New York City
Metro area · United States · Pop. 19.1M · #7 city by EV
* 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 York City
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into New York City-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in New York City - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into New York City
VC investment into New York City-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Academia
New York City's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to New York City.
| # | University | City | Based here | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 80 | 8,290 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 60 | 3,294 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Columbia University | New York, NY | 38 | 4,010 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 38 | 12.2K |
| 5 | 🇺🇸Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 30 | 2,352 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Yale University | New Haven, CT | 30 | 3,076 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸MIT | Cambridge, MA | 24 | 8,708 |
| 8 | 🇮🇱Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | 20 | 3,682 |
Location comparison
How New York City stacks up
Compare New York City 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.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. New York City's row is highlighted (#4).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Area | $20T | 8.0× | 846 | $156B | 24.8K |
| 2 | Seattle | $2.9T | 4.4× | 68 | $6.6B | 2,956 |
| 3 | Austin | $2T | 14.0× | 60 | $8.1B | 2,506 |
| 4 | New York City | $1.7T | 5.1× | 326 | $32.3B | 16.6K |
| 5 | Boston | $1.2T | 4.6× | 210 | $13.3B | 6,224 |
| 6 | Los Angeles | $1.2T | 5.7× | 153 | $16.3B | 8,484 |
| 7 | Miami | $671B | 12.9× | 40 | $2.6B | 2,757 |
| 8 | San Diego | $332B | 5.1× | 64 | $3.3B | 2,240 |
| 9 | Chicago | $272B | 3.7× | 52 | $2.1B | 2,936 |
| 10 | Washington DC | $264B | 3.3× | 54 | $3.5B | 2,325 |
| 11 | Dallas | $199B | 3.8× | 34 | $1.5B | 1,877 |
| 12 | Phoenix | $136B | 5.2× | 16 | $457.1M | 1,065 |
Sector concentration
Where New York City punches above its weight
Sectors in which New York City's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means New York City is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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