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United States

Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV

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84,971 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

19,842 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

7,009 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

62,358Startups

23,833 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

19,950 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 29%

18,575 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 34%

17,411Breakouts

10,754 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 39%

6,657 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 38%

5,202Scaleups

3,442 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 4.1%

1,760 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.1%

2,383Valuation Outcomes

2,120 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.5%

234 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.28%

22 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.026%

7 Gigacorns($1T+ valuation)

reach Gigacorn 0.008%

Pre-Seed

23.8K

Seed

19.9K

Series A

18.6K

Series B

10.8K

Series C

6,657

Unicorn

2,120

Decacorn

234

* 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.

01 Regions

The US in seven startup regions

Every state, shaded by its unicorn and thoroughbred count and grouped into Dealroom's US HQ regions — the same regions the strip above filters by. Western (Pacific, excl. Bay Area) holds 357, Western (Mountain) 112, Northeastern 715, Southwestern 172, Southeastern 214 and Midwestern 130. The Bay Area alone accounts for 920 of the 2,620 — toggle it to see California without it.

02 Quarterly report

the US's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by the US-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

Latest complete quarter

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03 VC investment

How much venture capital flows into the US

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

04 Top hubs

Top 20 startup hubs in the US

The US’s leading ecosystems — switch between metro areas (HQ regions) and states, and rank by VC funding, newly minted unicorns, all-time unicorn and thoroughbred counts, combined enterprise value or EV growth. VC funding, new unicorns and EV growth all follow the period slider (EV growth re-windows an annual 2015–2025 EV series) plus the round-size bands.

05 Outcomes over time

How the US compounds: unicorns and enterprise value

Cumulative unicorns & $1B+ exits, decacorns ($10B+), or combined ecosystem enterprise value — all VC-backed companies founded since 1990, the same lens as the hubs ranking — stacked by region or metro since 2015.

06 Share of the world

How much of the world is the US

Unicorns and decacorns minted in the last ten years, companies at $100M+ revenue, and VC raised in startup, breakout and scaleup rounds — each as a share of the global total. The by-year view shows the same shares per calendar year.

07 EV constellation

The US’s unicorns & thoroughbreds, sized by value

One bubble per company — area is current enterprise value, grouped by HQ region or metro. Counts unicorns & thoroughbreds only; Nvidia, Google, Amazon and SpaceX anchor the map. Switch Counting to “All VC-backed since 1990” to roll each cluster’s remaining VC-backed startups into the totals (ecosystem-EV lens).

08 Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in the US

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into US-headquartered companies, filterable by round size and grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in the US - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into US-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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09 Academia

The US’s academic flywheel

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

University ranking By alumni-founded unicorns & companies

#	University	City	Unicorns	Companies
1	🇺🇸Stanford University	Stanford, CA	478	13K
2	🇺🇸Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	320	9,055
3	🇺🇸MIT	Cambridge, MA	295	9,472
4	🇺🇸UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	190	8,909
5	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	165	3,653
6	🇺🇸Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	88	2,845
7	🇺🇸Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	80	2,517
8	🇺🇸Yale University	New Haven, CT	72	3,314
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#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇺🇸Stanford University	Stanford, CA	280	13K
2	🇺🇸Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	130	9,055
3	🇺🇸UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	130	8,909
4	🇺🇸MIT	Cambridge, MA	90	9,472
5	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	38	3,653
6	🇺🇸Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	32	2,845
7	🇨🇦Waterloo	Waterloo	28	2,326
8	🇮🇱Technion – Israel Institute of Technology	Haifa	22	2,323
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#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇺🇸UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	22	4,599
2	🇺🇸University of Washington	Seattle, WA	22	291
3	🇺🇸USC	Los Angeles, CA	22	3,752
4	🇺🇸Stanford University	Stanford, CA	18	13K
5	🇺🇸UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	12	8,909
6	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	8	3,653
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#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇺🇸MIT	Cambridge, MA	144	9,472
2	🇺🇸Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	118	9,055
3	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	74	3,653
4	🇺🇸Columbia University	New York, NY	38	4,451
5	🇺🇸Stanford University	Stanford, CA	38	13K
6	🇺🇸Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	38	2,517
7	🇺🇸Yale University	New Haven, CT	36	3,314
8	🇺🇸Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	34	2,845
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#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇺🇸Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	80	9,055
2	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	60	3,653
3	🇺🇸Columbia University	New York, NY	38	4,451
4	🇺🇸Stanford University	Stanford, CA	38	13K
5	🇺🇸Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	30	2,517
6	🇺🇸Yale University	New Haven, CT	30	3,314
7	🇺🇸MIT	Cambridge, MA	24	9,472
8	🇮🇱Tel Aviv University	Tel Aviv	20	3,943
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#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇺🇸MIT	Cambridge, MA	120	9,472
2	🇺🇸Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	38	9,055
3	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	14	3,653
4	🇺🇸Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	8	2,517
5	🇺🇸Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	6	2,845
6	🇺🇸Yale University	New Haven, CT	6	3,314
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#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇺🇸UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	22	4,599
2	🇺🇸USC	Los Angeles, CA	22	3,752
3	🇺🇸Stanford University	Stanford, CA	18	13K
4	🇺🇸UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	12	8,909
5	🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	8	3,653
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