Real, verified funding sources for autonomous vehicles founders in California: VC funds, accelerators, angel networks, and active grant programs — sourced from SEC filings and Grants.gov, not estimates.
No funds headquartered in California matched "Autonomous Vehicles" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Pear VC Accelerator
Contrary Capital
Techstars Los Angeles
Plug and Play Mobility
📍 Menlo Park, CA
📍 San Ramon, CA
📍 Palo Alto, CA
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Francisco, CA
📍 Stanford, CA
Autonomous Vehicles falls under the broader "Transportation" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
69A355 Research and Technology
69A355 Research and Technology
Maritime Administration
Administration for Community Living
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Geological Survey
We don't have any funds headquartered in California whose name references autonomous vehicles. Below are autonomous vehicles-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based autonomous vehicles founders are in our database, including programs based in California and globally-available programs.
Yes — 6 angel investor networks based in California are in our database, ranked by member count with autonomous vehicles-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
12 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Transportation category, which is where autonomous vehicles falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.