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Investment banks in California

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

49
Investment banks in California
49
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
12
Other types here
49 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Silicon Valley Bank Santa Clara, United States 963 346 423 245
2 Wells Fargo San Francisco, United States 280 121 120 0
3 Armentum Partners San Francisco, United States 113 4 71 0
4 Bridge Bank San Jose, United States 95 55 48 0
5 CIT Group Pasadena, United States 67 44 32 0
6 Thomas Weisel Partners San Francisco, United States 56 21 32 0
7 The Hina Group San Francisco, United States 50 14 6 0
8 Brookside Capital San Francisco, United States 45 10 31 0
9 ROTH Capital Partners Newport Beach, United States 43 19 32 0
10 City National Bank Los Angeles, United States 43 12 19 0
11 bank of america merrill lynch San Francisco, United States 31 10 23 0
12 PULSAR Hermosa Beach, United States 24 6 0 0
13 SVB Financial Group Santa Clara, United States 23 11 7 245
14 i5invest San Francisco, United States 22 0 7 0
15 Salem Partners Los Angeles, United States 18 5 4 0
16 First Beverage Group Los Angeles, United States 13 3 4 0
17 CapitalSource Los Angeles, United States 8 5 3 0
18 Momentum Partners San Francisco, United States 8 0 0 0
19 BIzCap San Francisco, United States 7 6 1 0
20 Ghost Tree Partners Irvine, United States 6 5 1 0
21 Comerica - Technology & Life Sciences Palo Alto, United States 6 3 3 0
22 ExCapsa Group San Ramon, United States 6 1 0 0
23 M Partners Ontario, United States 6 1 6 0
24 Montgomery & Co Santa Monica, United States 5 2 3 0
25 Horizon Partners San Francisco, United States 5 1 1 0
26 Trinity Capital Los Angeles, United States 5 1 1 0
27 Code Advisors San Francisco, United States 5 0 3 0
28 US Capital Global San Francisco, United States 4 3 0 0
29 First Republic Bank San Francisco, United States 4 0 0 0
30 American Discovery Capital Los Angeles, United States 3 2 0 0
31 Handmade Ventures San Mateo, United States 3 0 1 0
32 Del Morgan & Co Santa Monica, United States 2 2 0 0
33 Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Beverly Hills, United States 2 2 0 0
34 Saehan Los Angeles, United States 2 0 0 0
35 ThinkEquity Partners San Francisco, United States 2 0 2 0
36 Arbor Advisors San Mateo, United States 1 1 0 0
37 Family of Firms Beverly Hills, United States 1 1 0 0
38 MJC Partners Los Angeles, United States 1 1 0 0
39 North Point Advisors San Francisco, United States 1 1 0 0
40 Boustead Securities El Segundo, United States 0 0 0 0
41 Burgundy Capital Los Angeles, United States 0 0 0 0
42 GT Securities Los Angeles, United States 0 0 0 0
43 Mavericks Renewable Energy San Francisco, United States 0 0 0 0
44 META, VERSE, NFTS Los Angeles, United States 0 0 0 0
45 NexyFinVerse Los Angeles, United States 0 0 0 0
46 Privé Capital Beverly Hills, United States 0 0 0 0
47 Spinta Capital San Francisco, United States 0 0 0 0
48 Upfront Inc Newport Beach, United States 0 0 0 0
49 Watertower Advisors (WTA) Beverly Hills, United States 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Investment banks in California, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 49.

Investment stages

Among these 49
Early stage investors25 Debt investors24 Seed investors20 Late stage investors19 Private equity investors17 Venture investors13 Post IPO investors6 Crowdfunding investors4

Other investors in California

Angel investors4,488 Venture capital firms3,118 Investment partners1,706 Private equity firms771 Micro VC funds350 Startup accelerators306 Angel groups214 Corporate venture capital184 Startup incubators148 Family offices136 Venture debt funds62 Hedge funds58

Investment banks elsewhere

New York91 England60 Ontario29 Beijing20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 49 investment banks in California, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/investment-banks/california-united-states/