Real, verified funding sources for space tech 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 "Space Tech" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Contrary Capital
Pear VC Accelerator
Techstars Los Angeles
LAUNCH Accelerator
📍 Menlo Park, CA
📍 San Ramon, CA
📍 Palo Alto, CA
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Francisco, CA
📍 Stanford, CA
Space Tech falls under the broader "Space & Aerospace" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
Office for Victims of Crime
NASA Headquarters
NASA Headquarters
U.S. National Science Foundation
U.S. National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
We don't have any funds headquartered in California whose name references space tech. Below are space tech-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based space tech 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 space tech-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
32 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Space & Aerospace category, which is where space tech falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.