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New York State

State · United States · Pop. 19.9M · #12 region by EV

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🦄 New unicorns by year
17
2025 $1B+ outcomes
🐎 Cumulative thoroughbreds
206
2024→2025 movement · +18 new
Enterprise value
$1.5T
Actual EV series, 2015-2025

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in New York State

A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into New York State-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in New York State - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into New York State-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
- rounds · - raised
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Startup funnel

New York State'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
3,053
Seed
2,730
Series A
2,754
Series B
1,445
Series C
855
Unicorn
251
Decacorn
20

* 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.

VC investment

How much venture capital flows into New York State

VC investment into New York State-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.

Notable companies

Top private companies in New York State

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 20
KalshiBilt RewardsNapster | Infinite RealityCognition | Devin AIMongoDBWizFanDuelDatadogFanaticsDigitalOceanRampAxsome TherapeuticsOpenSeaNFPCoreWeaveTradeWeb MarketsWeWorkVast DataRoivant SciencesInfor
Unicorns $1B+ valuation 251
OscarIpreoGrafana LabsSword HealthChapterAwayRunwayChiefTravelclickOpenTronsMaven ClinicSmartAssetGrow TherapyRedesign HealthZeta GlobalReflection AIClear StreetKindbodyOptimismTradingView+229 more
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 206
OscarFanDuelCompassCoreWeaveJudi HealthVirtuDatadogEtsyUbiquitiTeladocPeloton InteractiveTradeWeb MarketsMongoDBWonderVast DataTaboolaUiPathZeta GlobalTeadsOutbrain

Academia

New York State's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
211
University spinouts
9,025
Total alumni-founded companies
5,400
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
2,581
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
1,044
Scaleups ($100M+)
University producing founders tied to New York State
  • 🇺🇸 Columbia University New York, NY · 70 alumni unicorns
    Notable alumni-founded: BuzzFeedWarby Parker

Location comparison

How New York State stacks up

Compare New York State with peers from the same country (United States) — 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.

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What we don't show on this page (yet)

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