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New Palo Alto

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$1.8T+34%
Combined startup EV
$32.1B
VC invested (last 12mo)
26.3K
Tracked startups
#15/ 199
Unicorns per 1M people · cities rank
🦄 Unicorns
298
298 live · +19 new in 2025 (incl. 3 new decacorns)
💎 Decacorns
20
$10B+ tier
🐎 Thoroughbreds
364
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Enterprise value · 2015–2025

New Palo Alto grew 6.5× since 2015

Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in New Palo Alto that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.

0 $500B $1T $1.5T $2T New Palo Alto · $1.8T 2015 2018 2021 2024 2025

Adjacent cities by EV

Startup funnel

New Palo Alto's power-law funnel

From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.

Pre-Seed
6,712
Seed
5,943
Series A
4,215
Series B
1,853
Series C
899
Unicorn
280
Decacorn
19

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Notable companies

Top private companies in New Palo Alto

Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.

Decacorns $10B+ valuation 19
Mistral AIThe Access GroupVerona PharmaRevolutAnaplanFanDuelargenxQuantinuumAdmiral GroupNeoenWiseAdyenFNZGlobal SwitchElevenLabsCheckout.comBlockchain.comNscaleWorldPay
Unicorns $1B+ valuation 280
Spectrum MedicalHost Europe GroupVirata CorporationBetfairInteroute CommunicationsLumiraDxZenobe EnergyReka AIGetaroundOcadoSynthesiaAMI - Advanced Machine IntelligencePharvarisPPRODeliverectImprobableMerusThought MachineBack MarketAircall+260 more
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 322
Octopus EnergyFanDuelEntainAdmiral GroupRevolutargenxARMJust Eat Takeaway.com | Takeaway.comBack MarketOcadoASOSAdyenWiseION GroupThe Hut GroupCRITEOKindred GroupPaysafeDebenhams Group | formerly BoohooExclusive Networks

Academia

New Palo Alto's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to New Palo Alto.

University-linked startup formation
3,814
University spinouts
32.9K
Total alumni-founded companies
22.4K
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
8,024
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
2,417
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How New Palo Alto stacks up

Peers chosen from the same city cohort, sized closest to New Palo Alto by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
$3.1T
$2T
New Palo Alto
$1.8T
$1.7T
$1.2T
$1.2T
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV
peer median 5.4× 1.1× 369.0× 737.0× $5.1B $320B $20.1T EV growth (5yr ×) Combined enterprise value (log) Bay Area Seattle Austin Yangtze Delta Region Jingjinji Metropolitan Region New York City Beijing Boston Los Angeles Shenzhen Shanghai London Miami Hangzhou Tel Aviv San Diego Seoul Singapore Washington DC Paris Bengaluru Amsterdam Chicago Stockholm Ottawa–Gatineau Tokyo Delhi Sydney East of England Mumbai Dallas São Paulo Berlin/Brandenburg Hong Kong Cambridge (UK) Guangzhou Philadelphia Toronto-Waterloo Research Triangle Phoenix Buenos Aires Nanjing Copenhagen Atlanta Salt Lake City Denver Munich Dublin Zurich Vancouver South East England Minneapolis–Saint Paul Houston Pittsburgh Dubai Ghent Boulder Helsinki Jakarta Montréal Provo-Orem New Palo Alto

Top overview

Top cities — combined view

Top cities globally ranked by combined EV. New Palo Alto's row is highlighted.

# Ecosystem Combined EV 5-yr EV growth Unicorns VC invested Tracked startups
1 Bay Area $20.1T 7.9× 777 $157B 24.3K
2 Seattle $3.1T 10.6× 68 $6.6B 2,935
3 Austin $2T 14.0× 56 $8.1B 2,481
4 Yangtze Delta Region $1.9T 2.6× 190 $9B 6,728
5 New Palo Alto $1.8T 4.4× 298 $32.1B 26.3K
6 Jingjinji Metropolitan Region $1.7T 3.7× 175 $6.4B 4,437
7 New York City $1.7T 5.3× 296 $31.2B 16.4K
8 Beijing $1.7T 3.6× 169 $6.3B 4,257
9 Boston $1.2T 4.7× 185 $13.6B 6,194
10 Los Angeles $1.2T 5.8× 133 $18.3B 8,432
11 Shenzhen $1T 1.9× 45 $2B 2,115
12 Shanghai $924B 4.9× 122 $3.8B 3,462

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Sector breakdown
Where New Palo Alto's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
New Palo Alto's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
New Palo Alto's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where New Palo Alto's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in New Palo Alto
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in New Palo Alto
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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