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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.

178companies tracked
$3.6Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
65have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MOBILE × LOS ANGELES

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.

77companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
11unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Los Angeles

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Snapchat
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
$2.6B94 mo agoPublic97Bobby Murphy
Co-Founder
ContentfulSentryZendesk+27129 patents
AR visual filters, real-time video processing, and prioritized social messaging infrastructure
—
2Mythical 🦄
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
$317M35 mo agoSeries C91
91 → 169 (+86%)
Jamie Jackson
Co-Founder
TypeScriptTailwind CSSZone.js+14205 patents
Enables trading, fractional ownership, and controlled access of in-game digital assets
—
3LiveMe
Social platform for live video streaming
$110M103 mo agoSeries B1Yuki He
Founder & CEO
Node.jsAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+9——
4Factual
Platform offering data management solution
$105M93 mo agoAcqui-Hired18——66 patents
Real-time contextual analytics and location-based event detection for applications
—
5Freechat
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
$82M29 mo agoSeries A—Jack Long
CEO
———
6textPlus
VoIP calling and messaging app
$53M134 mo agoSeries D22—Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+17——
7Gardens
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
$31M36 mo agoSeries A3Lexie Dostal
Co-Founder & CTO
StoryblokNode.jsTailwind CSS+114 patents
Automated irrigation and modular design for horticultural planters
—
8Maple Media
Offers full-service mobile ad operations and revenue growth services
$30M111 mo agoAcquired55—WordPressMySQLPHP+23——
9Seriously
Mobile game developer focusing on mid-core games
$28M130 mo agoAcquired26—WordPressMySQLPHP+21——
10VE Gaming
Developer of mobile and web-based games
$25M42 mo agoSeries B—Xavier Mitchell
CEO
—470 patents
Blockchain-enabled gaming platforms, metaverse integration, and advanced gaming machine/card handling technologies.
1 launch
11Firefly Games
Mobile Game publisher specializing in Mid-core games
$18M118 mo agoSeries B12Michael Zhang
Founder and CEO
———
12TapZen
Mobile Game Developer focusing on Mid-Core games
$18M143 mo agoAcqui-Hired22————
13FuzzyBot
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
$16M32 mo agoSeries A13
13 → 8 (-38%)
Max Spielberg
Co-Founder/Creative Director
WebflowTypekitGoogle Font API+12——
14Genpop 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
$16M33 mo agoSeed21Blood Pop
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPcore-js+11——
15Lucid Sight
Developer of blockchain and VR-based games
$15M56 mo agoDeadpooled19————
16Versus 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
$15M30 mo agoPublic39Matthew Pierce
Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+21——
17Kazoo Games
Mobile game developer focusing on the development of casual video games
$12M55 mo agoSeries A21David Schulman
Co-Founder & CEO
———
18Playgig
Game development studio focuses on the development of battle games
$11M45 mo agoSeed46—WixSentryBootstrap+12——
19Looped
App-based platform for video interaction with celebrities
$9M63 mo agoDeadpooled17Benjamin Kornick
Co-Founder
ShopifyBack In StockVisa+16——
20Robin Games
Online retailer of various products, providing a smart shopping application
$7M75 mo agoSeed21————
21Lootsie
Personal finance and business blog offering insights and enterprise solutions
$6M125 mo agoSeed—————
22Nix Hydra
Mobile game development studio
$6M144 mo agoAcquired11————
23Rogue
Video game publisher
$6M63 mo agoSeries A26Matt Casamassina
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+2310 patents
Wildlife game-call devices and personal-care product bottles/containers
—
24Topia
Provider of virtual world platform for social connection and collaboration
$6M60 mo agoSeed14—WebflowNode.jsExpress+2551 patents
Secure distributed data storage, compression, and unsupervised seasonal forecasting
—
25Stoke 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
$6M28 mo agoSeed—Veigar Bouius
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13——
26BuzzCast
Provider of social community platform to connect with peers on one-to-one chat
$5M51 mo agoSeed—Luke Peterson
Co-Founder
Element UIVue.jsNginx+7——
27TrueData
Mobile data platform
$5M96 mo agoAcquired42Elliott Easterling
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+13——
28Hawku
Online marketplace for utility and gaming NFTs
$4M55 mo agoSeries A8————
29Seismic Games
Real-world augmented reality experiences, fostering community and exploration
$4M169 mo agoAcquired707————
30Lil 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
$3M26 mo agoSeed—Travis Chen
Co-Founder
ContentfulSentryNode.js+17——
31Particle City
Mobile game development studio
$3M127 mo agoDeadpooled—Larry Pacey
Co-Founder & CEO
———
32Role
Video game developer offering virtual tabletop games
$3M58 mo agoSeed9Ian Hirschfeld
Founder & CTO
Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+5——
33Dosen
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
$2M14 mo agoSeed5Ronan Wall
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+23——
34Pocket Size Games
Developer of PC and mobile-based casual games
$2M55 mo agoDeadpooled25————
35AdColony
Premium mobile video ad network
$2M—Acquired100————
36haste arcade
Haste Arcade is an operator of an instant leaderboard payout gaming arcade platform.
$2M48 mo agoSeed8—ReactReact Routerstyled-components+9——
37SquadUP
Web and mobile-based event ticketing solutions
$1M153 mo agoAcquired6—SentryRubyBootstrap+234 patents
Integrated event management platforms linking ticketing, mobile services, and data analytics
—
38SkyVu
Mobile game development studio
$1M166 mo agoSeed—Ben Vu
Co-Founder & CEO
———
39Morphin
Photo editor app
$1M87 mo agoLate Stage2Loic Ledoux
Co-Founder
———
40Makemoji
SDK for emoji making
$1M142 mo agoPublic—Tyler Breton
Co-Founder & CEO
———
41Kewe
Top online betting platform reviews, bonuses, and gaming guides
$1M160 mo agoDeadpooled—Jacob Taio Cruz
Founder & President
———
42Rumr app
Anonymous messaging with friends
$800K150 mo agoDeadpooled—James Jerlecki
Co-Founder & CEO
———
43Freeform Labs
Virtual reality game developer
$750K122 mo agoSeed—————
44At The Pool
Location based messenger
$750K162 mo agoSeed—Alex Capecelatro
Founder & CEO
———
45Kindly Chat
Connecting humankind
$500K136 mo agoDeadpooled—Jordan Walker
Founder & CEO
———
46Vtalkie
Smart factory planning and digital transformation solutions for manufacturing enterprises
$450K164 mo agoSeed—Alexandr Krizhevich
Co-Founder
———
47M00m world
Multiplayer mobile game and virtual world
$177K24 mo agoSeed—Jordan Freda
Co-Founder
FirebaseVimeoTailwind CSS+12——
48Foundry Six
Provider of solutions for video calling
$120K43 mo agoSeed9Antony Tran
Co-Founder & CEO
———
49Infinidus
Developer of a time-released messaging application
$115K22 mo agoSeed—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

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 33%
Growth
top 45%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Funding
bottom 46%
Product
bottom 40%
Tech: 36 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Seed$2.3M
Founders & team
Ronan WallCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Affinity Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Fuel Ventures
Tech stack
AzureCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#2
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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 16%
Patents
top 20%
Funding
top 22%
Moat
top 22%
Market
top 35%
Tech
top 47%
Innovation: 205 patents (top 11% of patent-holders) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 51 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain
Patents: 205 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 51 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $317M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 8 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series C (Jun 2023)
Audience (LinkedIn): 55k LinkedIn followers — 59.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Series C$37M
  • Apr 2023Series C$20M
  • Nov 2021Series C$150M
  • Jun 2021Series B$75M
Founders & team
Jamie JacksonCo-Founder
Investors
WestCap, 01 Advisors, Galaxy, Javelin Venture Partners, Struck Capital, Alumni Ventures
Tech stack
AngularCloudflareGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 38%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $82.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Jan 2024)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series A$80M
  • Seed$2M
Founders & team
Jack LongCEO
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 12%
Customers
top 13%
Market
top 21%
Talent
top 22%
Funding
top 24%
Global
top 27%
Tech: 71 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Envoy
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.21★ across 39,493,073 ratings (1 apps) · Marquee-customer mentions: top 5% of tracked companies
Market: 97 employees (top 36% of Mobile) · Revenue ~$4.6B · Top-5,000 web property
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2018Post IPO$250M
  • Nov 2017Post IPO$145.8M
  • Nov 2016Series F—
  • May 2016Series F$1.8B
Founders & team
Bobby MurphyCo-FounderReggie BrownCo-FounderEvan SpiegelCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Fidelity Investments, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic, IVP
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnt DesignApolloApple Icloud MailAura
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 38%
Talent
top 41%
Tech
top 43%
Global
bottom 37%
Market
bottom 30%
News
bottom 24%
Funding: Raised $14.5M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Nov 2023)
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 24 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Post IPO—
  • Oct 2022Post IPO$1.1M
  • Nov 2020Post IPO$1.9M
  • Feb 2019Post IPO$1.8M
Founders & team
Matthew PierceFounder & CEO
Investors
Haywood, Canaccord Genuity Group, O Labs, Eight Capital Management
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 41%
Talent
bottom 49%
Tech
bottom 44%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 22%
Funding: Raised $16.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Sep 2023)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 15 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 4.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Series A$13M
  • Sep 2021Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Max SpielbergCo-Founder/Creative Director
Investors
BITKRAFT Ventures, 1Up Ventures, Sisu, MK Venture Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHstsHttp/3
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 19how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 36%
Moat
top 45%
Tech
top 50%
Global
bottom 37%
Growth
bottom 35%
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) · Last round Series A (May 2023)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 4 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 11k LinkedIn followers — 11.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Series A$31.4M
  • Jul 2021Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Lexie DostalCo-Founder & CTOStephen BellCofounderChris BellCEO
Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Krafton, Dreamhaven, TIRTA, Rendered, Transcend Fund
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesFont AwesomeGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 19how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 49%
Tech
bottom 40%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 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) · Last round Seed (Sep 2023)
Tech: 14 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Seed$9.9M
  • Mar 2023Seed$6.5M
Founders & team
Blood PopCo-Founder & CEOAubrey TennantCo-Founder
Investors
Makers Fund, 1Up Ventures, Good Smile, TRIGGER Inc
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 30%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
bottom 44%
Tech
bottom 43%
Global
bottom 29%
Market
bottom 22%
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $5.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2024)
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Seed$5.5M
Founders & team
Veigar BouiusCo-Founder & CEOJon DiestaCo-Founder
Investors
BITKRAFT Ventures, Riot Games, 1Up Ventures
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCore-JsGoogle WorkspaceHstsJsdelivr
#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.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 39%
Funding
top 48%
Market
bottom 43%
Growth
bottom 35%
Global
bottom 29%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 28 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Sentry
Funding: Raised $3.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Seed$3.1M
Founders & team
Travis ChenCo-FounderEric BermanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Lerer Hippeau, Waverley Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Powerhouse Capital
Tech stack
ContentfulCore-JsFacebook PixelFont AwesomeGsapHsts
#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.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Seed$115K
Founders & team
Steve BedrossianFounder
#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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Series B$25M
Founders & team
Xavier MitchellCEO

Funding & investor landscape

$3.6Btotal disclosed funding
60companies funded
115disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
1Up Ventures6 rounds
500 Global4 rounds
Upfront Ventures4 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz3 rounds
Animoca Brands3 rounds
Bonfire Ventures3 rounds
Double M Partners3 rounds
Gaingels3 rounds
Lightspeed Venture Partners3 rounds
PROOF3 rounds

Notable founders

Ronan Wall
Co-Founder & CEO · Dosen
Jamie Jackson
Co-Founder · Mythical
Jack Long
CEO · Freechat
Bobby Murphy
Co-Founder · Snapchat
Reggie Brown
Co-Founder · Snapchat
Matthew Pierce
Founder & CEO · Versus Systems
Max Spielberg
Co-Founder/Creative Director · FuzzyBot
Lexie Dostal
Co-Founder & CTO · Gardens
Stephen Bell
Cofounder · Gardens
Blood Pop
Co-Founder & CEO · Genpop Interactive
Aubrey Tennant
Co-Founder · Genpop Interactive
Veigar Bouius
Co-Founder & CEO · Stoke Games
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 825,294 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

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.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 27% → 52% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • The University of Texas at Austin253
  • Princeton University249
  • Georgia Institute of Technology223
  • Concordia University182
  • Northeastern University163
leading researchers
H. Vincent Poor · Robert W. Heath · A. Lee Swindlehurst · Athina P. Petropulu · Moeness G. Amin · Zhu Han · Ahmed Alkhateeb · Wei‐Ping Zhu
▲ Breakthroughs3,131 · 41%
▲ 35%→48% share
▲1.4× share momentum5 median citations47% since 2021mostly methods-led
Beamforming breakthrough research is surging — U.S. papers more than doubled from 519 to 1,075.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming519→1075
  • Telecommunications14→150
  • Electronic engineering150→265
  • MIMO324→419
  • Wireless42→125
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→40 · Computer vision 0→17 · Holography 0→11
Landmark Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding for Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems · 2,600 cites
◆ Advancements3,836 · 50%
▼ 54%→45% share
▼0.8× share momentum5 median citations36% since 2021mostly methods-led
Telecommunications advancement papers quadrupled from 37 to 139, signaling rapidly maturing applied 5G/6G work.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Telecommunications37→139
  • Beamforming897→971
  • Electronic engineering191→249
  • Wireless63→114
  • Antenna (radio)96→132
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→21 · Drone 0→14 · Holography 0→12
Landmark Spatially Sparse Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems · 3,631 cites
▼ Concerns392 · 5%
▼ 7%→3% share
▼0.4× share momentum4 median citations26% since 2021mostly empirical
Concern-segment field-share halved from 7% to 3%, though Physical layer risk papers quintupled from 1 to 5.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Telecommunications6→11
  • Physical layer1→5
  • Phased array7→10
  • Transmission (telecommunications)5→6
  • Channel (broadcasting)6→7
Landmark An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems · 2,896 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

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.

Boston335 · +0.66
Hot · BeamformingAdvancing · HydrophoneOpportunity · Joint (building)Concern · Computer network
San Diego307 · +0.70
Hot · Phased arrayAdvancing · BiCMOSOpportunity · 3G MIMOConcern · Beamforming
New York263 · +0.66
Hot · MIMOAdvancing · Omnidirectional antennaOpportunity · Dual (grammatical number)Concern · Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
Austin253 · +0.62
Hot · Stochastic geometryAdvancing · Quantization (signal processing)Opportunity · Duality (order theory)Concern · Base station
Los Angeles248 · +0.68
Hot · BeamformingAdvancing · ApodizationOpportunity · True time delayConcern · Extremely high frequency
Atlanta223 · +0.68
Hot · Blind deconvolutionAdvancing · Phase-shift keyingOpportunity · ScalabilityConcern · Wideband
SF Bay Area193 · +0.61
Hot · Speed of soundAdvancing · Ultrasonic sensorOpportunity · Differentiable functionConcern · Wireless
Ann Arbor125 · +0.63
Hot · Frequency bandAdvancing · Computer hardwareOpportunity · Adaptive beamformerConcern · Multipath propagation
Chicago72 · +0.64
Hot · Channel state informationAdvancing · Convex optimizationOpportunity · Speech recognitionConcern · Telecommunications
Seattle69 · +0.53
Hot · Synthetic aperture sonarAdvancing · SonarOpportunity · Continuous-wave radarConcern · Beamforming
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

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.

499,540 filings8,000 assigneespeak 53346/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Qualcomm180693
  • Intel33864
  • Apple32312
  • Microsoft18468
  • IBM15532
  • Google15133
  • Interdigital Patent Holdings14777
  • Interdigital TECH14145

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