleo 🦄 Blockchain-based network for developers 69Funding top 22%Moat top 26%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Moattop 26% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Markettop 41% Techtop 43% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 32% Funding: Raised $228M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $228M | 15 mo ago | Series B | 55 | ContentfulReactGatsby+12 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 7 | TRM Labs 🦄 Provider of blockchain intelligence for detecting crypto-facilitated crime and compliance 64Funding top 18%News top 19%Moat top 26%Growth top 29% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Newstop 19% Moattop 26% Growthtop 29% Techtop 31% Talenttop 43% Producttop 45% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $150M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 7 yrs (0.9/yr) News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 35 tracked, 6 types) · 4 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $150M | 4 mo ago | Series C | 11 | WebflowMemberStackApple iCloud Mail+28 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 8 | Story Provider of AI-native Layer-1 blockchain infrastructure 60Tech top 20%Funding top 25%Moat top 31%Growth top 45% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 20% Fundingtop 25% Moattop 31% Growthtop 45% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 56 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $140M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $140M | 21 mo ago | Series B | — | ContentfulNode.jsThree.js+20 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Superstate Provider of tokenization services for financial assets and investment products 53Funding top 23%Talent top 28%Tech top 44%Global top 45% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% Talenttop 28% Techtop 44% Globaltop 45% Marketbottom 37% Funding: Raised $101M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $101M | 2 mo ago | Series B | — | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+17 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Portal to Bitcoin Decentralized bitcoin exchange and interoperability protocol 62Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Tech top 34%Moat top 40% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Techtop 34% Moattop 40% Growthtop 45% Globaltop 45% Marketbottom 46% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $92.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $92M | 9 mo ago | Series A | — | DatoCMSNode.jsThree.js+15 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Bitwise Provider of crypto index funds, ETFs, and managed accounts 67Funding top 20%Tech top 28%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Techtop 28% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Markettop 46% Globalbottom 43% Funding: Raised $91.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) Tech: 38 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $91M | 15 mo ago | Public | 74 | DatoCMSTurbopackNode.js+28 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 12 | PIP Labs 🦄 Blockchain technology development company 78Moat top 15%Funding top 25%Market top 33%AI top 45% All 6 signals ▾Moattop 15% Fundingtop 25% Markettop 33% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn Funding: Raised $80.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $80M | 21 mo ago | Series B | — | — | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Uphold Digital assets trading platform offering trading services for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and precious… 55Tech top 20%Customers top 23%Funding top 27%Innovation top 30% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 20% Customerstop 23% Fundingtop 27% Innovationtop 30% Moattop 31% Patentstop 35% Producttop 49% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 46% Globalbottom 44% Growthbottom 38% Marketbottom 33% Tech: 56 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Customers: Play-Store rating 4.49★ across 73,095 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +1% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $73M | 2 mo ago | Series B | 14 | SkolengoApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | +13% | 8 patents Blockchain-enabled financial transaction processing, analytics, and tokenized payment platforms | 1 launch |
| 14 | Here Not There Labs Provider of a blockchain protocol for building and managing digital communities 14Funding top 36%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 29%Global bottom 29% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 29% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 27% Funding: Raised $49.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $49M | 15 mo ago | Series A | 10 | Three.jsGoogle WorkspaceGoDaddy+4 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Mesh Online platform for cryptocurrency solutions 62News top 20%Funding top 25%Growth top 32%Tech top 32% All 10 signals ▾Newstop 20% Fundingtop 25% Growthtop 32% Techtop 32% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Producttop 49% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 38% Partnersbottom 35% News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 29 tracked, 7 types) · +250% YoY Funding: Raised $36.5M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $36M | 10 mo ago | Series B | 44 | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | — | — | 3 partnerships |
| 16 | Drift Future & options focused trading solutions for cryptocurrency 45Tech top 23%Funding top 31%Moat top 39%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 23% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 30% Tech: 50 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $28.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $29M | 2 mo ago | Series B | 13 | DatoCMSNode.jsRadix UI+21 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Centrifuge Provider of the decentralized platform to connect the financial supply chain 55Talent top 15%Funding top 32%Tech top 34%Growth top 35% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Fundingtop 32% Techtop 34% Growthtop 35% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 47% Marketbottom 25% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Funding: Raised $27.1M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $27M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 10 | WebflowMicrosoft AdvertisingCloudflare Turnstile+16 | — | — | 2 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 18 | Projecteleven Provider of quantum computing technology for securing digital assets against quantum threats 53Growth top 28%Funding top 29%Tech top 44%Talent top 45% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 29% Techtop 44% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 31% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $26.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $26M | 5 mo ago | Series A | — | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+12 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Kresus Web3 app intended to let users create mint, manage, and store digital assets 40Funding top 26%Customers top 32%Tech top 42%Growth top 45% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Customerstop 32% Techtop 42% Growthtop 45% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $25.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) Customers: Play-Store rating 4.60★ across 283 ratings (1 apps) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $25M | 3 mo ago | Series A | 6 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+32 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 20 | CUBE3 Provider of real-time fraud prevention solutions for financial systems and platforms 69AI top 20%Funding top 24%Tech top 33%Growth top 35% All 8 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 24% Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $22.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $22M | 5 mo ago | Series A | 25 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+21 | — | — | 1 award |
| 21 | Kontigo Provider of stablecoin super app for emerging markets with digital wallet 69Growth top 11%Funding top 27%Customers top 29%Tech top 39% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 11% Fundingtop 27% Customerstop 29% Techtop 39% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 40% Productbottom 40% Growth: App-install growth +500% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $20M | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+17 | +500% | — | — |
| 22 | CoinRoutes Algorithm trading platform for cryptocurrency 42Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Moat top 37%Tech bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 37% Techbottom 49% Innovationbottom 46% Patentsbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 38% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $19.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $19M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 33 | TurbopackApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | — | 13 patents Crypto trading infrastructure: smart order routing, pricing calculation, and consolidated market data. | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 23 | Kite Developer of a blockchain infrastructure for autonomous agents and AI systems 78Funding top 28%Tech top 28%AI top 30%Market top 35% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Techtop 28% AItop 30% Markettop 35% Innovationtop 36% Talenttop 38% Patentstop 39% Moattop 41% Globaltop 50% Growthbottom 48% Funding: Raised $18.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 39 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $18M | 7 mo ago | Series A | — | Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+15 | — | 11 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 2 launchs · 3 partnerships |
| 24 | Mega Matrix Online platform offering cryptocurrency staking solutions 7Funding top 32%News top 49%Growth bottom 33%Global bottom 30% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Newstop 49% Growthbottom 33% Globalbottom 30% Fin. healthbottom 18% Marketbottom 17% Funding: Raised $17.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 22 tracked, 7 types) · -62% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 7/100 | $18M | 10 mo ago | Public | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Babylon Labs Blockchain-based platform offering security-sharing protocols 55Tech top 27%Funding top 36%Talent top 38%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 27% Fundingtop 36% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 46% Innovationbottom 44% Patentsbottom 26% Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $15.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $15M | 5 mo ago | Series B | — | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+15 | — | 2 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 26 | AnChain.ai AI-based security solutions for the blockchain industry 62AI top 30%Funding top 34%Talent top 35%Moat top 37% All 9 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 34% Talenttop 35% Moattop 37% Innovationtop 42% Patentstop 44% Techtop 47% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based Funding: Raised $12.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $12M | 6 mo ago | Series A | 39 | WebflowReactReact Router+15 | — | 9 patents AI-driven blockchain analytics for transaction tracing, risk management, and smart contract security | 1 partnership |
| 27 | Block Street Operator of a blockchain-based financial infrastructure company trading tokenized equities 50Funding top 30%Talent top 38%Tech top 50%Global bottom 48% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% Talenttop 38% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 47% Funding: Raised $11.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $12M | 8 mo ago | Series B | — | Tailwind CSSReactReact Router+8 | — | — | — |
| 28 | YOProtocol Protocol optimizing yield across multiple DeFi protocols and blockchains 45Funding top 35%Growth top 35%Tech top 44%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% Growthtop 35% Techtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $10.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $10M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | SanityNode.jsTailwind CSS+14 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 29 | AIUSD Provider of AI technology to power the next generation of income and transactions 50Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding top 48%Global bottom 25% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-driven rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $10M | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Pieverse Developer of blockchain interoperability infrastructure to unify decentralized network connectivity 42Funding top 33%Talent top 38%Global top 45%Tech top 50% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 33% Talenttop 38% Globaltop 45% Techtop 50% Marketbottom 37% Funding: Raised $10.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $10M | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | TurbopackNode.jsThree.js+14 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Gaia Blockchain-based decentralized computing infrastructure 67AI top 20%Tech top 27%Talent top 28%Funding top 42% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Techtop 27% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 42% Growthtop 45% Innovationtop 46% Moattop 47% Patentstop 48% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% AI: Classified as an AI company Tech: 35 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $10M | 10 mo ago | Series A | — | Node.jsKaTeXAnimate.css+17 | — | 3 patents Alternative non‑wood fiber pulp production for paper manufacturing | — |
| 32 | Doppler Developer of tools for creating and launching tokenized assets and markets 62AI top 15%Growth top 28%Funding top 35%Innovation top 42% All 9 signals ▾AItop 15% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 35% Innovationtop 42% Techtop 44% Patentstop 46% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 31% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $9M | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | Turbopackstyled-componentsNode.js+13 | — | 55 patents AI-driven real-time audio processing and noise suppression for hearing assistance devices | — |
| 33 | Self Labs Provider of digital identity verification using zero-knowledge cryptography for Web2/Web3 42Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Tech top 41%Funding top 49% All 8 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Techtop 41% Fundingtop 49% Productbottom 40% Customersbottom 35% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 30% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $9M | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | GitBookApple iCloud MailNode.js+11 | — | — | 4 launchs |
| 34 | AEON Next-generation payment protocol 42Growth top 28%Funding top 35%Talent top 38%Global top 42% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 35% Talenttop 38% Globaltop 42% Patentsbottom 47% Innovationbottom 43% Techbottom 34% Marketbottom 31% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $8M | 1 mo ago | Seed | — | SanityTailwind CSSGSAP+5 | — | 6 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 35 | Meld Online platform offering stack as a service for developers to manage third-party financial integrations 45Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Funding top 38%Talent top 38% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 38% Talenttop 38% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 24% Tech: 33 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $8M | 5 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Node.jsRechartsRadix UI+16 | — | — | — |
| 36 | Rift Developer of a platform for managing and trading digital assets 37Funding top 48%Tech top 50%Talent bottom 49%Innovation bottom 47% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 48% Techtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 47% Globalbottom 46% Patentsbottom 34% Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 13 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $8M | 7 mo ago | Series A | — | Node.jsChakra UIReact+10 | — | 14 patents Scalable virtualized network functions and load‑balancing for telecom infrastructure | — |
| 37 | Courtyard NFT-based trading platform for physical collectibles 82Tech top 20%Growth top 22%Customers top 30%Funding top 35% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 20% Growthtop 22% Customerstop 30% Fundingtop 35% Markettop 37% Talenttop 38% Productbottom 48% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 36% Tech: 45 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Growth: App-install growth +500% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $7M | 10 mo ago | Series A | 93 | Cart FunctionalityTurbopackstyled-components+29 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 38 | Option Circle Platform providing AI-driven trading solutions for retail investors 55AI top 35%Tech top 41%Funding top 50%Talent bottom 49% All 5 signals ▾AItop 35% Techtop 41% Fundingtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 34% AI: Product described with: ai-driven, ai-powered Tech: 25 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $5M | 3 mo ago | Seed | — | Cart FunctionalityTypeScriptFacebook Login+22 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Multipli Platform providing cross-chain secure yield farming solutions 69Talent top 28%Tech top 32%Global top 36%Funding top 39% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Techtop 32% Globaltop 36% Fundingtop 39% Growthtop 45% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 31 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Netlify rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $5M | 9 mo ago | Series A | — | SentryZohoReact Router+13 | — | — | — |
| 40 | Evernorth Provider of digital asset treasury services focused on tomorrow’s markets 27Funding top 40%Talent top 45%Tech top 48%Global bottom 48% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 40% Talenttop 45% Techtop 48% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $4.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $4M | 7 mo ago | Seed | — | Craft CMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | — | — |
| 41 | Jia Provider for an online platform offering crypto-based business lending pools 29Growth top 35%Funding top 49%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 27% Newsbottom 22% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $4.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $4M | 0 mo ago | Seed | 10 | WebflowUnpkgCloudflare+10 | — | — | — |
| 42 | Senpi Provider of an onchain AI assistant for navigating and automating crypto trading 78AI top 8%Tech top 25%Talent top 28%Growth top 35% All 8 signals ▾AItop 8% Techtop 25% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 49% Globalbottom 48% Productbottom 40% Customersbottom 6% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Tech: 29 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $4M | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Node.jsTailwind CSSKong+16 | — | — | — |
| 43 | Fun API for cross-chain decentralized wallets on the Odsy blockchain 50Growth top 35%Moat top 39%Funding top 40%Tech top 40% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Moattop 39% Fundingtop 40% Techtop 40% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $4M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+14 | — | — | — |
| 44 | Wallchain Platform utilizing AI-driven algorithm to measure and reward users for generating content engagement 60Tech top 22%Growth top 28%AI top 45%Funding bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 22% Growthtop 28% AItop 45% Fundingbottom 45% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 33% Tech: 39 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $4M | 7 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Turbopackstyled-componentsEmotion+14 | — | — | — |
| 45 | Unicity Developer of infrastructure for autonomous agent marketplaces and machine-speed commerce 13Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 48%Tech bottom 40%Global bottom 35% All 7 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 48% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 35% Innovationbottom 34% Patentsbottom 26% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $3.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 13/100 | $3M | 4 mo ago | Seed | — | WebflowSwiperjQuery+9 | — | 3 patents Nutraceutical fiber matrices for metabolic regulation and controlled-release biologic delivery | — |
| 46 | Talus Blockchain platform for decentralizing artificial intelligence 53Tech top 24%Moat top 43%AI top 45%Funding top 46% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 24% Moattop 43% AItop 45% Fundingtop 46% Innovationtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 48% Patentsbottom 46% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% Tech: 37 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 2/10 · IP moat: 27 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $3M | 8 mo ago | Series A | — | Node.jsNextAuth.jsReact+17 | — | 27 patents Automotive interior storage and organization systems for floor and cargo compartments | — |
| 47 | Propy SaaS-driven and blockchain-enabled real estate transaction management software 67News top 19%Growth top 24%Global top 25%Funding top 42% All 7 signals ▾Newstop 19% Growthtop 24% Globaltop 25% Fundingtop 42% Markettop 46% Moattop 48% Techbottom 45% News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 9 tracked, 3 types) · 6 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Growth: 4 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $3M | 4 mo ago | Series A | 59 | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+9 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 48 | Uniblock Web3 infrastructure to facilitate the development of decentralized applications 53Tech top 31%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Innovation top 46% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 46% Fundingtop 46% Moattop 47% Patentsbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 33% Tech: 32 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $2M | 2 mo ago | Seed | 14 | Node.jsMUIReact+12 | — | 3 patents Adaptive modulation metric selection for OFDM subcarrier transmission | 1 job opening · 3 launchs |
| 49 | The Crypto Company Building infrastructure for crypto, blockchain, and Web3 technologies 27Funding top 38%AI top 45%Tech bottom 46%Global bottom 32% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% AItop 45% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 27% Funding: Raised $2.3M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 9 yrs (0.8/yr) AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $2M | 1 mo ago | Public | 10 10 → 13 (+30%) | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+11 | — | — | — |
| 50 | Interstate Provider of decentralized and interoperable Ethereum L1 blockchain platform 24Global top 45%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 46%Tech bottom 36% All 4 signals ▾Globaltop 45% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 46% Techbottom 36% Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond United States Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $2M | 3 mo ago | Seed | — | WebflowjsDelivrGoogle Hosted Libraries+7 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Blockchain Technology companies in California
#1
Series E · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 349 employees$487Mraised▾
Digital asset platform providing trading, custody, staking, settlement, and crypto financial infrastructure. It is designed for financial institutions and professional investors, it provides secure custody through a federally chartered banking entity and enables seamless access to liquidity, risk-managed execution, and compliant digital asset operations. It supports end-to-end workflows across cash and crypto assets, combining advanced market infrastructure with regulatory-grade security, governance, and institutional controls for managing and scaling digital asset strategies.
- Feb 2026Series E$100M
- Jun 2022Series D—
- Dec 2021Series D$350M
- Feb 2021Series C$80M
#2
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$100.6Mraised▾
Provider of tokenization services for financial assets and investment products. The company connects assets with crypto capital markets through onchain public listings. It offers tokenized funds and tokenized shares of public companies. The company's platform facilitates compliant onchain equity listings and direct issuance programs.
- Apr 2026Series B—
- Jan 2026Series B$82.5M
- Sep 2023Series A$14.1M
- Jun 2023Seed$4M
#3
TRM Labs 🦄Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 11 employees$149.9Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain intelligence for detecting crypto-facilitated crime and compliance. The platform offers tools for investigations, compliance, and supervision of digital assets. It facilitates transaction monitoring, wallet screening, and entity due diligence. The company provides resources such as training, reports, webinars, and guides.
- Feb 2026Series C$70M
- Nov 2022Series B$70M
- Feb 2022Series B—
- Dec 2021Series B$60M
#4
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 14 employees$73.4Mraised▾
Digital assets trading platform offering a wide range of cryptocurrencies, precious metals, and national currencies. They allow users to trade anything to anything and provides two-factor authentication and an API suite for enterprise clients. The platform has a mobile app for on-the-go trading.
- Apr 2026Series B—
- Jan 2018Angel$57.5M
- Jan 2016Series B$1.9M
- Dec 2014Series B$9.9M
#5
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2017$500Mraised▾
Developer of a layer 1 blockchain designed for payment solutions. The blockchain supports stablecoins, enabling high-throughput, low-cost global transactions for various business applications. It offers embedded payment features, including memo fields and batch transfers. The blockchain facilitates remittances, global payouts, embedded finance, microtransactions, agentic commerce, and tokenized deposits. Technical features include fee flexibility, dedicated payments lane, stablecoin interoperability, and compliance measures.
- Oct 2025Series A$500M
#6
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 10 employees$27.1Mraised▾
Provider of the decentralized platform to connect the financial supply chain. It allows businesses to transact on a network while maintaining ownership of their data, including validated company details, business relationships, and transactions. It also enables businesses to exchange financial documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and company data.
- May 2026Series A—
- Apr 2024Series A$15M
- Nov 2023Series A—
- Nov 2022Series A$4M
#7
Series B · California · founded 2021 · 13 employees$28.8Mraised▾
Future & options focused trading solutions for cryptocurrency. It offers cross-margin trading support, transparent pricing, liquidity support, funds transferring, and more. It supports Etherium, Solana, XRP, Binance Coins, and more.
- Apr 2026Conventional Debt$100M
- Apr 2026Grant (prize money)—
- Sep 2024Series B$25M
- Oct 2021Series A$3.8M
#8
Funding Raised · Solana Beach, California · founded 2023$500Mraised▾
Decentralized platform that enables users to create and launch their own tokens. It enables the creation and launch of new tokens, primarily memecoin. It relies on the creation of a large number of tokens, which can lead to speculation and market.
- Jul 2025ICO$500M
#9
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2022 · 6 employees$25Mraised▾
Web3 app intended to let users create mint, manage, and store digital assets. The application curates interesting web3 finds, teaches users how to mint NFT, offers ongoing education about the evolving landscape, and connects users with exciting communities.
- Feb 2026Series A$13M
- Mar 2023Series A$25M
#10
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 33 employees$19Mraised▾
Algorithm trading platform for cryptocurrency It offers CoinRoutes RealPrice which displays investable prices, filtered CBBO which is a research tool for crypto assets, and a cost calculator. It also provides a client-deployed smart order router that facilitates multi-exchange trading.
- Feb 2026Series B—
- Mar 2022Series B$16M
- Oct 2019Seed$3M
#11
Seed · Stanford, California · founded 2024$8Mraised▾
Next-generation payment protocol. It supports multiple cryptocurrency chains, aiming to pioneer payment abstraction for mass crypto adoption through its real-world utility and AI capabilities. It provides a modular payment protocol API and integration documentation for developers. It is building a cross-chain crypto payment infrastructure to drive crypto mass adoption, supporting all major blockchain ecosystems, including EVM, SVM, and emerging networks like TON. It simplifies crypto payment acceptance for businesses, supporting seamless integration with existing platforms, including DePIN services, Web3 gaming, NFT platforms, etc. It empowers merchants by providing easy crypto payment solutions that require no changes to existing merchant systems while offering users a seamless crypto payment experience across wallets, tokens, and chains.
- May 2026Seed$8M
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2018$92.5Mraised▾
Decentralized bitcoin exchange and interoperability protocol. It offers a custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin, allowing for atomic swaps between native Bitcoin assets. Its provides a secure and self-custodial gateway to the vast universe of Web3 decentralized applications.
- Aug 2025Series A$50M
- Jan 2024Seed$34M
- Sep 2021Seed$8.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Blockchain Technology coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Blockchain in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Blockchain in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 211 papers.
UC Berkeley, USC, and UC Davis lead California's blockchain research, focusing dominantly on security and IoT applications, with an optimistic tone (96 breakthroughs vs. 39 concerns).
- University of California, Berkeley29
- University of Southern California26
- University of California, Davis23
- University of California, Irvine22
- University of California, Los Angeles16
- Computer security1→25
- Database transaction1→14
- Distributed computing1→8
- Cloud computing1→5
- Proof of concept1→3
- Database transaction1→6
- Supply chain1→5
- Computer security1→16
- Cryptocurrency1→3