We recently partnered with CB Insights, Silicon Valley Bank, and
GLG Share to create the Silicon Valley Tech Venture Capital Almanac
which details the trends and players in Silicon Valley’s
technology landscape.
Taken from CB Insights:
Throughout its history, Silicon Valley has dominated the
spotlight for promoting and financing the growth of emerging tech
companies. Today Silicon Valley continues to remain the center of
tech innovation, in large part, because the startup hotbed now
spills well into the San Francisco Peninsula. Among the hundreds of
emerging tech companies now headquartered in San Francisco are
Pinterest, Square and Uber.
And when we look at data across the entire San Francisco Bay
Area, it is clear that the Silicon Valley tech hub is the 800 lb.
gorilla when it comes to both venture-backed tech financing and
exit activity. Since the start of 2009, venture capital firms have
deployed $31.5 billion across 3,308 deals into Silicon
