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North Port-Sarasota

Metro area · United States · Pop. 834K

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71 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

29 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

6 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 21%

57Startups

30 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

19 Seed Startups$1–4M

8 Series A Startups$4–15M

13Breakouts

9 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

4 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.4%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in North Port-Sarasota

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into North Port-Sarasota-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in North Port-Sarasota - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into North Port-Sarasota-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into North Port-Sarasota

VC investment into North Port-Sarasota-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

North Port-Sarasota's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to North Port-Sarasota.

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How North Port-Sarasota stacks up

Compare North Port-Sarasota 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.

Richmond

$6.6B

Lexington–Fayette

$6.6B

Manchester-Nashua (NH)

$5.9B

$5.7B

$5.6B

$4.9B

$4.8B

$4.7B

North Port-Sarasota

$2.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. North Port-Sarasota's row is highlighted (#12).

#	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	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Dallas	$203B	3.8×	35	$1.6B	2,033
83	North Port-Sarasota	$2.3B	3.1×	1	$33.6M	100

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