Built In LA has carefully selected 50 young companies (all less than five years old) that we believe will make a big splash over the next 12 months.  

After a long, successful career as a hedge fund co-founder and partner, Gunner Winston was ready to retire. Then he discovered dosist, a Santa Monica-based cannabis startup.

Digital publication Fast Company revealed its most innovative companies of 2018, and to no one's surprise, LA tech was well represented. In addition to a number of companies who have sizable offices in the LA area, 17 companies headquartered in Los Angeles were honored. Read on to see who made the cut.