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Arizona

State · United States · Pop. 7.6M · #33 region by EV

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$137B+39%
Combined startup EV
$476M
VC invested (last 12mo)
1,217
Tracked startups
#31/ 69
Unicorns per 1M people · regions rank
🦄 Unicorns
15
15 live · +0 new in 2025 (incl. 0 new decacorns)
💎 Decacorns
3
$10B+ tier
🐎 Thoroughbreds
13
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Enterprise value · 2015–2025

Arizona grew 7.9× since 2015

Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Arizona that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.

0 $50B $100B $150B $200B Arizona · $135B 2015 2018 2021 2024 2025

Adjacent regions by EV

Startup funnel

Arizona's power-law funnel

From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.

Pre-Seed
297
Seed
240
Series A
179
Series B
79
Series C
51
Unicorn
12
Decacorn
3

* 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.

Notable companies

Top private companies in Arizona

Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.

Decacorns $10B+ valuation 3
CarvanaGoDaddyFirst Solar
Unicorns $1B+ valuation 12
FootprintLifeLockNikolaHomeLightOfferPadCogniteParadoxLessenSmartRentNextivaNJOYSource Global
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 12
CarvanaFirst SolarGoDaddyOfferPadCogniteSmartRentNikolaLessenFootprintEdgioNJOYHomeLightLifeLock

Academia

Arizona's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
15
University spinouts
837
Total alumni-founded companies
529
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
233
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
75
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Arizona stacks up

Peers chosen from the same country (United States), sized closest to Arizona by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
$264B
$263B
$215B
$188B
$170B
$153B
Arizona
$137B
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV
peer median 4.4× 1.6× 16.1× 30.6× $5.2B $337B $21.7T EV growth (5yr ×) Combined enterprise value (log) California Western United States (Pacific, excl. Bay Area) Northeastern United States Washington (State) Texas New York State Southeastern United States Massachusetts Florida Midwestern United States Western United States (Mountain) Illinois Pennsylvania New Jersey Colorado Arizona

Top overview

United States — top regions

Top regions in United States ranked by combined EV. Arizona's row is highlighted.

# Ecosystem Combined EV 5-yr EV growth Unicorns VC invested Tracked startups
1 California $21.7T 7.7× 976 $180B 36.4K
2 Western United States (Pacific, excl. Bay Area) $4.8T 8.1× 279 $29.9B 16.3K
3 Northeastern United States $3.5T 4.9× 571 $52.8B 30.2K
4 Washington (State) $3.1T 10.6× 72 $7.3B 3,203
5 Texas $2.3T 10.0× 107 $11.2B 6,215
6 New York State $1.5T 5.4× 270 $29.9B 15.3K
7 Southeastern United States $1.3T 5.3× 145 $11.4B 13.6K
8 Massachusetts $1.2T 4.5× 184 $13.5B 5,968
9 Florida $729B 9.7× 49 $3.9B 4,511
10 Midwestern United States $654B 3.6× 104 $9.2B 10.8K
11 Western United States (Mountain) $346B 4.0× 86 $9.1B 5,151
19 Arizona $137B 5.1× 15 $476M 1,217

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Sector breakdown
Where Arizona's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Arizona'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
Arizona'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 Arizona'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 Arizona
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Arizona
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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