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Lafayette (IN)

Metro area · United States · Pop. 227K

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64 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

9 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

3 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 37%

58Startups

29 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

18 Seed Startups$1–4M

11 Series A Startups$4–15M

5Breakouts

5 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

1Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.6%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.6%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Quarterly report

Lafayette (IN)'s latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Lafayette (IN)-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Lafayette (IN)

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Lafayette (IN)-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Lafayette (IN) - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Lafayette (IN)-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Lafayette (IN)

VC investment into Lafayette (IN)-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Lafayette (IN)'s academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Lafayette (IN).

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

579

Total alumni-founded companies

356

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

157

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Lafayette (IN) stacks up

Compare Lafayette (IN) with peers from the same country (United States) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$8.6B

$8.2B

$7B

$6.3B

$5.5B

Manchester-Nashua (NH)

$5.5B

Providence

$5.5B

Santa Rosa-Petalum

$5.4B

Lafayette (IN)

$2.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Lafayette (IN)'s row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20.3T	9.7×	886	$157B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	30.2×	70	$6.8B	2,947
3	Austin	$2T	22.1×	61	$7.8B	2,679
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.3×	328	$32.6B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	5.1×	209	$12.9B	6,293
6	Los Angeles	$911B	4.6×	163	$17.3B	8,638
7	Miami	$690B	12.3×	43	$2.9B	2,914
8	San Diego	$332B	5.3×	63	$3.4B	2,214
9	Chicago	$266B	3.3×	54	$2.2B	2,808
10	Washington DC	$263B	4.3×	55	$3.6B	2,336
11	Dallas	$224B	4.2×	47	$2.1B	2,053
80	Lafayette (IN)	$2.8B	9.0×	1	$37.1M	49

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