Top Cities for VC Backed Companies
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| Top Cities for VC Backed Companies | |
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| Project Title | Top 50 Cities for VC Backed Companies |
| Owner | Peter Jalbert |
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Overview
This table contains a list of companies matched to the average number of VC backed companies in a given year over the period 1980-2017.
The data follows the following criteria, and was created using data from the SDC Platinum Database:
The SDC Platinum datasheet can be found at:
E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data\ChristyCode\Addresses.txt
Criteria
1) The data covers years ranging from 1980-2017. 2) A company's start year is defined as the year of its first investment, as labeled in the SDC datasheet. 3) A company's end year is defined as 3 years past the year of its last investment, as labeled in the SDC datasheet. 4) Companies are grouped together by city based on the city assigned to them in the SDC datasheet.
Data
| City | Average number of VC backed companies in a single year |
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| Brooklyn | 14.94444444 |
| Richardson | 21.02631579 |
| Rockville | 23.67567568 |
| Alpharetta | 23.83783784 |
| Herndon | 24.82857143 |
| Ann Arbor | 25.37837838 |
| Cleveland | 27.35135135 |
| Washington | 28.36842105 |
| Baltimore | 28.76315789 |
| Pleasanton | 28.97222222 |
| Durham | 29.25 |
| Lexington | 29.2972973 |
| Milpitas | 31.26315789 |
| Nashville | 31.94736842 |
| Saint Louis | 32.28947368 |
| South San Francisco | 32.42857143 |
| Cupertino | 32.47368421 |
| Bellevue | 34.72972973 |
| Santa Monica | 35.62162162 |
| Philadelphia | 36.23684211 |
| Burlington | 36.5 |
| Minneapolis | 36.65789474 |
| Waltham | 42.84210526 |
| Portland | 42.97368421 |
| Boulder | 48.89473684 |
| Denver | 50.21052632 |
| Menlo Park | 58.7027027 |
| Irvine | 59.65789474 |
| Fremont | 60.89473684 |
| Los Angeles | 61.94736842 |
| Pittsburgh | 63.76315789 |
| Dallas | 67.39473684 |
| Grand Total | 72.98478261 |
| San Mateo | 73.36111111 |
| Houston | 85.57894737 |
| Redwood City | 86.21052632 |
| Atlanta | 89.34210526 |
| Chicago | 89.92105263 |
| Cambridge | 98.36842105 |
| Palo Alto | 99.57894737 |
| Boston | 101.5263158 |
| Seattle | 103.8421053 |
| Santa Clara | 118.9736842 |
| Austin | 121.7368421 |
| Mountain View | 125.1315789 |
| Sunnyvale | 129.7368421 |
| San Diego | 152.1578947 |
| San Jose | 159.0789474 |
| New York | 350.1315789 |
| San Francisco | 365.2368421 |
Additional Data
Additional data can be found in the following folder:
E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Enclosing_Circle
Files of interest include:
vc_top50_stats.txt (City, Year, Number of VC Backed Companies in that Year) top50_stats.xlsx (The table above and its graphical representation)
