Real, verified funding sources for payments 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 "Payments" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Pear VC Accelerator
Contrary Capital
Techstars Los Angeles
Backstage Capital Accelerator
📍 San Ramon, CA
📍 Stanford, CA
📍 Los Angeles, CA
📍 Berkeley, CA
📍 San Jose, CA
📍 Palo Alto, CA
Payments falls under the broader "Technology" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office
DOC NOAA - ERA Production
69A355 Research and Technology
69A355 Research and Technology
Geological Survey
Office of Naval Research
We don't have any funds headquartered in California whose name references payments. Below are payments-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based payments 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 payments-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
60 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Technology category, which is where payments falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.