🔥🔥🔥 Silicon Valley is still, far and away, the tech capital of the US.
Startups in the metro (including SF) raised $105B in 2021, more than doubling 2020’s total of $52B. New York took the #2 spot at $55B in funding, growing threefold from last year’s $18B.

It was a record year for global & US venture funding, exits, unicorns, and more.

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Global venture deals and dollars reached record highs in 2021. Funding more than doubled year-over-year as startup investment soared across sectors and geographies.

In our State Of Venture 2021 Report, we dig into global investment trends to spotlight takeaways like:

• The record unicorn count, unicorn birth trends, and the highest-valued unicorns to close out the year

• The data behind the biggest year in global funding, up 111% year-over-year

• Which region raised the most venture dollars in 2021, and which saw the most deals

• How 2021’s M&A, IPO, and SPAC exits compare to previous years

• Which investors backed 300+ companies in 2021

• The sector accounting for $1 in every $5 of global venture funding

• The 5+ US metro areas with record-high funding quarters in Q4

• And much more

Below, check out a few highlights from our 273-page, data-driven State Of Venture 2021 Report.

For deeper insights, all the record figures, and a boatload of private market data, download the full report.

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