The Bay Area & beyond: Ranking US metro areas by VC invested and returns (#11 will shock you!)

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Two from PitchBook. First up:

Bay Area breakdown: A ranking of the region's cities by VC invested and returns [interactive maps]

The Bay Area is home to a huge amount of startup founders and venture capital investors. Many of the big tech companies founded in the early 2000s are located south of the city of San Francisco: Facebook, for example, is headquartered in Menlo Park, and LinkedIn is based in Sunnyvale. But a lot of more recently founded companies, many of which are still private, are based in the city itself. Uber, Airbnb and Lyft, for instance, are all headquartered in San Francisco.

With that in mind, we've ranked the top 10 cities in the Bay Area in terms of venture capital funding from 2010 to 2017. Hover over any number in the map below to see total VC invested in the corresponding city during that time period, plus capital invested during 2017 and YoY change:

We've also taken a look at whether there's a correlation between total capital invested and return for investors. Below is a map of the cities in the Bay Area that produce the best returns for VC backers (calculated by PitchBook as multiple on invested capital, which is exit value/total VC raised). Nine of the 10 cities that bring in the most VC are also on the list of those that create the top returns. The only exception is Sunnyvale, which is ninth on the list in terms of total VC invested but doesn't appear on the map below. The opposite is true of Fremont....MORE

And our headliner, Also March 19:
The Bay Area & beyond: Ranking US metro areas by VC invested and returns

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