Biotech / PharmaGreater Los Angeles

Prebys Ventures

Biotech / Pharma · San Diego, CA

$50M impact fund launched Feb 2025 by Prebys Foundation. Focus: tech and life sciences in San Diego region. Managing Director: Mike Krenn (former CONNECT CEO). Addresses critical capital gap in SD ecosystem.

Founded

2025

Region

Greater Los Angeles

Portfolio

Crystalys Therapeutics

People

Mike Krenn

About Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a sprawling basin with no single center, home to Hollywood but also, less visibly, to one of the country's largest historic concentrations of aerospace employment — Douglas, Lockheed, and Caltech's JPL all built deep engineering talent there before the "entertainment capital" label took over. USC, UCLA, and Caltech all anchor different corners of that same base, and the render-and-storage infrastructure behind modern film and media is a direct descendant of both industries.

Region Stats

Total firms 59

VC / investors 26

Companies 25

Schools 8

Known For

Hollywood

Filmtech

Render & Storage