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Buffalo – Niagara Falls

Metro area · North America · Pop. 1.2M

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193 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

36 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

17 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 48%

168Startups

84 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

53 Seed Startups$1–4M

31 Series A Startups$4–15M

20Breakouts

15 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

5 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

5Scaleups

4 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.1%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.52%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.52%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Buffalo – Niagara Falls

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Buffalo – Niagara Falls - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Buffalo – Niagara Falls

VC investment into Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Buffalo – Niagara Falls's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Buffalo – Niagara Falls.

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

239

Total alumni-founded companies

155

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Buffalo – Niagara Falls stacks up

Compare Buffalo – Niagara Falls with peers from the same continent (North America) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

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$18.9B

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$18.1B

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$17.1B

Buffalo – Niagara Falls

$5.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in North America ranked by combined EV. Buffalo – Niagara Falls's row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	866	$156B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.4×	68	$6.6B	2,966
3	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Ottawa–Gatineau	$231B	44.4×	2	$85.6M	393
68	Buffalo – Niagara Falls	$5.5B	2.5×	1	$69.9M	220

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Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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