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Northeastern United States

Country region · United States · Pop. 57.8M · #8 region by EV

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🦄 New unicorns by year
35
Annual $1B+ outcomes, unsmoothed
🐎 Cumulative thoroughbreds
409
Company revenue history, 2016-2025
Enterprise value
$3.5T
Actual EV series, 2015-2025

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Northeastern United States

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

Largest rounds in Northeastern United States - 2026

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

Northeastern United States'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
6,130
Seed
5,308
Series A
5,140
Series B
2,899
Series C
1,884
Unicorn
524
Decacorn
51

* 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 Northeastern United States

VC investment into Northeastern United States-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 Northeastern United States

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 51
RedditJuulWizVonageAkamaiCienaGopuffAlnylam PharmaceuticalsVast DataRampNuance CommunicationsAlexion PharmaceuticalsFanDuelCyberArkTradeWeb MarketsCircleFanaticsathenahealthCoreWeaveDatadog
Unicorns $1B+ valuation 524
XometryKiniksa PharmaceuticalsAccoladeFeverVICE MediaSignant HealthApellis PharmaceuticalsAvePointHeadwaySmartAssetLightmatterWasabi TechnologiesDash0Recorded FutureArticulateOpenWebAliada TherapeuticsNewselaDataikuFlatiron Health+502 more
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 409
VonageWayfairOscarFanDuelAlexion PharmaceuticalsCompassToastDraftKingsEPAM SystemsCoreWeaveCienaAkamaiShift4 | Lighthouse NetworkJudi HealthVirtuDatadogAdaptHealthHubspotAlnylam PharmaceuticalsGlobus Medical

Academia

Northeastern United States's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
932
University spinouts
36.9K
Total alumni-founded companies
20.7K
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
11.4K
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
4,889
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Northeastern United States stacks up

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