Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping investment industry in Los Angeles. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
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24 of 502 tracked companies have open roles.
15 of 502 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 20 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 82.1% of disclosed capital, while 97.0% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $1.27M | 19 | 1 |
| 2017 | $16.83M | 18 | 2 |
| 2018 | $149.6M | 24 | 3 |
| 2019 | $21.5M | 38 | 1 |
| 2020 | $15.46M | 30 | 2 |
| 2021 | $120M | 34 | 1 |
| 2022 | $48.51M | 25 | 2 |
| 2023 | $913.5K | 14 | 1 |
| 2024 | $15.9M | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | $913.5K | 2 | 1 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
28 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in investment industry company rounds since 2016.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Revolution and Ares Management and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Michael Jordan and David Rubenstein and others.
Backed by Jeff Vinik and Ganesan Bala and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Jeffrey Vinik and Jac Sperling.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 1 reporting entities from 12 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Los Angeles market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 1 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 1 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaktree Acquisition Corp ↗1773751 | $2,347.6m | $128.4m | +5.5% | — | — |
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| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Coalesce Capital ("Coalesce"), a private equity firm focused on investing in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, today announced a majority recapitalization of Marshall & Stevens Inc., a leading independent valuation advisory, litigation support, and transaction advisory firm.
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has advised Ares Acquisition Corporation II ("AACT"), a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") affiliated with Ares Management Corporation, on a US$2.5 billion business combination with Kodiak Robotics Inc ("Kodiak"), a leading provider of AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology. The transaction closed on 24 September 2025.
Broadshore Capital Partners has announced that its management team, led by Brad Howe, the firm’s CEO, has acquired the majority ownership interest formerly held by the Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, completing a strategic transition to being a fully independent, management-owned firm.
MAI Capital Management is set to nearly double its size through a merger with Los Angeles-based Evoke Advisors, in a deal that stands out as the most significant RIA combination of the summer 2025 season so far.
Black Unicorn Factory Announces Independent $18 Billion Valuation and Pending NASDAQ Direct Listing.
The Deal Lincoln International (Lincoln) acted as the exclusive investment banking advisor to Trustar Capital (Trustar, f.k.a CITIC Capital) and Lanocorp, a portfolio company of Trilogy International, in its sale to West Lane Capital Partners (West Lane).
At the same time, the firm announced it was buying Karp Capital Management, a firm managing $1.2 billion.
Gloss Ventures, the beauty incubator responsible for TikTok-famous brands like Sacheu Beauty (a favorite of Billie Eilish) and the Gen Alpha-focused skincare line Glossmetics, has secured $15 million in Series A funding.
and follows the successfully completed mergers between Oaktree Acquisition Corp. and Hims & Hers (a direct-to-consumer healthcare business) and between Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II and Alvotech (a global biosimilars business).
Signature Estate & Investment Advisors (SEIA), a leading independent registered investment advisor (RIA) providing comprehensive investment management, financial planning, and estate and tax planning, is announcing the return of Canon Price through the acquisition of her firm, Beverly Investment Advisors.
Top 10 categories among 89 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
Direct Listing · NASDAQ Capital Market2 reports
16 tracked people moves
Appointment Head of risk and analytics platform
Appointment Managing Director and General Counsel
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Executive Managing Director
Promotion Managing Director, Operations
Promotion Chief Investment Officer
Appointment Senior Managing Director
Retirement Retired
5 recorded customer wins
Customer: varda space industriesAerospace manufacturing
Customer: cignaReal Estate
Customer: alphasenseReal Estate
Customer: Rosey Sea Holdings
Customer: Zhong Guo Liang Tou Group Limited (CFI)Health and Agricultural Biotechnology
1 recorded events
request for investigation into undisclosed promotion paymentsU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go Global Retail→janie and jack | Announced | 2026-04-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
| mai capital management→Evoke Advisors ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-31 | Not stated in snapshot |
| coalesce capital→Marshall & Stevens ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-01 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Ares Acquisition Corporation II→kodiak robotics | Completed | 2025-09-24 | $2.5B |
| Ares Acquisition Corporation II→Kodiak AI | Completed | 2025-09-23 | $212.5M |
| kodiak robotics→Ares Acquisition Corporation II ↗ | Completed | 2025-09-23 | $212.5M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1,266 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 1,862-posting snapshot covers 36 employers.
50 tracked postings mention remote work.
718 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 1,862 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 116 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
438 founders and chief executives across 324 companies.
Co-Founder KBS Capital Advisor, Willowbrook Capital Group, TCW/ MetWest Mutual Funds, ex-SunAmerica. Clark University BA…
University of California
Co-Founder SACHEU Beauty, Glossmetics, ex-Trois-Soixante. Linkoping University MSc 2010
ex-Fontainebleau Miami Beach, World Fitness Association, Semper Fi Fitness.Nova Southeastern University M.ED
Project Angel Food, ex-Rumorfix Com, ex-The Trevor Project, The University of Texas at El Paso, 1981
General Partner - Caravan. Fuller Master of Arts 2009
Foxconn Technology, CEO Joui International, ex-CEO InFocus, Everex and eMachines. State University of New york At Buffalo BSc, McMaster University MBA
Ex- Phoenix Realty Group, MRCA. UCLA Anderson School of Management MBA 2006, UCLA Luskin School of Public AffairsUCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs…
Founding Partner & Managing Director - Rowe Tomes Advisors. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Master of Business Administration 1998
Ex- Reed Holdings, Reed Law Corporation, Kaliber Group, Latham & Watkins, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius . California State University, Long Beach BA 1993…
CMTC, El Camino College -- Business Training Center, ex-Stanton Associates, Aaron Capital. Boston College BS 1972, Columbia Business School MBA 1976
Ex-CEO Goodridge, Buxbaum HealthCare Group, Buxbaum Sacks, Tatum, HealthCare Analysis Corporation. George Washington University School of Business…
94 profiles with education records.
14 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
79,059 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Los Angeles · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 14,316 |
| 2021Q3 | 15,629 |
| 2021Q4 | 13,309 |
| 2022Q1 | 18,012 |
| 2022Q2 | 15,717 |
| 2022Q3 | 14,252 |
| 2022Q4 | 15,090 |
| 2023Q1 | 20,334 |
| 2023Q2 | 17,095 |
| 2023Q3 | 15,929 |
| 2023Q4 | 17,105 |
| 2024Q1 | 23,859 |
| 2024Q2 | 19,967 |
| 2024Q3 | 21,279 |
| 2024Q4 | 19,026 |
| 2025Q1 | 41,555 |
| 2025Q2 | 21,262 |
| 2025Q3 | 24,257 |
| 2025Q4 | 19,936 |
| 2026Q1 | 25,901 |
| 2026Q2 | 8,965 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
56 recorded company events across 14 companies; percentages use that event total.
Investment Industry coverage tagged Los Angeles · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| investment deal | 11,071 | 3,690 | 200% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 9,211 | 6,423 | 43% |
| private equity | 6,438 | 1,681 | 283% |
| etf trading | 5,654 | 3,580 | 58% |
| share price | 5,418 | 2,994 | 81% |
| etfs | 4,856 | 3,086 | 57% |
| sector etfs | 4,671 | 2,980 | 57% |
| investment | 4,412 | 1,035 | 326% |
| stock surge | 4,385 | 2,355 | 86% |
| etf structures | 4,345 | 2,674 | 62% |
| tariff negotiations | 13,596 | 23,784 | -43% |
| flood stage forecasting | 607 | 10,570 | -94% |
| hydrologic risk modeling | 79 | 10,120 | -99% |
| free trade deals | 5,648 | 9,436 | -40% |
| economic slowdown | 5,394 | 8,577 | -37% |
United States comparison coverage
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36.2% critical · 44.7% positiveInvestment Industry coverage tagged Los Angeles. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 2 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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