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Santa Cruz-Watsonville

Metro area · United States

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94 Pool of Funded Startups
19 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
8 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 42%
25 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
22 Seed Startups$1–4M
25 Series A Startups$4–15M
10 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
4 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
5 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 5.3%
3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 3.2%
4 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 4.3%
Pre-Seed
25
Seed
22
Series A
25
Series B
10
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.

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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.

$68.6B
$66.3B
$66.3B
$59.1B
$56.3B
$42.5B
$40.5B
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$21.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Santa Cruz-Watsonville's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Santa Cruz-Watsonville's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Santa Cruz-Watsonville's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Santa Cruz-Watsonville's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Santa Cruz-Watsonville
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Santa Cruz-Watsonville
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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