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🌴 The LA Grind: Week of March 30th

🌴 The LA Grind: Week of March 30th

Upcoming events, venture deals, LA opportunities, and more in Los Angeles this week.

Justin Gordon
March 30, 2026

👋 I’m Justin. I run The LA Grind and The SF Grind and scout for Headline.

Happy Monday! Last week we published our first Founder Q&A as part of a new Thursday edition, featuring Kevin Bailey, co-founder of Understood Care, an AI-native Medicare-covered patient advocacy platform that’s raised $8.4M. We want to make this a consistent Thursday edition, featuring interesting founders living in the greater LA area.

We’ll start by featuring founders with real traction, who have either raised $1M+ or crossed $500K in annual revenue. Fill out this form to apply.

Investors: A friend of mine is raising a $500K strategic round for their logistics intelligence platform for ecommerce brands. $500K ARR, 4x YoY growth. If you invest in ecommerce or logistics infrastructure, reply to this email, and I'll send more details.

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Let’s get to it.

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🌴 Upcoming Events I’m Hosting 🌴

🗓️ March 31: LA Startup Community Walk & $2 Burgers Happy Hour. Manhattan Beach. 4 - 6:30 pm. Sponsored by Bailey Glasser.

🗓️ April 3: Members Poker Night. Hollywood. 6 - 11 pm.

🗓️ April 7: The LA Grind: Founder Co-Working & Free Lunch w/ Polsinelli. Century City. 10 am - 3 pm.

🗓️ April 10: LA Grind Club Members Coffee Meetup. Santa Monica. 8 - 9:30 am.

🗓️ April 15: The LA Grind: Members-Led Learning Session. Hollywood. 8:30 - 10 am.

🗓️ April 25: Members Potluck Dinner. Hollywood. 6 - 10 pm.

🗓️ May 8: Members Poker Night. Hollywood. 6 - 11 pm.

🗓️ May 9: Startup Community Hike. Hollywood. 8 - 9:30 am.

🗓️ May 9: The LA Grind: Founder Topgolf. El Segundo. 1 - 3:30 pm.

🗓️ May 29: The LA Grind One-Year Party. Hollywood. 6 - 11:30 pm.

👋 This Week 👋

🗓️ March 30: Founding Connector Launch Party: LA Edition. West Hollywood. 5 -7:30 pm.

🗓️ March 31: Seed2Table - Pitch+Dinner for Defense Investors. Long Beach. 5 - 10 pm.

🗓️ April 1: Startup Cafe: Human Wellness Center. Venice. 8:45 - 10:30 am.

🗓️ April 1: SoCal Mixer: Founders, Investors, & Operators. Long Beach. 6 - 8:30 pm.

🗓️ April 1: AI Policy April Meetup. Mission Junction. 6 - 8 pm.

🗓️ April 2: SoCal ETA Conference by UCLA Anderson and USC Marshall. UCLA. 8 am - 7 pm.

🗓️ April 2: SoCal Eid Dinner: Creatives, Founders, & Young Professionals. Costa Mesa. 8 - 9 pm.

🗓️ April 3: Chris Karageuzian - Engineering Growth: Scaling a Business with Sanity and Purpose. Pasadena. 8 - 9 am.

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Investment Opportunity

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Steno, a provider of tech-enabled court reporting and litigation support services, raised a $49M Series C led by Savano Capital Partners.

Sigmas, a wear brand for fitness, raised a $1M Seed round co-led by Mucker Capital and HongShan Capital.

Applied Atomics, a developer and operator of nuclear power plants designed for continuous industrial operation, raised over $8.3M in new funding co-led by Morpheus and Transition.

Sift, a provider of an intelligence layer service for mission-critical machines, raised a $42M Series B led by StepStone.

Talino Fintech Foundry, a provider of a fintech infrastructure platform, raised a $7.5M Series A led by Chemonics International.

Arc, a developer of electric boats and propulsion systems, raised a $50M Series C backed by Eclipse, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures and more.

Triangle Health, a startup building an AI-powered health navigation platform, raised a $4M Pre-seed round backed by investors Kevin Mahaffey, Hannah Grey, and more.

Send any fundraising news for LA-based companies or funds, including your own, to [email protected].