Seeding NYC’s Startup Success

Data - May 2013

Over the past decade, the NYC region’s share of all venture capital deals in the U.S. more than doubled, from 5.3 percent to 11.4 percent. During the same period, New England’s share fell from 14.8 percent to 10.2 percent and Silicon Valley’s rose slightly, from 28.6 percent to 31.7 percent.

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Percentage of All VC Deals in the U.S., 2003 to 2013
	Total VC deals in U.S.	NY Metro Total Deals	NY Metro Share of U.S. Total	Silicon Valley Total Deals	Silicon Valley Share of U.S. Total	New England Total Deals	New England Share of U.S. Total
2003 Q1	723	38	5.3%	207	28.6%	107	14.8%
2004 Q1	740	56	7.6%	215	29.1%	104	14.1%
2005 Q1	761	45	5.9%	228	30.0%	100	13.1%
2006 Q1	907	70	7.7%	293	32.3%	118	13.0%
2007 Q1	905	60	6.6%	286	31.6%	110	12.2%
2008 Q1	1056	79	7.5%	345	32.7%	128	12.1%
2009 Q1	676	70	10.4%	208	30.8%	81	12.0%
2010 Q1	817	91	11.1%	240	29.4%	100	12.2%
2011 Q1	900	85	9.4%	264	29.3%	102	11.3%
2012 Q1	868	91	10.5%	246	28.3%	111	12.8%
2013 Q1	863	98	11.4%	274	31.7%	88	10.2%

Source: Center for an Urban Future analysis of data from MoneyTree Report, published by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association with data from Thomson Reuters

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