New Palo Alto
Supercluster · Pop. 26.9M · #5 city by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in New Palo Alto
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into New Palo Alto-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in New Palo Alto - 2026
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.
* 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.
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. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
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.
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.
Location comparison
How New Palo Alto stacks up
Compare New Palo Alto with peers from the same city cohort — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities globally ranked by combined EV. New Palo Alto's row is highlighted (#5).
| # | 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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