The United States boasts the largest and most dynamic startup ecosystem in the world, with major hubs like Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. This ecosystem is characterized by a strong venture capital presence and a supportive culture for innovation and entrepreneurship. The U.S. continues to lead globally in technological innovation and startup activity, contributing significantly to economic growth and job creation.
Size of the Market
As of 2024, the U.S. is home to approximately 77,927 startups. The startup ecosystem is supported by substantial venture capital investments, which totaled around $162.6 billion in 2022. This robust financial backing highlights the confidence investors have in the U.S. startup market, ensuring ample funding for innovation and growth.
Key Strengths
Key strengths of the U.S. market include a highly skilled workforce, advanced technological infrastructure, and a culture that encourages risk-taking and entrepreneurship. The presence of major tech companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook fosters a collaborative environment and provides ample opportunities for startups. Additionally, the U.S. government offers support through various grants and tax incentives, such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
Major Hubs
Silicon Valley remains the epicenter of innovation, driving advancements in AI, biotechnology, fintech, and clean energy. New York City excels in finance and media, while Boston is strong in biotechnology and education-driven startups. These regions are crucial to the U.S. startup ecosystem, offering a wealth of resources, talent, and opportunities.
Emerging Hubs
Cities like Austin, Denver, and Seattle are emerging as significant tech hubs. These cities provide a favorable business climate, quality of life, and are becoming attractive locations for startups and talent. The rise of remote work has further expanded opportunities for startups to access talent from various regions, contributing to the growth of these emerging hubs.
Support Systems
The U.S. startup market benefits from a comprehensive support system of accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces. Programs like Techstars and Y Combinator have been instrumental in nurturing early-stage startups, providing mentorship, resources, and funding. These support systems help startups at various stages of their journey to scale and succeed.
Challenges
Despite its strengths, the U.S. startup ecosystem faces challenges such as high costs of living, regulatory hurdles, and intense competition for talent. These challenges can create barriers for new startups and require strategic navigation to ensure long-term success.
Opportunities and Future Outlook
The U.S. startup market features a diverse customer base and a culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship. The rise of remote work has expanded opportunities, allowing startups to access talent from various regions. The future outlook remains positive with continuous growth and innovation, driven by emerging technologies such as blockchain, quantum computing, and green energy.
Resilience and Adaptability
The U.S. startup ecosystem is characterized by its resilience and adaptability. Despite challenges, the ecosystem continues to evolve, driven by a strong culture of entrepreneurship and technological advancements. This ensures the U.S. remains at the forefront of global innovation, contributing significantly to economic growth and job creation.
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Dror Berman is a Co-Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors. He is a Board Member of Vicarious Surgical. He is also a Board Member of Team8. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, he worked on global search products with Yahoo, spearheaded an R&D team at NICE Systems, and led business development for an Israeli CE retailer. Berman has an MBA from Stanford, and graduated cum laude in Computer Science and Bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.
Don Butler
Investing in FinTech (& Financials services) &bul...
Don Butler serves as Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures. He also serves as the Board Member at Singular, Apsalar, Avalanche Technology, Axcient, Kabbage, Milyoni, Netbase, Vungle and YottaMark. His past investments have included FlashSoft (acquired by SanDisk), GuardianEdge (acquired by Symantec), and Okena (acquired by Cisco). Before joining Thomvest, Don led the Asian business development efforts for several start-up companies in the software and networking industries as part of his work with Asia Pacific Ventures. Previously, Don was an Analyst with Lehman Brothers, where he worked with clients in the software and semiconductor industries. Don received a B.A. in Chinese from UCLA and M.A.s in both East Asian Studies and Political Science from Stanford.
Greg Neufeld
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A. - Canada
Previous Investments
• Instnt:
$4120000 (Early stage VC)
• Wethos:
$3000000 (Seed Round)
• Aurora Insight Inc.:
(mid stage)
• Entera:
(early stage)
• Ikos Holdings, Inc.:
(early stage)
• Pillar Technologies, Inc.:
(mid stage)
• Windfall Data:
(mid stage)
• Ocrolus Inc.:
(mid stage)
• Pandium:
• Smile Identity:
• xtraCHEF:
(mid stage)
• API Fortress:
(mid stage)
• Verifly:
(early stage)
• Bitnomial:
(early stage)
• BondCliQ:
(early stage)
• EVEN Financial:
(early stage)
• LoanHero:
(early stage)
• OnPlan:
(early stage)
• Closir:
(early stage)
• Descartes Labs:
(early stage)
• firstAI:
• LendingFront:
(early stage)
• TickerTags:
• ChartIQ:
(early stage)
• ValueStream Ventures:
(early stage)
• Freespeech Messenger:
• SI Capital Management, LLC:
• Whole Coffee Co.:
• Staples Tuition Grants:
• Octane Lending:
(early stage)
• 1552 Golf Links Club:
• Aegis Mobility Inc.:
(mid stage)
• Celeritas LLC:
• Sahale Snacks:
(mid stage)
• Carpio Solutions:
• Estimize:
$1000000 (Series A)
Greg Neufeld
San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Delray Beach - Florida, U.S.A. - Canada
Greg Neufeld is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at ValueStream Ventures. He also serves as an Advisor & Investor at ChartIQ. Greg co-managed a series of investment funds at SI Capital Management trading market index futures and options, before leaving to pursue entrepreneurship including stints at FailStation and as the co-founder of Freespeech, a consumer mobile messaging app.
Eliot Durbin
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Manifold.co:
$18500000 (Early stage VC)
• Klipfolio:
$12000000 (Later stage VC)
• Emissary:
$12000000 (Early stage VC)
• Slim.AI:
$6600000 (Early stage VC)
• HYPR Corp.:
$3000000 (Seed Round)
• WorkRails:
$2300000 (Seed Round)
• Wallaroo Labs:
$1500000 (Seed Round)
• clay.run:
• MState:
(early stage)
• Catalytic:
(early stage)
• Rebel (Acquired by Salesforce):
(early stage)
• BOLDstart Ventures:
(early stage)
• PureSec - Security for Serverless:
(early stage)
• Skyline AI:
(early stage)
• Buildup:
• Next Insurance:
(early stage)
• SeaLights Technologies LTD:
(early stage)
• TLV Partners:
(early stage)
• AppsFlyer:
(mid stage)
• Sckipio:
(mid stage)
• Rebel:
$2000000 (Seed Round)
• Zuplo:
$9000000 (Seed)
• Olympix:
$4000000 (Seed)
• UtilizeCore:
$17000000 (Series A)
• UtilizeCore:
$6000000 (Seed)
• Jeli.io:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Jeli.io:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Steadybit:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Steadybit:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Kumospace:
$22000000 (Series A)
• Kumospace:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Amberdata:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Smallstep:
$19000000 (Series A)
• Smallstep:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Upstream App:
$13000000 (Series A)
• IOpipe:
(seed)
• Snyk:
(Seed)
• Kustomer:
(Seed)
• Superhuman:
(Seed)
• SecurityScorecard Inc.:
$2200000 (Seed)
• Look.io:
(Seed)
• GoInstant:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Blaze.io:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Blaze.io:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Spinback:
(Seed)
• Indiegogo:
(Angel)
• Jeli:
(Seed)
Eliot Durbin
San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Miami - Florida, U.S.A.
Saas/B2B/Enterprise Software, Connected Devices (consumer and industrial), B2B/B2C Marketplaces,... and then what other people consider crazy in frontier tech: AI, AR/VR, SpaceTech, Robotics, Autonomous infrastructure,..
Not Interested In
Pureplay consumer apps that may never build a business, gaming, e-commerce, travel, crypto
Rokas Peciulaitis
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
Most Interested In
energy tech and e-mobility in general. -batteries, storage and DR -recycling of Li-on batteries -new b-models -AI and Automation -digital utilities
Not Interested In
anything outside energy tech and e-mobility + beyond Series B or small TAM.
Matt Bornstein
Investing in Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& ...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• Loft Holdings:
$175000000 (Later stage VC)
• BlockTower Capital:
$140000000 (Later stage VC)
• Rappi:
$130000000 (Later stage VC)
• Starburst Data:
$118000000 (Later stage VC)
• DFINITY:
$61000000 (Later stage VC)
• Reflektive:
$60000000 (Later stage VC)
• Caffeine:
$46000000 (Later stage VC)
• Cumulus Networks:
$43000000 (Later stage VC)
• Envoy:
$43000000 (Later stage VC)
• Highfive:
$32000000 (Later stage VC)
• Deel:
$30000000 (Later stage VC)
• Usermind:
$23500000 (Later stage VC)
• Skydio:
$14000000 (Later stage VC)
• dyDx Ripple Coinbase Axoni Basecoin:
• Replicate:
$40000000 (Series B)
• Replicate:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Svix:
$8000000 (Series Unknown)
Matt Bornstein
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A.
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A. - Germany - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Icela
Previous Investments
• CrowdTwist:
$20000
• Hades:
$1900000 (Seed Round)
• Radiator Labs:
$2400000 (Seed Round)
• Radiator Labs:
$300000 (Pre Seed Round)
• Radiator Labs:
$220000 (Pre Seed Round)
• Arbor:
$2600000 (Seed Round)
• ChargeLab:
$15000000 (Series A)
• ChargeLab:
$4000000 (Seed)
• ChargeLab:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• Covetool:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Covetool:
$800000 (Seed)
• Electric Visionary Aircrafts:
(Convertible Note)
• Electric Visionary Aircrafts:
(Seed)
• HAAS Alert:
$5000000 (Seed)
• HAAS Alert:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Partsimony:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Oonee:
(Pre Seed)
• Pallon (fka Hades):
$2000000 (Seed)
• Aquagenuity:
(Pre Seed)
• FIRMUS:
(Pre Seed)
• FIRMUS:
(Convertible Note)
• Metalmark Innovations:
(Pre Seed)
• CoInspect:
$150000 (Seed)
• CoInspect:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Hubbster:
(Seed)
• Evolve Energy:
(Pre Seed)
• Kift:
(Convertible Note)
• Food for All:
$700000 (Seed)
• Flair:
$810000 (Seed)
• Flair:
$300000 (Convertible Note)
• Flair:
$230000 (Convertible Note)
• Flair:
$330000 (Seed)
• Flair:
$130000 (Convertible Note)
• GreenQ:
(Convertible Note)
• Thrilling:
(Angel)
• RoadBotics by Michelin:
$4000000 (Seed)
• RoadBotics by Michelin:
(Seed)
• Coord:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Blueprint Power:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Miles:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Rentlogic:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Rentlogic:
(Series Unknown)
• Campsyte:
$100000 (Seed)
• VERSATILE:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Bowery Farming:
$8000000 (Seed)
• Citymart:
$750000 (Seed)
• Citymart:
(Seed)
• Kelvin:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Kelvin:
$300000 (Pre Seed)
• Kelvin:
$220000 (Pre Seed)
• BlocPower:
$200000 (Pre Seed)
• BlocPower:
$600000 (Pre Seed)
• Rachio:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Rachio:
$500000 (Convertible Note)
• Rachio:
$700000 (Convertible Note)
• Future Motion:
(Series A)
• Architizer:
(Series A)
• Architizer:
(Convertible Note)
• Mark43:
$11000000 (Series A)
• LogCheck:
(Seed)
• Valet Anywhere (VA):
$1000000 (Seed)
• Valet Anywhere (VA):
(Convertible Note)
• Revivn:
(Seed)
• BRCK:
$1000000 (Seed)
• BikeSpike:
(Convertible Note)
• Skycatch:
$3000000 (Convertible Note)
• Dash:
$1000000 (Seed)
• KIWI:
(Convertible Note)
Shaun Abrahamson
Los Angeles - California, U.S.A. - Germany - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Icela
Investing In
PropTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Mobility • Woman Focused
Description
Most Interested In
We're interested in teams re-imagining cities in 3 areas - GHG reduction, climate adaptation and solving problems associated with high density (like traffic or public safety).
Cities are complex, so founders continue inspire and amaze us by identifying new systemic issues and solutions. If you're re-imagining city life, we'd love to hear from you.
Not Interested In
We don't invest in edtech or healthtech. Certainly not a vote on whether we want to see these categories succeed, we just think they need additional focus/skills which we don't have. That said public health is a growing area of interesting.
Shaun Abrahamson is a Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Urban Us. Shaun is a Member of the Investment Committee, and he leads investment selection and communications with portfolio companies, members of the Network, and limited partners in Fund II. Before founding Fund I, Shaun was an active angel investor, investing in more than 20 firms between 2007 and 2013 in his personal capacity. Early-stage investing and advising is informed by his experiences building MediaSentry (acquired by SafeNet in 2005), Starmedia Network (acquired by France Telecom) and Oculus Technologies (MIT CADLab spin-out). In 1999, he was an early employee at govWorks, one of the earliest startups focused on serving local government. govWorks was ahead of the market and failed during the dot-com bust, becoming the subject of the documentary Startup.com in 2001. Shaun has written for organizations such as The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Huffington Post, and CNNMoney. Crowdstorm, published by Wiley, was his first book and is a guide to working with large online crowds to find and evaluate ideas. The book is based on Shaun's experience working with Starbucks, Omnicom Group, $300 House, and Life Edited. Shaun has an MSc from MIT; an MBA from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership; and a BSc from the University of Cape Town. He is also an Angel Investor.
Daniel Curran
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A.
Previous Investments
• InstaCarro.com:
$22500000 (Early stage VC)
• Parsely:
$6800000 (Later stage VC)
• LÜK:
$2200000 (Seed Round)
• Sheets & Giggles™:
$1300000 (Seed Round)
• Wefunder:
$1800000 (Equity Crowdfunding)
• RevCascade:
(Venture Round)
• One Month | Learn to Code in 30 Days:
$1900000 (Seed Round)
• Bento:
$1500000 (Seed Round)
• Zirtual:
$2600000 (Debt Financing)
• Descomplica:
$7000000 (Series C)
• Ripio:
$1200000 (Seed Round)
• Filament:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Roomstorm:
$1300000 (Seed Round)
• Learner-Centered Collaborative:
$100000000 (Series B)
• Chai:
$1400000 (Seed Round)
• Podo Labs:
$1100000 (Seed Round)
• Huckle:
(Venture Round)
• Jukely:
$8000000 (Seed Round)
• Campaign:
$230000 (Debt Financing)
• Headout:
$1800000 (Seed Round)
• Shots Studios:
$8500000 (Series A)
• Barricade IO:
$1200000 (Seed Round)
• OneSignal:
$2000000 (Seed Round)
• haystagg:
$600000 (Seed Round)
• Ticketbis:
$3000000 (Series E)
• Vacatia:
$11000000 (Series A)
• Airdog:
$2500000 (Seed Round)
• Red Tricycle:
(Venture Round)
• Branch:
$15000000 (Series A)
• Hive.co:
(Venture Round)
• HappyCo (Happy Inspector):
$2800000 (Series A)
• KiwiCo:
$3000000 (Venture Round)
• inDinero:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Little Bird:
$630000 (Venture Round)
• Soothe:
$1700000 (Seed Round)
• Move Loot:
$9000000 (Series A)
• Pley:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Tradesy:
$30000000 (Series B)
• Pillow:
$2700000 (Venture Round)
• Modal:
(Seed Round)
• Securifi:
(Seed Round)
• RentoMojo:
$1000000 (Series C)
• RentoMojo:
$11000000 (Series C)
• GC Plus:
$100000 (Seed)
• CARD.com:
$7000000 (Series B)
• ZenSports:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Copper Banking:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Chipper Cash:
$14000000 (Series A)
• Siren Care:
$12000000 (Series B)
• MUD\WTR:
(Seed)
• Rebellyous Foods:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Rebellyous Foods:
$250000 (Seed)
• ROOM:
(Series A)
• Fritz AI:
$5000000 (Seed)
• Steno:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Good Money:
$9000000 (Series Unknown)
• PartySlate:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Foresight Mental Health:
(Seed)
• Journey Live:
(Seed)
• Legalpad:
$10000000 (Series A)
• Juro:
$5000000 (Series A)
• WeRecover:
(Seed)
• Stacks:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Cleancult:
$4000000 (Series A)
• Fresh Bowl:
(Seed)
• EvaBot:
$730000 (Seed)
• FREY:
$3000000 (Series Unknown)
• Our Place:
$2000000 (Series Unknown)
• Underground Cellar:
(Seed)
• Defy Gravity:
(Seed)
• ZiffyHomes:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Yassir:
(Seed)
• Yassir:
(Seed)
• FarmWise:
$15000000 (Series A)
• FarmWise:
(Series A)
• AgVend:
(Seed)
• Even Financial:
$25000000 (Series Unknown)
• Entrupy:
$75000 (Series Unknown)
• Coinmine:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Properly:
$9000000 (Series A)
• LÜK Network:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Sheets & Giggles:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Gallant Pet:
$11000000 (Seed)
• atlasMind:
(Pre Seed)
• Glide:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Muze:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Nickelytics:
(Pre Seed)
• Angle:
$1000000 (Pre Seed)
• Zera Life:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Simplecast:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Resolve:
$2000000 (Seed)
• TOOLBX:
(Seed)
• Zentail:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Garten:
$20000000 (Seed)
• Bluedot:
$7000000 (Series A)
• Sendbird:
$16000000 (Series A)
• Sendbird:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Sendbird:
$120000 (Seed)
• InstaCarro:
$23000000 (Series A)
• InstaCarro:
(Seed)
• LE TOTE:
$10000000 (Series C)
• LE TOTE:
$35000000 (Series C)
• LE TOTE:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Wendi:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Allset:
$5000000 (Series A)
• Allset:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Plastiq:
$2000000 (Series B)
• Parse.ly:
$7000000 (Series B)
• Bonfire Interactive:
$8000000 (Series A)
• ShipBob:
$18000000 (Series B)
• ShipBob:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Ink:
$7000000 (Seed)
• Kriya AI is now Kalendar AI:
$75000 (Pre Seed)
• TROCAFONE:
$11000000 (Series A)
• TROCAFONE:
(Seed)
• Shortcut:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Cozy:
$9000000 (Series B)
• Cozy:
$3000000 (Series A)
• LeadGenius:
$10000000 (Series B)
• Boon + Gable:
$3000000 (Seed)
• NodeSource:
$13000000 (Series A)
• NodeSource:
$3000000 (Seed)
• SkySafe:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Wheelys Café:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Wheelys Café:
(Seed)
• Luxe:
$50000000 (Series B)
• Dil Mil:
$3000000 (Seed)
• Dil Mil:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Betterment:
$100000000 (Series E)
• Betterview:
$2000000 (Pre Seed)
• Kanler:
(Seed)
• SchoolMint:
$6000000 (Series A)
• Inverse:
(Seed)
• Blockstream:
$57000000 (Series A)
• Weave:
$15000000 (Series B)
• Inkshares:
(Series Unknown)
• REscour:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Breathometer:
(Series A)
• Crowdcast:
(Pre Seed)
• LovePop:
$3000000 (Seed)
• WedPics:
$2000000 (Series B)
• Havenly:
$8000000 (Series A)
• Bluesmart:
$6000000 (Seed)
• SketchDeck:
$2000000 (Seed)
• FabFitFun:
$4000000 (Seed)
• Happn:
$14000000 (Series B)
• Cabify:
$12000000 (Series B)
• Cruise:
$13000000 (Series A)
• Cruise:
$4000000 (Seed)
• HOOKED:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Wrapify:
$1000000 (Convertible Note)
• MeUndies:
$9000000 (Series B)
• OwnLocal:
$1000000 (Seed)
• Qbox:
$2000000 (Seed)
• Shred Video:
$120000 (Seed)
• Goldbelly:
(Seed)
• Beepi:
$70000000 (Series B)
• Beepi:
$13000000 (Series B)
• Beepi:
$60000000 (Series B)
• Popular Pays:
$2000000 (Series A)
Daniel Curran
San Francisco Bay Area - Santa Monica - California, U.S.A.
100 AngelDeals + Beepi. Founder 14x + CustEx: Where Customers Say What Gets Made. x-COO@Western Digital-Connex,@UIUC@USC@Stanford
@berkeley $170M in Exits + IPO
Elad Gil
Investing in Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) &b...
San Francisco Bay Are..., U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Dr. Elad Gil is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chairman at Color Genomics. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Color Genomics. He served as the Vice President of Corporate Starategy for Twitter. He was also Co-Founder and served as Chief Executive Officer at Mixer Labs / GeoAPIBefore GeoAPI.com. He has a long standing interest in location based services and mobile. He co-founded Google's Mobile Team where he was the first PM on Google Mobile Maps and was involved with the Android acquisition. Prior to Google, he worked at 3 venture backed startups and at McKinsey. He has a Ph.D. from MIT. He is currently an investor and advisor to a number of mobile and social media startups. He is an Advisor of Origami Logic, Bitwise and Anchorage.
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