MiLA Capital (Make in LA)
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
MiLA Capital (Make in LA) is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Energy and Wearables. MiLA Capital is a high-touch Venture Capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The team believes that (1) hardware can be brought to market more frugally than in the past and that (2) Los Angeles has the expertise and best resources to support founders who play in the physical world.Since 2015, MiLA Capital has seen a gap in SoCal’s startup hardtech ecosystem; talent was incredible but fragmented while capital was plentiful except for seed stage hardware founders. We addressed that by raising an early stage venture fund, building an innovation lab known as Toolbox LA, recruiting a values-driven community of founders and mentors, and connecting hundreds of talented founders with the resources they need to impact the world. We also operate the Make in LA accelerator to find, nurture, and invest in promising hardware companies at the earliest stages. We believe that undiscovered hardware founders are too often overlooked, and we are the right team to fund them at the significant inflection point of pre-manufacturing.
- Total investments:
- 33
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries MiLA Capital (Make in LA) invests in
Stages MiLA Capital (Make in LA) invests in
Countries MiLA Capital (Make in LA) invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 5 (15%)
- Wearables 5 (15%)
- Software 4 (12%)
- Aerospace 3 (9%)
- Manufacturing 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (64%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (12%)
- Angel 1 (3%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 22 (67%)
- China 1 (3%)
- Mexico 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shaun Arora
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Carmen Palafox
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Marta Wojcicka
Director of Operations
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Director of Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Noramay Cadena
Co-Founder and General Partner
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Co-Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
Sandeep Shroff
Advisor
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Advisor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klasha is a global technology company, building a platform and APIs to move money to and from emerging markets frictionlessly. With Klasha, businesses can collect, send money and hold exotic and hard currencies through our extensive API stack. Enterprise businesses use our rails and infrastructure to power their cross-border payments. Founded in2021 by Jess Anuna, Klasha collects and sends over 120 currencies, saving merchants time and money. | $2.4M / Seed / Oct 06, 2021 | ||
| Amogy is a company that develops carbon-free energy solutions aimed at decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, including maritime, power generation, and heavy industry. Its patented ammonia cracking technology efficiently splits liquid ammonia to generate electrical power in conjunction with hydrogen fuel cells. | $3.1M / Seed / Mar 09, 2021 | ||
| Orbit Fab offers a supply of satellite propellant in Earth Orbit that expands the operational potential of new and existing space assets. It develops the infrastructure needed to grow a thriving in-space market for products and services that support both existing space businesses (communications and Earth observation) and new industries like spacetourism, manufacturing, and mining. The future for satellites is no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 by its Co-Founders Daniel Faber and Jeremy Schiel. | Seed / Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Farcast (formerly DASH Systems) is a Los Angeles based technology company developing hardware and software to enable precision airdrop deliveries. They take a commercial airplane, open the door, and autonomously release and land packages within a helipad-size area. Its technology allows commercial cargo to be safely delivered in remote, rural, orpreviously inaccessible areas, quickly and affordably. | $8M / Seed / Dec 16, 2020 | ||
| Machina Labs is a mechanical & industrial engineering & manufacturing firm that unlocks manufacturing through AI & machine learning. | Seed / Feb 01, 2020 | ||
| Hava is a pre-clinical stage health company with a singular mission to reduce smoking-related illness and death. | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Nov 13, 2019 | ||
| Prosper is an operator of a biotechnology company that aims to slow the aging process and revitalize health. The company has an internal dashboard linked to epigenetics, which are biomarkers that lie on top of the DNA by controlling how it works, and as lifestyle changes, these markers change while DNA sequence cannot be changed, there would be acontrol of epigenetics to optimize health and longevity, allowing customers to outsmart aging, boost their energy, reduce stress, sleep properly, and lose weight. | Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| Feel Therapeutics is a digital precision medicine company delivering objective data and passive measurement for mental health. The company develops physiological and digital biomarkers and therapeutics for mental health. Its Feel data monitoring device leverages five embedded sensors via the wristband. Feel collects biometric data and analyzes themusing the latest cutting-edge methods of computer science to develop digital biomarkers.Feel Therapeutics, formerly known as Sentio Solutions. | $1.8M / Seed / Dec 18, 2018 | ||
| Vector was founded by several members of the original SpaceX team and is a disruptive innovator that connects space startups with affordable and frequent launch and platforms to enable space capabilities at a speed and price point never before possible. Vector has a big vision to reshape the 400 billion dollar space market by combining dedicatedlow-cost micro satellite launch and software defined satellites (Galactic Sky) to dramatically increase access and speed to orbit. | $70M / Series B / Oct 19, 2018 | ||
| PathSpot is a system that protects food service companies and their customers from the threat of food-borne illness. PathSpot scans employee's hands to detect pathogens that cause foodborne illness - all in under 2 seconds. We protect your patrons, your employees, and your bottom line with our trusted technology and reliable support. | $2M / Seed / Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| See all 33 investments → | |||
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What does MiLA Capital (Make in LA) invest in?
MiLA Capital (Make in LA) invests primarily in Energy, Wearables and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at MiLA Capital (Make in LA)?
The team at MiLA Capital (Make in LA) includes Shaun Arora (Managing Partner), Carmen Palafox (Partner) and Marta Wojcicka (Director of Operations), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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