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Minnesota

State · United States · Pop. 5.8M · #43 region by EV

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$72.7B+21%
Combined startup EV
$996.5M
VC invested (last 12mo)
1,248
Tracked startups
#30/ 69
Unicorns per 1M people · regions rank
🦄 Unicorns
12
12 live · +3 new in 2025 (incl. 0 new decacorns)
💎 Decacorns
0
🐎 Thoroughbreds
11
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Enterprise value · 2015–2025

Minnesota grew 2.9× since 2015

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

0 $20B $40B $60B $80B Minnesota · $70.9B 2015 2018 2021 2024 2025

Adjacent regions by EV

Startup funnel

Minnesota'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
260
Seed
216
Series A
191
Series B
135
Series C
62
Unicorn
12

* 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 Minnesota

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

Unicorns $1B+ valuation 12
JamfABILITY NetworkArctic Wolf NetworksSkyWater TechnologyCelcuityProtolabsHistoSonicsVascular SolutionsInspire Medical SystemsNeueHealthSezzlePivot Bio
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 11
NeueHealthInspire Medical SystemsProtolabsSkyWater TechnologyTactile Systems TechnologySezzleHistoSonicsJamfArctic Wolf NetworksPivot BioABILITY Network

Academia

Minnesota's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
116
University spinouts
794
Total alumni-founded companies
430
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
252
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
112
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Minnesota stacks up

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

Combined enterprise value
$215B
$188B
$170B
$153B
$137B
$119B
$114B
Minnesota
$72.7B
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 Minnesota

Top overview

United States — top regions

Top regions in United States ranked by combined EV. Minnesota'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
25 Minnesota $72.7B 2.6× 12 $996.5M 1,248

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