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New York State

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

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$1.5T+40%
Combined startup EV
$29.9B
VC invested (last 12mo)
15.3K
Tracked startups
#4/ 69
Unicorns per 1M people · regions rank
🦄 Unicorns
270
270 live $1B+ companies
💎 Decacorns
19
$10B+ tier
🐎 Thoroughbreds
225
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Enterprise value · 2015–2025

New York State grew 8.8× since 2015

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

0 $500B $1T $1.5T $2T New York State · $1.5T 2015 2018 2021 2024 2025

Adjacent regions by EV

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.

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

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How New York State stacks up

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

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 Southeastern United States Massachusetts Florida Midwestern United States Western United States (Mountain) Illinois Pennsylvania New Jersey Colorado New York State

Top overview

United States — top regions

Top regions in United States ranked by combined EV. New York State'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
12 Illinois $264B 3.4× 51 $2.2B 3,354

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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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