Real, verified funding sources for web3 founders in California: VC funds, accelerators, angel networks, and active grant programs — sourced from SEC filings and Grants.gov, not estimates.
General partners: P. Bart Stephens, W. Bradford Stephens, Spencer Bradford Bogart
General partners: Effie Epstein, Guy Oseary, Ashton Kutcher
Pear VC Accelerator
Contrary Capital
Techstars Los Angeles
LAUNCH Accelerator
📍 San Ramon, CA
📍 Stanford, CA
📍 Los Angeles, CA
📍 Berkeley, CA
📍 San Jose, CA
📍 Palo Alto, CA
Web3 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
Yes — 2 funds headquartered in California have "Web3" (or a close synonym) in their legal name, based on SEC Form D filings. This is a name match, not a verified thesis, so it understates true local investor interest.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based web3 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 web3-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 web3 falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.