Best Mobile Companies in Los Angeles, United States
The 178 best Mobile companies in Los Angeles, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Snapchat.
Our analysis of 77 Mobile companies
$13.3b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Los Angeles
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snapchat Provider of multimedia messaging application 83Tech top 12%Customers top 13%Market top 21%Talent top 22% All 13 signals ▾Techtop 12% Customerstop 13% Markettop 21% Talenttop 22% Fundingtop 24% Globaltop 27% Producttop 27% Moattop 29% Newstop 30% Patentstop 35% Innovationtop 39% Fin. healthtop 43% Growthbottom 40% Tech: 71 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Customers: Play-Store rating 4.21★ across 39,493,073 ratings (1 apps) · Marquee-customer mentions: top 5% of tracked companies rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $2.6B | 94 mo ago | Public | 97 | Bobby Murphy Co-Founder | ContentfulSentryZendesk+27 | 129 patents AR visual filters, real-time video processing, and prioritized social messaging infrastructure | — |
| 2 | Mythical 🦄 Developer of games and a platform for secondary in-game economies 62Innovation top 16%Patents top 20%Funding top 22%Moat top 22% All 10 signals ▾Innovationtop 16% Patentstop 20% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 22% Markettop 35% Techtop 47% Globaltop 50% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 32% Growthbottom 24% Innovation: 205 patents (top 11% of patent-holders) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 51 in 2017-21 Patents: 205 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 51 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $317M | 35 mo ago | Series C | 91 91 → 169 (+86%) | Jamie Jackson Co-Founder | TypeScriptTailwind CSSZone.js+14 | 205 patents Enables trading, fractional ownership, and controlled access of in-game digital assets | — |
| 3 | LiveMe Social platform for live video streaming | $110M | 103 mo ago | Series B | 1 | Yuki He Founder & CEO | Node.jsAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+9 | — | — |
| 4 | Factual Platform offering data management solution | $105M | 93 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 18 | — | — | 66 patents Real-time contextual analytics and location-based event detection for applications | — |
| 5 | Freechat Provider of social networking platform based decentralised algorithms 27Funding top 38%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $82.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $82M | 29 mo ago | Series A | — | Jack Long CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | textPlus VoIP calling and messaging app | $53M | 134 mo ago | Series D | 22 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+17 | — | — |
| 7 | Gardens Developer of mobile and PC-based casual video games 19Talent top 28%Funding top 36%Moat top 45%Tech top 50% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 36% Moattop 45% Techtop 50% Globalbottom 37% Growthbottom 35% Innovationbottom 33% Patentsbottom 31% Marketbottom 16% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $31.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $31M | 36 mo ago | Series A | 3 | Lexie Dostal Co-Founder & CTO | StoryblokNode.jsTailwind CSS+11 | 4 patents Automated irrigation and modular design for horticultural planters | — |
| 8 | Maple Media Offers full-service mobile ad operations and revenue growth services | $30M | 111 mo ago | Acquired | 55 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 9 | Seriously Mobile game developer focusing on mid-core games | $28M | 130 mo ago | Acquired | 26 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 10 | VE Gaming Developer of mobile and web-based games | $25M | 42 mo ago | Series B | — | Xavier Mitchell CEO | — | 470 patents Blockchain-enabled gaming platforms, metaverse integration, and advanced gaming machine/card handling technologies. | 1 launch |
| 11 | Firefly Games Mobile Game publisher specializing in Mid-core games | $18M | 118 mo ago | Series B | 12 | Michael Zhang Founder and CEO | — | — | — |
| 12 | TapZen Mobile Game Developer focusing on Mid-Core games | $18M | 143 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | FuzzyBot Developer of video games featuring cooperative gameplay and cartoonish art 16Funding top 41%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 44%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 22% Funding: Raised $16.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $16M | 32 mo ago | Series A | 13 13 → 8 (-38%) | Max Spielberg Co-Founder/Creative Director | WebflowTypekitGoogle Font API+12 | — | — |
| 14 | Genpop Interactive Developer of core games for multiple platforms 19Talent top 38%Funding top 49%Tech bottom 40%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 24% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $16.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $16M | 33 mo ago | Seed | 21 | Blood Pop Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPcore-js+11 | — | — |
| 15 | Lucid Sight Developer of blockchain and VR-based games | $15M | 56 mo ago | Deadpooled | 19 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Versus Systems Platform offering reward based advertising solution 16Funding top 38%Talent top 41%Tech top 43%Global bottom 37% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% Talenttop 41% Techtop 43% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 24% Growthbottom 22% Fin. healthbottom 22% Funding: Raised $14.5M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $15M | 30 mo ago | Public | 39 | Matthew Pierce Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+21 | — | — |
| 17 | Kazoo Games Mobile game developer focusing on the development of casual video games | $12M | 55 mo ago | Series A | 21 | David Schulman Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 18 | Playgig Game development studio focuses on the development of battle games | $11M | 45 mo ago | Seed | 46 | — | WixSentryBootstrap+12 | — | — |
| 19 | Looped App-based platform for video interaction with celebrities | $9M | 63 mo ago | Deadpooled | 17 | Benjamin Kornick Co-Founder | ShopifyBack In StockVisa+16 | — | — |
| 20 | Robin Games Online retailer of various products, providing a smart shopping application | $7M | 75 mo ago | Seed | 21 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Lootsie Personal finance and business blog offering insights and enterprise solutions | $6M | 125 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Nix Hydra Mobile game development studio | $6M | 144 mo ago | Acquired | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Rogue Video game publisher | $6M | 63 mo ago | Series A | 26 | Matt Casamassina Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23 | 10 patents Wildlife game-call devices and personal-care product bottles/containers | — |
| 24 | Topia Provider of virtual world platform for social connection and collaboration | $6M | 60 mo ago | Seed | 14 | — | WebflowNode.jsExpress+25 | 51 patents Secure distributed data storage, compression, and unsupervised seasonal forecasting | — |
| 25 | Stoke Games Developer of multiplayer games for various platforms 29Growth top 30%Talent top 38%Funding bottom 44%Tech bottom 43% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 44% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $6M | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Veigar Bouius Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — |
| 26 | BuzzCast Provider of social community platform to connect with peers on one-to-one chat | $5M | 51 mo ago | Seed | — | Luke Peterson Co-Founder | Element UIVue.jsNginx+7 | — | — |
| 27 | TrueData Mobile data platform | $5M | 96 mo ago | Acquired | 42 | Elliott Easterling Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
| 28 | Hawku Online marketplace for utility and gaming NFTs | $4M | 55 mo ago | Series A | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Seismic Games Real-world augmented reality experiences, fostering community and exploration | $4M | 169 mo ago | Acquired | 707 | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Lil Snack Provider of online gaming platform 35Talent top 38%Tech top 39%Funding top 48%Market bottom 43% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Fundingtop 48% Marketbottom 43% Growthbottom 35% Globalbottom 29% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 28 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $3M | 26 mo ago | Seed | — | Travis Chen Co-Founder | ContentfulSentryNode.js+17 | — | — |
| 31 | Particle City Mobile game development studio | $3M | 127 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Larry Pacey Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 32 | Role Video game developer offering virtual tabletop games | $3M | 58 mo ago | Seed | 9 | Ian Hirschfeld Founder & CTO | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+5 | — | — |
| 33 | Dosen Online platform for video calls with experts 24Tech top 33%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Fundingbottom 46% Productbottom 40% Marketbottom 13% Tech: 36 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $2M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Ronan Wall Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 34 | Pocket Size Games Developer of PC and mobile-based casual games | $2M | 55 mo ago | Deadpooled | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | AdColony Premium mobile video ad network | $2M | — | Acquired | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | haste arcade Haste Arcade is an operator of an instant leaderboard payout gaming arcade platform. | $2M | 48 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | ReactReact Routerstyled-components+9 | — | — |
| 37 | SquadUP Web and mobile-based event ticketing solutions | $1M | 153 mo ago | Acquired | 6 | — | SentryRubyBootstrap+23 | 4 patents Integrated event management platforms linking ticketing, mobile services, and data analytics | — |
| 38 | SkyVu Mobile game development studio | $1M | 166 mo ago | Seed | — | Ben Vu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 39 | Morphin Photo editor app | $1M | 87 mo ago | Late Stage | 2 | Loic Ledoux Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 40 | Makemoji SDK for emoji making | $1M | 142 mo ago | Public | — | Tyler Breton Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 41 | Kewe Top online betting platform reviews, bonuses, and gaming guides | $1M | 160 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Jacob Taio Cruz Founder & President | — | — | — |
| 42 | Rumr app Anonymous messaging with friends | $800K | 150 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | James Jerlecki Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 43 | Freeform Labs Virtual reality game developer | $750K | 122 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | At The Pool Location based messenger | $750K | 162 mo ago | Seed | — | Alex Capecelatro Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 45 | Kindly Chat Connecting humankind | $500K | 136 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Jordan Walker Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 46 | Vtalkie Smart factory planning and digital transformation solutions for manufacturing enterprises | $450K | 164 mo ago | Seed | — | Alexandr Krizhevich Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 47 | M00m world Multiplayer mobile game and virtual world | $177K | 24 mo ago | Seed | — | Jordan Freda Co-Founder | FirebaseVimeoTailwind CSS+12 | — | — |
| 48 | Foundry Six Provider of solutions for video calling | $120K | 43 mo ago | Seed | 9 | Antony Tran Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 49 | Infinidus Developer of a time-released messaging application | $115K | 22 mo ago | Seed | — | Steve Bedrossian Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Mobile companies in Los Angeles
#1
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 5 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Online platform for video calls with experts
- Apr 2025Seed$2.3M
#2
Mythical 🦄Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2018 · 91 employees$317Mraised▾
Developer of games and a platform for secondary in-game economies. The platform allows developers to integrate secondary economies into their games. It provides tools for managing the complexity of adding this functionality. The platform offers documentation and onboarding guides, along with marketplace functionality. The company develops games with blockchain technology to enhance the player experience.
- Jun 2023Series C$37M
- Apr 2023Series C$20M
- Nov 2021Series C$150M
- Jun 2021Series B$75M
#3
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020$82Mraised▾
Provider of social networking platform based decentralised algorithms. It is a social application that enables users to communicate through text, video and voice call, images, and more. It offers tools such as tweeting, creating groups, generating videos, ad interactions, crypto based wallet, live streaming and allows users to earn coins using short videos, and more.
- Jan 2024Series A$80M
- Seed$2M
#4
Public · Los Angeles, California · founded 2011 · 97 employees$2.6Braised▾
Provider of multimedia messaging application. It offers users to send ephemeral messages to others. It provides solutions to capture photos and videos from their devices, edit with multiple filters, and share photos and video clip messages with friends. It offers features such as short videos, live video chatting, messaging, creating Bitmoji avatars, and sharing photos and videos through stories. It also provides a memories feature that allows users to store the snaps and stories in a private storage area. The application is available for both Android and iOS users.
- Aug 2018Post IPO$250M
- Nov 2017Post IPO$145.8M
- Nov 2016Series F—
- May 2016Series F$1.8B
#5
Public · Los Angeles, California · founded 1988 · 39 employees$14.5Mraised▾
Platform offering reward-based advertising solution. It is a competitive gaming platform for gamers. The platform allows gamers to play the game and win prizes. It also allows prize providers to enter their prizes and game developers to create matches for gamers. The prizes are redeemable on the Winfinite app. Caters to publishers, developers, advertisers, brands, and casual and hardcore gamers.
- Nov 2023Post IPO—
- Oct 2022Post IPO$1.1M
- Nov 2020Post IPO$1.9M
- Feb 2019Post IPO$1.8M
#6
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 13 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Developer of video games featuring cooperative gameplay and cartoonish art. The company focuses on creating engaging experiences across different genres. It develops titles for various platforms, including PC and consoles. The company's games emphasize collaborative play and visually appealing designs.
- Sep 2023Series A$13M
- Sep 2021Seed$3.5M
#7
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 3 employees$31.4Mraised▾
Developer of mobile and PC-based casual video games. The company is developing adventure and action games including Journey, Edith Finch, Blaseball, Spider-Man, Dustforce, Skyrim, Ashen, and more. The games are available on the PC and Android platforms. The studio's priorities include developing memorable player experiences.
- May 2023Series A$31.4M
- Jul 2021Seed$4.5M
#8
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 21 employees$16.4Mraised▾
Developer of core games for multiple platforms. The company focuses on game development, design, AI, and music production The company's first project is a third-person shooter that features "novel movement and combat mechanics.
- Sep 2023Seed$9.9M
- Mar 2023Seed$6.5M
#9
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2023$5.5Mraised▾
Developer of multiplayer games for various platforms. The company offers a "shooter-adjacent" game that focuses on competitive player-versus-player battles with twists and strategic, deliberate action.
- Feb 2024Seed$5.5M
#10
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2023$3.1Mraised▾
Provider of online gaming platform. It offers game such as Liars Quest, What Thep, Putt Putt Problems, and many more.
- Apr 2024Seed$3.1M
#11
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020$115Kraised▾
Developer of a time-released messaging application. This application allows users to create and schedule messages containing various media types—text, images, and videos—for delivery at a specific date and time or upon reaching a designated location. Messages are securely stored and only accessible to intended recipients. The platform facilitates collaborative message creation, enabling multiple users to contribute to a single message. Messages can be sent to users regardless of whether they have the application installed. The service focuses on enhancing communication and preserving memories through thoughtfully timed and personalized messages.
- Aug 2024Seed$115K
#12
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2022$25Mraised▾
Developer of mobile and web-based games. The company is designing and develops mobile and web-based games, AR/VR games, Web3 applications, and more. It's first playable video game demo, “Roo Awakening”, in conjunction with Robot Sea Monster.
- Dec 2022Series B$25M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 7,631 United States-affiliated papers.
- The University of Texas at Austin253
- Princeton University249
- Georgia Institute of Technology223
- Concordia University182
- Northeastern University163
- Beamforming519→1075
- Telecommunications14→150
- Electronic engineering150→265
- MIMO324→419
- Wireless42→125
- Telecommunications37→139
- Beamforming897→971
- Electronic engineering191→249
- Wireless63→114
- Antenna (radio)96→132
- Telecommunications6→11
- Physical layer1→5
- Phased array7→10
- Transmission (telecommunications)5→6
- Channel (broadcasting)6→7
Where 5g 6g is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing 5g 6g patents in the United States
United States 5g 6g patent filing is accelerating — 499,540 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Qualcomm, Intel, Apple; annual filings 46197→46569.
- Qualcomm180693
- Intel33864
- Apple32312
- Microsoft18468
- IBM15532
- Google15133
- Interdigital Patent Holdings14777
- Interdigital TECH14145