Food RetailGreater Los Angeles

Sweetgreen

Food Retail · Los Angeles, CA

Salad chain founded in Washington DC (Georgetown University). Revolution portfolio. IPO 2021. Founders: Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, Nathaniel Ru — all Georgetown grads.

Founded

Region

Greater Los Angeles

Investors

People

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