United States
North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* 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.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in United States
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a United States-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in United States - 2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside United States: top 12 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into United States
VC investment into United States-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Academia
United States's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to United States.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University | Stanford | 9,844 | 12.4K |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | 7,101 | 8,975 |
| 3 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | 7,021 | 8,417 |
6 Location comparison
How United States stacks up
Compare United States with similarly sized ecosystems in North America — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in North America ranked by combined EV. United States's row is highlighted (#1).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $30.6T | 6.2× | 2,303 | $283B | 113.8K |
| 2 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 511 | $33.9B | 24.8K |
| 3 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.6× | 226 | $23.9B | 20.2K |
| 4 | India | $925B | 7.5× | 129 | $14B | 13.4K |
| 5 | Israel | $598B | 5.6× | 132 | $10.5B | 4,791 |
| 6 | Canada | $565B | 9.6× | 86 | $6.7B | 9,541 |
| 7 | South Korea | $431B | 15.3× | 47 | $8.3B | 8,023 |
| 8 | France | $399B | 5.4× | 66 | $8.4B | 9,168 |
| 9 | Netherlands | $324B | 2.8× | 44 | $3.3B | 3,935 |
| 10 | Singapore | $321B | 8.6× | 40 | $4B | 3,960 |
| 11 | Sweden | $278B | 5.7× | 58 | $3.5B | 3,264 |
| 12 | Australia | $264B | 8.4× | 49 | $3.8B | 5,017 |
7 Patent intelligence
United States startup IP portfolio: 1.4M patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in United States. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
8 Sector concentration
Where United States punches above its weight
Sectors in which United States's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means United States is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
9 Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
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