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New Palo Alto

Supercluster · Pop. 26.9M · #5 city by EV

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21,023 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

7,136 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

2,187 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 31%

17,492Startups

6,991 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

6,143 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 23%

4,358 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

2,877Breakouts

1,935 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 30%

942 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 31%

654Scaleups

434 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.1%

220 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.0%

316Valuation Outcomes

293 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

20 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.095%

3 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.014%

Pre-Seed

6,991

Seed

6,143

Series A

4,358

Series B

1,935

Series C

942

Unicorn

293

Decacorn

* 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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in New Palo Alto

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into New Palo Alto-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in New Palo Alto - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into New Palo Alto-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into New Palo Alto

VC investment into New Palo Alto-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

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

4,035

University spinouts

33.1K

Total alumni-founded companies

22.7K

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

8,043

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

2,371

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How New Palo Alto stacks up

Compare New Palo Alto with peers from the same city cohort — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Seattle

$2.9T

Yangtze Delta Region

$2T

Austin

$2T

New Palo Alto

$1.8T

Jingjinji Metropolitan Region

$1.7T

$1.6T

$1.6T

$1.2T

$1.2T

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities globally ranked by combined EV. New Palo Alto's row is highlighted (#5).

#	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	Yangtze Delta Region	$2T	2.7×	210	$9.9B	7,038
4	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
5	New Palo Alto	$1.8T	4.4×	316	$35.3B	27.2K
6	Jingjinji Metropolitan Region	$1.7T	3.6×	178	$6.9B	4,520
7	Beijing	$1.6T	3.6×	174	$6.7B	4,331
8	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
9	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
10	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
11	Shenzhen	$1T	1.9×	53	$2.4B	2,240
12	Shanghai	$1T	5.2×	135	$4.5B	3,583

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