Fintech Industry 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 September 2026.
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 that disclosed recent funding.
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Xsolla11last posted Aug 2026
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AmeriHome Mortgage10last posted Jun 2026
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Sunbit6last posted Jun 2026
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Maryland6last posted May 2026
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Payabli6last posted Jun 2026
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Universal Lending5last posted Feb 2026
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The Fundworks4last posted Jun 2026
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Credit Repair Cloud4last posted Feb 2026
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Aspiration$869.5MSeries D · Dec 2021
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LendingUSA$561.8MConventional Debt · Mar 2021
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Pipe$439.1MSeries C · Jan 2026
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Tryllian Bank$414.6MSeries C · Nov 2022
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Quid$394.1MSeries D · Jan 2022
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Dave$386MPost IPO · Mar 2022
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ProducePay$364.5MSeries D · Feb 2024
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EasyHealth238tracked employees
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CheckAlt218tracked employees
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MLhuillier145tracked employees
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Docupace6.5%16 tracked events
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Keeta5.6%14 tracked events
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round5.2%13 tracked events
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Fair Play296articles in the window
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Maza125articles in the window
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Telcoin81articles in the window
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Winden63articles in the window
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SUMA63articles in the window
See all 519 Fintech companies in Los Angeles
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How the Fintech ecosystem in Los Angeles grew, 2016–2025
Displays the annual count of fintech startups founded from 2016 to 2025, highlighting a peak of 46 new companies in 2020 and 9 in 2025.
The Fintech market map of Los Angeles: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the product categories these firms develop and their revenue models, with the largest groups in consumer digital and enterprise tech, and commissions and subscriptions as the most common earnings methods.
- 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.
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 or acquisitions.
- 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.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-25 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-12-12 | ||
| Hubly Inc | undisclosed | Announced | 2025-11-03 | |
| Nucreator | undisclosed | Announced | 2025-10-01 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-09-11 | ||
| Aiwyn, Inc. | $26.4M | Completed | 2025-09-08 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as leadership changes, new product launches and notable customer contracts.
SenzingStephen Gilderdale · Appointment → President & Chief Commercial OfficerApr 2026
Input 1won AxisPeak CapitalJan 2026
XS Financialwon undisclosed clientMay 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
Who is building Fintech in Los Angeles
Profiles 249 founders and CEOs across 182 companies, noting frequent alma maters like Harvard and UCLA and prior employers such as Apple, Google and Microsoft.
Ex-Co-Founder Instavest, Plaid, Braintree, Invitae. University of Michigan BBA 2011
Ex-CEO Tryllian Bank, Samie Capital, Samie Bank, The Samie Group, Samie & Associates.
Founder & MD Quid, ex-Co-Founder & CEO Celenex, Pizza Studio, Anthem Venture Partners. United States Naval Academy BE 1998…
Co-Founder ProducePay, Bespoke Financial, ex-Radlink, Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run. Concordia University BCom 2003…
Co-Founder Sentiyen, On Deck, PeerStreet, ex-Co-Founder Weilos, Venyooz. University of California Berkeley BS 2004…
Credit Key, ex-Dstld, ex-Onestop Internet, Loyola Marymount University
Ex-Co-Founder SoundFocus, Coinbase, Microsoft. Carnegie Mellon University BS 2010
Ex-Founder Openfolio, Oak Hill Advisors, Analysis Group. Columbia University BA 2005
Co-Founder SAN, ex-Blockchain Marketing, Spring Venture Group, First Student Aid. The University of Kansas 2015
- flagged as repeat founders6
- no repeat-founder flag207
- women20
- men202
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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 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| TTV Capital | 13 | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| Fika Ventures | 8 | 3 | Jun 2025 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 7 | 4 | Jan 2024 |
| Plug and Play Tech Center | 7 | 2 | Sep 2024 |
| QED Investors | 6 | 3 | Jun 2025 |
| Techstars | 6 | 2 | Apr 2024 |
| MaC Venture Capital | 6 | 2 | Jan 2026 |
| Victory Park Capital Advisors | 6 | — | Jun 2024 |
| 500 Global | 5 | 4 | Jan 2023 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 5 | 4 | Sep 2023 |
The typical round is $6.4M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Fintech funding rounds in Los Angeles
Highlights the biggest disclosed financing, including Tryllian Bank’s $414.6 million Series C round, and lists ten large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Cmega-round | $414.6M | Nov 2022 | A List Group Holdings | |
| Series Dmega-round | $350M | Jan 2021 | Oaktree Capital Management | |
| Series Dmega-round | $320M | Nov 2020 | Oaktree Capital Management, Davidson Kempner Capital Management | |
| Series Dmega-round | $315M | Dec 2021 | Oaktree Capital Management, Steve Ballmer | |
| Series Cmega-round | $250M | Mar 2021 | Greenspring Associates, Guy Oseary, Republic Capital +8 more | |
| Series A | $150M | May 2024 | Paradigm, Haun Ventures, Union Square Ventures +3 more | |
| Series C | $135M | May 2020 | Alpha Edison, UBS, DNS Capital +6 more | |
| Series C | $100M | Jan 2021 | General Atlantic, CapitalG, QED Investors +1 more | |
| Series D | $87.8M | Jun 2021 | Group 11, Zeev Ventures, Migdal Group +3 more | |
| Series D | $74.1M | Jan 2022 | Troy Capital Partners |
38 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series C$5MMay 2026
Conventional Debt$20MApr 2026
Series A$1.4MApr 2026
Seed$25MMar 2026
How this industry appears in the news
Counts 26,039 news articles published in the last year, most often covering cryptocurrency effects on forex, economic indicators, trade tensions, and interest‑rate decisions.
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33 Fintech companies here were named in the news over this period.
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Fintech jobs in Los Angeles: who is hiring and what they ask for
Aggregates 649 job postings from 60 firms in the past year, showing demand for skills such as SQL, Python, payments, smart contracts and TypeScript.
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▲
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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.
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Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — Los Angeles
Every demand signal in Los Angeles’s newsflow, measured as a share of the city’s own coverage (2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01, against the year before), then scored beside family-matched supply — the companies in each signal’s mapped fintech categories — as within-page percentiles. The gap is signal percentile minus supply percentile — a prioritisation clue in percentile points, not a market size.
The opportunity, in one view
Where the signals are loudest
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage, so a loud smaller city can outrank a large one; rows follow each story’s primary city tag. Rows cover all of the United States for this page's signal families; Los Angeles is marked.
showing the ten highest-signal cities of 12 readings.
Inside the three leading signals
Fraud, scams & consumer trust
the operating hypothesis
Trust friction can reward whoever fixes service, complaints and fraud handling.
Lending & credit access
the operating hypothesis
Credit demand can pull origination, underwriting and collections capacity with it.
Layoffs & income shocks
the operating hypothesis
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
For who is hiring, raising and leading here, see this page’s leader boards and market map above.
Related research & where the coverage is heading
The research below carries both a fintech term and this page’s geography in its title — context for the boards above, not proof of any single number. The keywords are the fastest-growing terms in the United States coverage of this page's demand families, measured as a share of that coverage year-over-year so volume drift cancels.
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