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Santa Cruz-Watsonville

Metro area · United States

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97 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
19 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
8 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 41%
71Startups
27 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
22 Seed Startups$1–4M
22 Series A Startups$4–15M
18Breakouts
14 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
4 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
8Scaleups
5 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 5.2%
3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 3.1%
4Valuation Outcomes
4 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 4.1%
Pre-Seed
27
Seed
22
Series A
22
Series B
14
Series C
4
Unicorn
4

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Santa Cruz-Watsonville

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Santa Cruz-Watsonville-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Santa Cruz-Watsonville - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Santa Cruz-Watsonville-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Santa Cruz-Watsonville

VC investment into Santa Cruz-Watsonville-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Santa Cruz-Watsonville's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Santa Cruz-Watsonville.

University-linked startup formation
12
University spinouts
222
Total alumni-founded companies
121
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
71
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
30
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Santa Cruz-Watsonville stacks up

Compare Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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.

Houston
$70.5B
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
$70B
Boulder
$66.2B
Pittsburgh
$65.3B
Nashville
$59.7B
Provo-Orem
$59.6B
Detroit
$42.5B
Portland
$37.7B
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$22.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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