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Tech Coast Angels
Angel networkSouthern California · Pre-Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
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Investment thesis
TCA Venture Group backs early-stage companies offering innovative, sustainable, and differentiated solutions to meaningful problems, providing seed, bridge, and early Series A funding through its member base and five angel funds. Beyond capital, it offers entrepreneurs mentorship, connections, knowledge, and operational support. The group invests across a wide range of industries and works with startups across the U.S. and Canada, while prioritizing California-based founders. Its affiliation with more than 50 angel groups nationwide enables deal syndication and expanded opportunities for startups.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
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Founder mafia
The Tech Coast Angels mafia →6 people who came through Tech Coast Angels went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 26 of 30 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×10SaaS ×9Biotech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7Medical Devices ×7Digital Health ×6Deep Tech ×5Enterprise Software ×4
HQs:United States×25
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 32021 · 12020 · 22019 · 22018 · 22017 · 12016 · 12015 · 12014 · 12005 · 116 dated
Actuate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing elraglusib, a small-molecule GSK-3β inhibitor designed to treat difficult-to-treat cancers including pancreatic, melanoma, lung, and pediatric cancers through intravenous injection and oral tablet formulations.
BiotechFort Worth, US
Daniel Schmitt(President & Chief Executive Officer)Paul Lytle(Executive Officer)inAndrew Mazar(Executive Officer)
BoardTodd Thomson(Director)inRoger Sawhney(Director)Jason Keyes(Director)
Co-investorsIllinois VenturesKairos Venture Investments, LlcBiosBios PartnersDEFTA Partners
MimiVax is a biopharmaceutical company developing immunotherapies for brain tumors, particularly glioblastoma, by harnessing the immune system to target cancer cells.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBuffalo, US
Dr. Ciesielski(Co-founder, co-inventor)Dr. Fenstermaker(Co-founder, co-inventor)Mr. Friedman(Co-founder, General Counsel, Board Member)
Co-investorsFosun Pharma
BoneScore makes the OsteoProbe, a handheld, radiation-free medical device that measures bone tissue strength by delivering a controlled impact and producing a Bone Material Strength Index (BMSi).
Deep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSanta Barbara, US
Paul Hansma(Co-founder)Alexander Proctor(Co-founder)Steven Dorfman(Director)Peter Burks(Executive Officer)Linda Heller(Director)Bill Casner(Director)
Actuate provides AI-based video analytics that turn existing IP cameras and NVRs into a security detection system, offering real-time alerts for threats such as intruders, loitering, guns, and crowds.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityGovTechSaaS
Sonny Tai(Co-Founder)inKen Francis(CEO)in
Co-investorsBling CapitalDorm RoomGray Line PartnersMetaPropMetaProp VenturesScribble Ventures+3 more
San Diego, US
Carolyn Fritz(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAki Georgacacos(Director)Simon Barnes(Director)Ron Meeusen(Director)Thomas Jameson(Director)David Kabakoff(Director)
Co-investorsBASF Venture Capital GmbHPasadena Angels
AnaBios generates predictive human data for pharmaceutical drug development, using authentic human cells and tissues from healthy and diseased donors to assess drug efficacy and toxicity before clinical trials.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Diego, US
Andre Ghetti(Chief Executive Officer)inRichard F. Erdman(Director)Paul Miller(Executive Officer)Jack Reynolds(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Crowley(Director)George Goldsmith(Director)
Co-investorsAmpersandKeiretsu Forum
AOA Dx develops a blood-based liquid biopsy platform using mass spectrometry and machine learning to detect ovarian cancer at early stages through tumor-associated biomarkers in serum.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesDenver, US
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi(Founder)inAlex Fisher(Founder/COO)inAnna Jeter(Founder)inOriana Zoghbi-Harb(Executive Officer, Director)Abigail Mcelhinny(Executive Officer)in
BoardSurbhi Sarna(Director)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpGood Growth CapitalJoyance PartnersY CombinatorAstiaAurum Venture Partners+32 more
Cadence Biomedical makes Kickstart, a wearable walking device that helps people regain and re-learn natural walking after a stroke, spinal cord injury, or neurological conditions such as MS.
Digital HealthHardwareMedical DevicesSeattle, US
Brian Glaister(Executive Officer)Michael Hovanes(Executive Officer, Director)inChie Kawahara(Executive Officer)Barry Hix(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Schoen(Executive Officer)Jason Pacanowsky(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsKeiretsu ForumAlliance of AngelsHealthtech CapitalSand Hill Angels
CurvaFix develops the CurvaFix Low Profile intramedullary nailing system, curved implants for surgical stabilization of pelvic fractures.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesBellevue, US
Jeffrey Poole(Executive Officer)Mark Foster(Executive Officer, Director)inSteven Dimmer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Dong-Gun Kim(Director)
BoardEric Fritz(Director)inJack Tanaka(Director)in
Co-investorsAlliance of AngelsRockies Venture ClubSPRINGROCK VENTURESSwan Venture FundKeiretsu CapitalMVM Life Science Partners+1 more
Doctible is a patient engagement and practice growth platform that helps healthcare practices manage appointment booking, patient communication, online reputation, and websites.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Diego, US
Ajit Viswanathan(Executive Officer, Director)inLeon Hu(Founder)Tianying Hu(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJean Balgrosky(Director)in
Co-investorsBootstrap Venture PartnersClearVision EquityKeshif Ventures
GattaCo develops a blood plasma separator device that enables point-of-care collection and transport of lab-quality plasma for remote blood testing and monitoring.
Deep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
Giftpack provides a digital platform for corporate gifting that automates the selection, design, and delivery of personalized gifts.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAccelerating AsiaOpen Network Lab
Grolltex manufactures single-layer graphene and graphene-based products using patented CVD and transfer technologies, serving customers in life sciences, biotech, sensing, and electronics.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsSan Diego, US
Aliaksandr Victorovich Zaretski(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Ledge CapitalKeshif VenturesVertical Venture Partners
San Diego, US
Pablo Jose Prado(Director as of 12/15/2010.)Andrew D. Hibbs(Director as of 12/15/2010.)George A. Eiskamp(Chief Executive Officer, Director)Jeffrey W. Symington(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardLowell J. Burnett(Director)Svein Kjellesvek(Director)
Co-investorsMiLA Capital
GroupSolver operates an AI-powered survey and market research platform that uses interactive conversation to collect and analyze customer feedback.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSan Diego, US
Rastislav Ivanic(Executive Officer, Director)Rasto Ivanic(Chief Executive Officer)inMarek Tutoky(Chief Technology Officer)inDean Rosenberg(Director)Jeffrey Randall Richins(Executive Officer)Maros Ivanic(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsNeulogy Ventures
Influential operates Captiv8, an AI-powered influencer marketing platform that unifies creator discovery, campaign execution, and performance measurement across a network of 15+ million creators.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Ryan Detert(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAutochrome VenturesFourward VenturesWME
Mindbody provides software and a consumer app platform for fitness, beauty, and wellness businesses to manage operations, attract clients, and book classes and appointments.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCloud ComputingSaaSWellness & FitnessCalifornia, US
Richard L. Stollmeyer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Blake Beltram(Founder)inBrad Wills(Executive Officer)inBrett White(Executive Officer)inChet Brandenburg(Executive Officer)inKimberly Lytikainen(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersEastward Capital PartnersGolub GrowthIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lead Edge CapitalMontreux Equity Partners+5 more
Niles is a Slack integration that captures conversations and documents to build a team knowledge repository accessible in real time.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsY CombinatorHarlan Capital PartnersInovia CapitalK5 VenturesPragma VenturesVenture Investment Associates
Redondo Beach, US
Dmitri Williams(Executive Officer)Peter Williams(Executive Officer)in
BoardMARK KOLOKOTRONES(Director)YURI PIKOVER(Director)ROBERT HAWK(Director)
Co-investorsKeiretsu Forum
PrivacyHawk is a consumer privacy company that helps individuals protect their personal data from spam, scams, identity theft, data selling, and hacking.
ConsumerCybersecuritySaaSLos Angeles, US
Aaron Mendes(Founder)inJustin Wright(Founder)in
Co-investorsCadron Capital PartnersFf Venture CapitalK Street CapitalLalotte VenturesLiebenthal VenturesLightShed Ventures+4 more
Reglagene develops a brain-penetrant oral drug therapy designed to treat primary tumors and brain metastases in patients with cancer.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesOro Valley, US
Vijay Gokhale(Co-Founder)inRichard Austin(Chief Executive Officer/President/Co-Founder)inLaurence Hurley(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsCancer Fund
Skyview is a renewable energy investment company that operates across environmental commodities, solar project finance and development, EV charging infrastructure, and early-stage startups.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNashville, US
Andrew Karetsky(President)Timothy O'Donnell(Principal)Ronnie Black(Partner)inNick Stoker(COO, Skyview Finance Company)inJacques Pouhe(Managing Director)in
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesConnecticut InnovationsSkyview Ventures
SST Wireless provided industrial Internet of Things (IoT) products; its assets were acquired by TMS in January 2026.
HardwareIoTRichmond
Christopher Chong(Director)inHein Tomfohrde(Director)John Park(Director)
Co-investorsMomenta VenturesSwan Venture Fund
Strategikon Pharma develops Clinical Maestro, a software platform for managing clinical business operations including budgeting, sourcing, contracting, and vendor management, with AI-driven cost benchmarking tools.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Anca Copaescu(Founder)inMark Di Ianni(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Paulo Carvalho(Executive Officer)inMark Weinstein(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRob Hess(Director)Vincent Lepreux(Director)in
Co-investorsBand of AngelsDebiopharm Innovation FundHearstLabBascom VenturesDecathlon Capital PartnersGolden Seeds+2 more
Terecircuits develops materials, polymers, and lithography-based processes for micron-scale assembly and packaging in advanced manufacturing, enabling components smaller than a grain of pollen to be assembled at scale.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsMountain View, US
Jayna Sheats(Founder and CTO)inWayne Rickard(CEO)in
Co-investorsAspira CapitalExcelestar VenturesGolden Seeds
Tourmaline Partners is an outsourced trading firm that provides trading execution and operational services to institutional buy-side clients across equities, derivatives, and listed products globally.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Aaron Hantman(Chief Executive Officer, Founder)inDaniel DiSpigna(Chief Operations Officer, Founder)Henry Higdon(Head of Global Equity Trading, Founder)in
Co-investorsCopley Equity Partners LLCLongitude Capital
YouMail is a call protection and privacy app that blocks robocalls, spam, and scam calls before they ring, and offers tools like call screening, reverse phone lookup, visual voicemail, and virtual second phone numbers.
ConsumerCybersecuritySaaSIrvine, US
Alex Quilici(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian Davi(Executive Officer)inTom Saftig(Executive Officer)inLee Weinberg(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Rudolph(Executive Officer)
BoardEric Ver Ploeg(Director)in
Co-investorsVantagePoint Capital PartnersCrunchFundTunitas Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1Actuate TherapeuticsNASDAQ: ACTU
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Tech Coast Angels made?
- Tech Coast Angels has 30 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does Tech Coast Angels invest at?
- Tech Coast Angels invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Tech Coast Angels's typical check size?
- Tech Coast Angels typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What sectors does Tech Coast Angels focus on?
- Tech Coast Angels focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Tech Coast Angels located?
- Tech Coast Angels is headquartered in Southern California, US.
- Does Tech Coast Angels lead rounds?
- Tech Coast Angels typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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Founder Compensation in a Capital-Constrained World: Balancing Salary, Runway, and Growth
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