Most Backed San Diego, CA Startups 2026

5 San Diego, CA startups ranked by number of verified backers, led by Shield AI, Wildfire Systems, Measurabl. Each links to its full syndicate breakdown.

San Diego, CA accounts for 120 tracked companies with verified cap-table data, 120 of which disclose round sizes totalling $43B. The median disclosed raise is $180M, and the largest is Terra-Gen at $10B, ahead of Resilience ($3.4B) and Flash Compute ($1.3B).

The names that recur most often on these san diego, ca cap tables are OrbiMed (19 companies), Alexandria Venture Investments (11 companies), Logos Capital (9 companies), RA Capital Management (9 companies), ARCH Venture Partners (8 companies), Lilly Asia Ventures (8 companies). By latest disclosed round, the market skews Series B (27), Series A (25), Series C (18), Series D (10).

Best funded San Diego, CA companies

  1. Terra-Gen — $10B
  2. Resilience — $3.4B (latest: Debt Financing)
  3. Flash Compute — $1.3B (latest: Seed)
  4. Turning Point Therapeutics — $1.2B (latest: IPO)
  5. Shield AI — $1.2B (latest: Series F)
  6. Maxwell Power — $1B
  7. Biosplice Therapeutics — $778M (latest: Series E)
  8. Erasca — $700M
  9. Element Biosciences — $680M (latest: Series E)
  10. Mirador Therapeutics — $650M (latest: Series B)
  11. Cue — $606M (latest: Series C)
  12. ClickUp — $537M (latest: Series C)
  13. Mango Technologies — $535M (latest: Series C)
  14. Gracell Biotechnologies — $520M (latest: IPO)
  15. Beam Global — $500M

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