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Venture capital firms in Santa Barbara

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

23
Venture capital firms in Santa Barbara
23
Rows shown
6
Stages recorded
1
Other types here
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 ScOp Venture Capital Santa Barbara, United States 47 19 7 8
2 Entrada Ventures Santa Barbara, United States 40 18 2 12
3 Cycad Group Santa Barbara, United States 31 2 11 0
4 FOVC Santa Barbara, United States 30 4 3 2
5 Cerulean Ventures Santa Barbara, United States 24 3 0 2
6 Alante Capital Santa Barbara, United States 22 1 0 3
7 Santa Barbara Venture Partners Santa Barbara, United States 20 1 2 0
8 Watchfire Ventures Santa Barbara, United States 19 8 1 5
9 Investment Group of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, United States 19 5 9 5
10 Engel Ventures Santa Barbara, United States 12 0 2 0
11 Gideon Hixon Fund Santa Barbara, United States 10 1 2 1
12 Mindset Capital Santa Barbara, United States 8 8 3 0
13 The Eleos Foundation Santa Barbara, United States 7 0 0 0
14 Warren Point Capital Santa Barbara, United States 4 0 1 1
15 PYJ-Dynasty Venture Fund Santa Barbara, United States 3 0 0 0
16 Founders Capital Partners Santa Barbara, United States 2 0 1 0
17 Twenty One East Victoria Investments Santa Barbara, United States 2 0 1 0
18 Cuadrilla Capital Santa Barbara, United States 1 1 0 0
19 Pylon Capital Santa Barbara, United States 1 1 1 0
20 Bradley Resources Santa Barbara, United States 1 0 0 0
21 HPJ Media Ventures Santa Barbara, United States 1 0 1 0
22 Noospheric Santa Barbara, United States 0 0 0 0
23 Wisercapital Santa Barbara, United States 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Venture capital firms in Santa Barbara, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 23.

Investment stages

Among these 23
Early stage investors17 Seed investors12 Venture investors7 Late stage investors4 Private equity investors3 Secondary market investors2

Other investors in Santa Barbara

Angel investors22

Venture capital firms elsewhere

New York1,534 San Francisco1,118 London1,053 Singapore590 Beijing421 Los Angeles348 Paris339 Shanghai332 Boston315 Palo Alto311 Seoul306 Chicago258 Tokyo255 Toronto250 Berlin220 Menlo Park211 Hong Kong210 Dubai200 Austin194 Mumbai194 Stockholm179 Shenzhen175 Amsterdam171 São Paulo166
Cite: FundingWatcher, 23 venture capital firms in Santa Barbara, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/santa-barbara-california/