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Fintech Landscape of Los Angeles

519 Fintech companies in Los Angeles, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.

519companies tracked
$7.3Bdisclosed funding
29hiring right now
174events · 24 months
26,039news articles · 12 months

Who leads Fintech in Los Angeles

Shows the top fintech firms in Los Angeles by size, funding, hiring activity and media coverage, noting 519 companies tracked, 29 currently hiring and 105 with disclosed funding rounds.

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01Xsolla11last posted Aug 2026
  2. 02AmeriHome Mortgage10last posted Jun 2026
  3. 03Sunbit6last posted Jun 2026
  4. 04Maryland6last posted May 2026
  5. 05Payabli6last posted Jun 2026
  6. 06Universal Lending5last posted Feb 2026
  7. 07The Fundworks4last posted Jun 2026
  8. 08Credit Repair Cloud4last posted Feb 2026
29 companies hiring · 1 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01Sunbit$1.1BConventional Debt · Nov 2024
  2. 02Aspiration$869.5MSeries D · Dec 2021
  3. 03LendingUSA$561.8MConventional Debt · Mar 2021
  4. 04Pipe$439.1MSeries C · Jan 2026
  5. 05Tryllian Bank$414.6MSeries C · Nov 2022
  6. 06Quid$394.1MSeries D · Jan 2022
  7. 07Dave$386MPost IPO · Mar 2022
  8. 08ProducePay$364.5MSeries D · Feb 2024
105 companies with disclosed rounds · $7.3B total
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01Xsolla1,000tracked employees
  2. 02Dave320tracked employees
  3. 03ProducePay256tracked employees
  4. 04EasyHealth238tracked employees
  5. 05Aspiration237tracked employees
  6. 06CheckAlt218tracked employees
  7. 07MLhuillier145tracked employees
  8. 08Sunbit128tracked employees
38 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01Pipe16.9%42 tracked events
  2. 02Xsolla7.3%18 tracked events
  3. 03Dave6.9%17 tracked events
  4. 04Docupace6.5%16 tracked events
  5. 05Sunbit6.0%15 tracked events
  6. 06Keeta5.6%14 tracked events
  7. 07ProducePay5.2%13 tracked events
  8. 08round5.2%13 tracked events
248 tracked events across 33 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
  1. 01Dave9,563articles in the window
  2. 02Fair Play296articles in the window
  3. 03Xsolla164articles in the window
  4. 04Maza125articles in the window
  5. 05Keeta108articles in the window
  6. 06Telcoin81articles in the window
  7. 07Winden63articles in the window
  8. 08SUMA63articles in the window
33 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Fintech ecosystem in Los Angeles grew, 2016–2025

Shows the annual count of new fintech companies founded from 2016 to 2025, highlighting a peak of 46 firms in 2020 and 9 firms founded in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new Fintech companies in Los Angeles
2016: 292017: 292018: 342019: 342020: 462021: 342022: 312023: 322024: 292025: 9
20162025
peak 46 in 2020
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 40 in 2021
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 146,127,7682017: 270,206,7652018: 254,346,2782019: 822,903,7202020: 947,388,3462021: 1,999,770,5602022: 1,185,583,8872023: 80,997,1032024: 1,061,847,2542025: 151,504,080
20162025
peak $2B in 2021
Los Angeles — home to 519 tracked Fintech companies
Los Angeles519 Fintech companies tracked here

The Fintech market map of Los Angeles: what these companies actually do

Breaks down the product sub‑categories and revenue models of Los Angeles fintech firms, with the largest groups in consumer digital and enterprise tech, and the most common models being transaction commissions and subscriptions.

  • Consumer Digital260 companies · $5B raised · 13 hiring
  • Enterprise Tech260 companies · $4.6B raised · 21 hiring
  • Nbfc Lenders126 companies · $3.7B raised · 12 hiring
  • Enterprise Software115 companies · $501.9M raised · 6 hiring
  • Marketplaces73 companies · $2.2B raised · 7 hiring
  • Business Payments Solutions67 companies · $272.2M raised · 4 hiring
  • Blockchain in Financial Services56 companies · $404.4M raised · 2 hiring
  • SaaS54 companies · $1.1B raised · 4 hiring
  • Commerce Enablers50 companies · $1.3B raised · 4 hiring
  • Fintech SaaS26 companies · $133.1M raised · 2 hiring
  • Automotive Fintech24 companies · $34M raised · 1 hiring
  • Online Trading Platforms24 companies · $17.8M raised

Monetization

How Fintech companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

Commission on Transaction354
Subscription284
Fee-For-Service119
E-Commerce - Service105
Lending82
Advertising35
E-Commerce - Product17
Freemium6

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Fintech in Los Angeles

Lists 174 corporate events over the past two years, including 45 key‑person moves, 31 funding rounds, 30 lawsuits and 18 mergers and acquisitions.

Leadership 45Funding 31Lawsuit 30M&A 18Earnings 10Product 9Announcement 7Contracts 7Capital 5Layoffs 3
  • FundingRound, a London, UK-based provider of an AI-powered finance automation platform, raised $6M in Seed funding.2026-04-13
  • FundingPipe, a fintech that provides customer-friendly embedded financial solutions for small businesses, announced a $16 million funding round today. The round was led by investors Fin Capital and MaC Venture Capital.2026-04-09
  • FundingThe biotechnology company expects to raise approximately $17.5 million in gross proceeds before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses.2026-04-02
  • M&ADocupace, a leading provider of AI-enabled back-office and compliance software for wealth management firms, today announced the acquisition of InvestEdge, the trusted provider of regulatory compliance software for bank trust departments, broker-dealers, and registered investment advisors (RIAs).2026-02-25
  • FundingCredit Key has raised $90 million in growth capital2026-01-23
  • FundingIn 2024, Farcaster reached a reported valuation of $1,000 million after closing a $150 million Series A round.2026-01-23
  • FundingPinch AI, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered post-purchase intelligence platform that helps retailers prevent return fraud while rewarding loyal customers, has raised $5 million in Seed funding.2026-01-16
  • M&ASenzing has acquired Placekey to strengthen its entity resolution capabilities using standardized geospatial data.2025-12-12
  • M&AManifest Financial has acquired Nucreator, a brand partnership outreach software company, to strengthen its marketing and brand collaboration capabilities.2025-10-01
  • M&AASX-listed QuickFee Limited have announced the sale of its US Pay Now (ACH, Card and Connect) business for US$26.35 million (A$40 million) Aiwyn, Inc., a US technology company backed by KKR and Bessemer Ventures.2025-09-08

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Fintech company in Los Angeles was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
DocupaceinvestedgeundisclosedAnnounced2026-02-25
SenzingPlacekeyundisclosedAnnounced2025-12-12
DocupaceHubly IncundisclosedAnnounced2025-11-03
Manifest FinancialNucreatorundisclosedAnnounced2025-10-01
platinum equitySoLoundisclosedAnnounced2025-09-11
Aiwyn, Inc.QuickFee$26.4MCompleted2025-09-08

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Details specific event types such as leadership changes, product launches and customer contract wins for Los Angeles fintech companies.

Leadership moves
15 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • DocupaceMike Conlon · Appointment → Chief Revenue OfficerApr 2026
  • SenzingStephen Gilderdale · Appointment → President & Chief Commercial OfficerApr 2026
  • SunbitShachar G. Scott · Appointment → Chief Marketing OfficerFeb 2026
  • ProducePayGreg Samels · Appointment → Director of Key AccountsFeb 2026
  • DocupaceScott Willette · Appointment → Chief Technology OfficerJan 2026
  • PipeClaurelle Rakipovic · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerDec 2025
  • PipeJason Mikula · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerDec 2025
  • PipeLuke Voiles · Departure — was Chief Executive OfficerDec 2025
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
  • SunbitSunbit financing on Stripe (BNPL / Consumer Financing)Apr 2026
  • XsollaXsolla Agency (IP licensing service)Mar 2026
  • XsollaXsolla Pay Station – Paidy Integration (Payment integration)Jan 2026
  • TelcoinTelcoin Digital Asset Bank (Regulated digital asset bank)Nov 2025
Contract wins
4 customer wins · last 24 months
Workforce actions
3 companies cutting roles · last 24 months
  • Pipe~50% of workforce reported · cost reductionApr 2026
  • Keeta~200 roles reported · operational challengesMar 2026
  • Aspiration~20% of workforce reported · business downturnSep 2025
Regulatory & litigation
5 regulatory events · 21 tracked suits · 24 months
  • Keetaagreement to revise specific terms in restaurant agreements — Hong Kong’s Competition CommissionApr 2026
  • KeetaInvestigation — Hong Kong’s Competition CommissionApr 2026
  • Keetainvestment license granted — Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA)Oct 2025
  • Seek Capitalpreliminary injunction issued — Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Mar 2025
  • keeta v 99Foodban clauses imposed by 99Food · FiledApr 2026
  • arizona, california, illinois, Maryland, nevada, new mexico, v kroger, albertsonsreimbursement for merger litigation costs · FiledApr 2026
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
4 companies reporting11 company-quarters trackedbeat 6miss 0in line 0

Who is building Fintech in Los Angeles

Profiles 249 founders and CEOs across 182 firms, noting frequent alma maters like Harvard and UCLA and prior employers such as Apple, Google and Microsoft.

Founders and chief executives12 of 249, from the best-funded companies on this page
Tal Riesenfeld
Chief Revenue Officer (Co-Founder)
Tal Riesenfeld

Ex-Eyeview, Hewlett-Packard, Israeli Scouts. Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBen-Gurion University of the Negev BSc 2004, HBS MBA 2008

Andrei Cherny
Co-Founder & CEO
Andrei Cherny

Ex-Burson-Marsteller, ACE Strategies, Center for American Progress, US Navy. Harvard University BA 1997, University of California…

Camilo Concha
CEO
Camilo Concha

Ex-YPO · California State University Northridge BBA 1998

Zain Allarakhia
Co-Founder & CTO
Zain Allarakhia

Ex-Co-Founder Instavest, Plaid, Braintree, Invitae. University of Michigan BBA 2011

Luqmaan Samie
CEO
Luqmaan Samie

Ex-CEO Tryllian Bank, Samie Capital, Samie Bank, The Samie Group, Samie & Associates.

Samit Varma
Founder & Managing Director
Samit Varma

Founder & MD Quid, ex-Co-Founder & CEO Celenex, Pizza Studio, Anthem Venture Partners. United States Naval Academy BE 1998…

Benjamin Dusastre
Co-Founder & CFO
Benjamin Dusastre

Co-Founder ProducePay, Bespoke Financial, ex-Radlink, Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run. Concordia University BCom 2003…

Alex Perelman
Co-Founder & CTO
Alex Perelman

Co-Founder Sentiyen, On Deck, PeerStreet, ex-Co-Founder Weilos, Venyooz. University of California Berkeley BS 2004…

John Tomich
CEO and Co-Founder
John Tomich

Credit Key, ex-Dstld, ex-Onestop Internet, Loyola Marymount University

Varun Srinivasan
Co-Founder
Varun Srinivasan
repeat founder

Ex-Co-Founder SoundFocus, Coinbase, Microsoft. Carnegie Mellon University BS 2010

Yinon Ravid
Co-Founder & CEO
Yinon Ravid
repeat founder

Ex-Founder Openfolio, Oak Hill Advisors, Analysis Group. Columbia University BA 2005

Will Dahlquist
Founder
Will Dahlquist

Co-Founder SAN, ex-Blockchain Marketing, Spring Venture Group, First Student Aid. The University of Kansas 2015

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 55 of 249 founders
Harvard University14
University of California (Los Angeles)11
Harvard Business School7
Stanford University7
University of California (Berkeley)4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
Stanford Business School3
Columbia University2
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 16 of 249 founders
Apple3
Google2
Microsoft2
Paypal2
Facebook2
Boston Consulting Group1
Intel1
Morgan Stanley1
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 213 founders with a profile on this page
6
carry a repeat-founder flag
  • flagged as repeat founders6
  • no repeat-founder flag207
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 222 of 249 founders
9%
of matched founders are women
  • women20
  • men202
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 27 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Fintech in Los Angeles

Summarizes 270 funding rounds since 2016 backed by 576 investors, with an average round size of $6.4 million.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
TTV Capital135Jun 2025
Fika Ventures83Jun 2025
Andreessen Horowitz74Jan 2024
Plug and Play Tech Center72Sep 2024
QED Investors63Jun 2025
Techstars62Apr 2024
MaC Venture Capital62Jan 2026
Victory Park Capital Advisors6Jun 2024
500 Global54Jan 2023
Bessemer Venture Partners54Sep 2023
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel100
Series A–B87
Series C+ / PE20
Grants, debt & other63

The typical round is $6.4M — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest Fintech funding rounds in Los Angeles

Highlights the largest disclosed financing, a $414.6 million Series C for Tryllian Bank, and lists ten other large recent rounds.

CompanyRoundSizeWhenBackers
Tryllian BankSeries Cmega-round$414.6MNov 2022A List Group Holdings
AspirationSeries Dmega-round$350MJan 2021Oaktree Capital Management
QuidSeries Dmega-round$320MNov 2020Oaktree Capital Management, Davidson Kempner Capital Management
AspirationSeries Dmega-round$315MDec 2021Oaktree Capital Management, Steve Ballmer
PipeSeries Cmega-round$250MMar 2021Greenspring Associates, Guy Oseary, Republic Capital +8 more
FarcasterSeries A$150MMay 2024Paradigm, Haun Ventures, Union Square Ventures +3 more
AspirationSeries C$135MMay 2020Alpha Edison, UBS, DNS Capital +6 more
AlbertSeries C$100MJan 2021General Atlantic, CapitalG, QED Investors +1 more
SunbitSeries D$87.8MJun 2021Group 11, Zeev Ventures, Migdal Group +3 more
QuidSeries D$74.1MJan 2022Troy Capital Partners
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M5
$1–10M21
$10–50M11
$50–250M1
>$250M0

38 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

What the news says about Fintech in Los Angeles

Counts 26,039 news articles in the past year, with top topics covering cryptocurrency effects on forex, macroeconomic indicators, trade tensions, and interest‑rate impacts.

News volume
Fintech coverage tagged Los Angeles · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 4,7822021Q3: 5,2152021Q4: 5,1952022Q1: 6,9402022Q2: 5,9592022Q3: 5,1942022Q4: 5,2542023Q1: 6,3642023Q2: 5,9762023Q3: 5,2042023Q4: 5,7072024Q1: 7,6872024Q2: 7,1372024Q3: 7,3032024Q4: 6,8102025Q1: 15,0372025Q2: 6,3992025Q3: 8,1352025Q4: 5,5522026Q1: 5,880
2021Q22026Q1
peak 15,037 in 2025Q1 · 26,039 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 68% → 65%, negative 30% → 33% across 2021–2025.

What the coverage is about

The subjects that dominate Fintech news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.

  • Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets256,685▲+41%
  • Economic indicators (gdp, cpi, unemployment)85,368→+7%
  • Trade wars and geopolitical impacts83,564▲+17%
  • Interest rate decisions and impacts72,480▲+17%
  • Central bank monetary policy announcements65,419→+10%
  • Federal reserve policy meeting summaries64,366▲+17%
  • Global recession risks and forecasts63,436▲+13%
  • Regulatory compliance in foreign exchange trading50,230▲+85%
  • Foreign exchange (forex) rate fluctuations49,040▲+40%
  • Quarterly and annual financial results48,582▲+28%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months

33 Fintech companies here were named in the news over this period.

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Watch Fintech coverage in United States as it happens

Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.

Momentum

The words getting louder — and quieter

Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.

stablecoin fx impact+124%stock price+115%investment deal+422%decentralized forex+97%etf trading+97%share price+155%etfs+95%forex liquidity+52%sector etfs+92%etf structures+96%
flood stage forecasting-99%hydrologic risk modeling-100%coastal flooding study-97%flood control measures-98%severe weather warning-90%

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in United States Fintech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
1,276,365 articles touch this dimension · 49.0% critical tone
20212025
signals: economic slowdown, stock performance, currency intervention policies
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
268,477 articles touch this dimension · 37.5% critical tone
20212025
signals: inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx
Growth ▲ rising
402,987 articles touch this dimension · 43.1% critical tone
20212025
signals: gdp growth forex, inflation reports fx, trade deficits fx

Fintech jobs in Los Angeles: who is hiring and what they ask for

Reports 649 job postings from 60 fintech employers in the last year, emphasizing demand for skills like SQL, Python, payments, smart contracts and TypeScript.

649postings · last 12 months
1,004postings tracked overall
60employers advertising

Demand

The Skills Employers Ask For

What Fintech employers in Los Angeles put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.

  • sql36
  • python36
  • payments28
  • smart contracts26
  • typescript24
  • blockchain24
  • nodejs21
  • apis18
  • react17
  • api15
What level are these roles?
Entry27
Intern2
Senior64
Lead42
Manager165
Most advertised titles
  • Administrative Coordinator - Work From Home19
  • Security Officer19
  • Chief Communications Officer11
  • Social Media Manager10
  • Cleaning10
  • Sandwich Artist9

What the research says

The Fintech research read is national: 907 United States-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Mobile Payments Adoption Barriers, Financial Crime Detection Challenges, Algorithmic Trading Liquidity Risks, Mobile Money Inclusion Pitfalls. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in United States — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.

Read the full Fintech research analysis for United States →

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Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.

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About this data: built from Fliar's company, founder, funding, hiring, jobs, news and research trackers, covering Los Angeles. Counts are of companies we track, not of every company that exists. Updated August 2026.
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