Analyzing Startups Worldwide

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

Dream Rentals Hawaii
Founded
09/12

Imagiser
Founded
09/12

Biznoz
Founded
09/12

ISTUDENT
Founded
09/12

jmdianco91.com
Founded
09/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Blue Badge Style
Angel Funded
09/12

Constellation Research
Angel Funded
09/12

Hallway Social Learning Network
Angel Funded
09/12

Republic Project
Angel Funded
09/12

RidePal
Angel Funded
09/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Social Finance
VC Round
09/12

Brille24
VC Round
09/12

F2G
VC Round
09/12

BioMotiv
VC Round
09/12

BiO2 Medical
Series C
09/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Open Kernel Labs
Acquired
09/12

Valore Books
Acquired
09/12

myDIALS
Acquired
09/12

AudienceFUEL
Acquired
09/12

Svpply
Acquired
09/12

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	San Francisco (USA)	105	109	225	66
2	New York (USA)	127	109	155	46
3	London (GBR)	90	62	73	14
4	Cambridge (USA)	8	27	90	7
5	Palo Alto (USA)	26	26	65	11
6	Boston (USA)	22	13	71	5
7	Mountain View (USA)	14	22	49	9
8	Los Angeles (USA)	35	27	23	3
9	Seattle (USA)	20	16	43	7
10	Chicago (USA)	31	19	29	5
11	Austin (USA)	23	8	47	4
12	Toronto (CAN)	34	17	22	7
13	Berlin (DEU)	27	13	25	4
14	San Diego (USA)	8	6	40	2
15	San Jose (USA)	13	2	33	3
16	Paris (FRA)	14	13	21	2
17	Redwood City (USA)	4	1	40	3
18	Santa Monica (USA)	12	16	20	-
19	Portland (USA)	6	18	19	3
20	Boulder (USA)	7	12	22	5
21	Atlanta (USA)	13	12	16	4
22	Bangalore (IND)	26	8	11	-
23	Waltham (USA)	-	4	37	4
24	San Mateo (USA)	5	5	26	7
25	Sunnyvale (USA)	9	5	21	7
26	Vancouver (CAN)	17	4	15	3
27	Santa Clara (USA)	3	4	24	6
28	Moscow (RUS)	17	6	13	-
29	Menlo Park (USA)	10	10	12	2
30	Barcelona (ESP)	10	12	11	-
31	Dublin (IRL)	10	11	9	1
32	Philadelphia (USA)	7	17	7	-
33	Brooklyn (USA)	17	8	5	-
34	SÃ£o Paulo (BRA)	21	4	4	-
35	Washington (USA)	10	8	7	3
36	Istanbul (TUR)	19	5	4	-
37	Tel Aviv (ISR)	10	6	8	3
38	Amsterdam (NLD)	12	8	5	2
39	Denver (USA)	7	5	13	-
40	Buenos Aires (ARG)	10	8	4	2
41	Stockholm (SWE)	5	4	13	-
42	Madrid (ESP)	11	7	4	-
43	Dallas (USA)	10	5	6	-
44	Nashville (USA)	6	4	11	-
45	Singapore (SGP)	11	5	4	1
46	Montreal (CAN)	6	6	9	-
47	Burlington (USA)	1	-	16	3
48	Pittsburgh (USA)	2	3	14	1
49	New Delhi (IND)	15	2	2	1
50	Irvine (USA)	6	1	13	-
51	Beijing (CHN)	3	5	11	-
52	Houston (USA)	6	3	9	1
53	Bellevue (USA)	2	2	14	1
54	Cincinnati (USA)	4	10	4	-
55	Mumbai (IND)	10	3	5	-
56	Sydney (AUS)	11	5	2	-
57	Scottsdale (USA)	5	5	6	1
58	Hamburg (DEU)	9	3	4	1
59	Venice (USA)	7	3	6	-
60	Helsinki (FIN)	5	9	2	-
61	Las Vegas (USA)	8	4	3	1
62	Fremont (USA)	1	1	13	1
63	Newton (USA)	-	-	15	1
64	Providence (USA)	2	4	8	2
65	Vienna (AUT)	5	9	2	-
66	Santiago (CHL)	5	9	1	-
67	Durham (USA)	4	4	6	1
68	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)	10	2	3	-
69	Shanghai (CHN)	9	5	-	-
70	Copenhagen (DNK)	6	5	2	1
71	Tokyo (JPN)	6	2	5	1
72	Lexington (USA)	3	1	10	-
73	Miami (USA)	10	2	2	-
74	Minneapolis (USA)	6	3	4	1
75	Salt Lake City (USA)	3	2	7	2
76	Milano (ITA)	6	5	2	-
77	Madison (USA)	2	6	4	1
78	Pleasanton (USA)	2	1	8	2
79	Cambridge (GBR)	1	4	8	-
80	Cape Town (ZAF)	8	4	1	-
81	Melbourne (AUS)	8	5	-	-
82	Reston (USA)	-	2	9	1
83	Munich (DEU)	5	-	6	1
84	McLean (USA)	2	4	5	1
85	Ottawa (CAN)	4	1	5	2
86	Seoul (KOR)	5	3	1	2
87	Columbus (USA)	5	4	2	-
88	Hong Kong (HKG)	7	2	2	-
89	Gurgaon (IND)	4	-	7	-
90	Watertown (USA)	1	-	10	-
91	Zurich (CHE)	4	5	1	-
92	Milan (ITA)	4	3	2	1
93	Sheffield (GBR)	6	1	2	1
94	Charlotte (USA)	1	2	6	1
95	Ann Arbor (USA)	2	1	7	-
96	Manchester (GBR)	4	3	3	-
97	Littleton (USA)	1	2	7	-
98	Beverly Hills (USA)	5	3	2	-
99	St. Louis (USA)	2	4	4	-
100	Indianapolis (USA)	4	-	5	1
101	Woburn (USA)	2	1	7	-
102	New Haven (USA)	-	3	7	-
103	Concord (USA)	1	3	6	-
104	Bedford (USA)	-	-	8	1
105	Berkeley (USA)	1	5	2	1
106	Kiev (UKR)	6	3	-	-
107	Hyderabad (IND)	5	1	1	2
108	Reykjavik (ISL)	6	2	1	-
109	Oakland (USA)	3	1	3	2
110	Cupertino (USA)	-	1	5	3
111	Campbell (USA)	1	-	6	2
112	Santa Barbara (USA)	2	1	6	-
113	Orlando (USA)	2	1	5	1
114	Athens (GRC)	6	2	-	-
115	San Carlos (USA)	-	1	6	1
116	Burlingame (USA)	1	1	6	-
117	Newcastle upon Tyne (GBR)	3	5	-	-
118	Warsaw (POL)	5	3	-	-
119	Victoria (CAN)	4	2	1	1
120	Wilmington (USA)	2	2	4	-
121	Cologne (DEU)	4	2	2	-
122	Glasgow (GBR)	2	3	3	-
123	Los Altos (USA)	-	-	8	-
124	South San Francisco (USA)	-	-	7	1
125	El Segundo (USA)	-	-	6	2
126	San Bruno (USA)	2	2	2	2
127	La Jolla (USA)	-	-	6	2
128	Pasadena (USA)	6	1	1	-
129	New Orleans (USA)	2	2	2	1
130	Milpitas (USA)	-	-	5	2
131	Chennai (IND)	5	1	1	-
132	Malmo (SWE)	2	3	2	-
133	Syracuse (USA)	4	2	1	-
134	Oslo (NOR)	3	-	2	2
135	Oxford (GBR)	-	2	4	1
136	Detroit (USA)	4	3	-	-
137	Waterloo (CAN)	2	3	2	-
138	Morrisville (USA)	-	1	4	2
139	Raleigh (USA)	2	1	3	1
140	Riga (LVA)	4	3	-	-
141	Hollywood (USA)	2	2	3	-
142	Geneva (CHE)	2	2	3	-
143	Billerica (USA)	-	2	4	1
144	Foster City (USA)	1	1	4	1
145	Cheshire (GBR)	-	4	2	1
146	Provo (USA)	1	3	3	-
147	Alpharetta (USA)	1	-	5	1
148	Cleveland (USA)	1	1	4	1
149	Vilnius (LTU)	5	2	-	-
150	Carlsbad (USA)	3	2	2	-

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	7040	2063	3149	581
2010	7350	1762	3231	543
2009	6960	1204	2503	382
2008	5874	983	2515	352
2007	4659	766	2334	132
2006	3241	384	1923	61
2005	2399	196	1367	22
2004	1895	47	193	12
2003	1680	38	88	1
2002	1435	19	57	1

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	7040	1248	252	39
2010	7350	1355	606	105
2009	6960	1167	829	147
2008	5874	961	979	163
2007	4659	851	1331	200
2006	3241	463	1438	211
2005	2399	271	1337	174
2004	1895	149	1111	156
2003	1680	132	902	151
2002	1435	67	711	176

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					231
2011				767	278
2010			567	399	101
2009		440	292	122	35
2008	363	169	113	49	17

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					32
2011				89	121
2010			115	215	110
2009		97	198	171	79
2008	103	141	188	95	45

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	118	Y Combinator
2	106	500 Startups
3	88	SV Angel
4	85	TechStars
5	62	First Round Capital
6	56	High-Tech Gruenderfonds
7	46	Lerer Ventures
8	38	True Ventures
9	37	Ron Conway
10	36	Samurai Incubate

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	211	Intel Capital
2	191	Sequoia Capital
3	189	New Enterprise Associates
4	187	Accel Partners
5	175	Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
6	156	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
7	109	Benchmark Capital
8	106	Index Ventures
9	104	eujrmoq
10	101	Lightspeed Venture Partners

Ranking	Acquisitions	Acquirer
1	57	Google
2	32	Cisco
3	31	IBM
4	29	Microsoft
5	23	AOL
6	22	Oracle Corporation
7	21	Facebook, Yahoo!
8	18	Hewlett-Packard, Salesforce
9	17	eBay
10	16	EMC

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