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Upstate New York

Metro area · United States · Pop. 6.4M

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1,046 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
230 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
85 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 37%
889Startups
376 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
300 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 20%
213 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 28%
134Breakouts
86 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 31%
48 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 31%
23Scaleups
18 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.7%
5 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.48%
5Valuation Outcomes
5 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.48%
Pre-Seed
376
Seed
300
Series A
213
Series B
86
Series C
48
Unicorn
5

* 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 Upstate New York

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Upstate New York-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Upstate New York - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Upstate New York-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Upstate New York

VC investment into Upstate New York-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Upstate New York's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Upstate New York.

University-linked startup formation
157
University spinouts
3,785
Total alumni-founded companies
2,248
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
1,109
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
428
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Upstate New York stacks up

Compare Upstate New York 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.

Salt Lake City
$108B
Houston
$70.5B
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
$70B
Boulder
$66.2B
Pittsburgh
$65.3B
Nashville
$59.7B
Provo-Orem
$59.6B
Detroit
$42.5B
Upstate New York
$31.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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