Seattle has 1,744 startups in our sample database. This represents about 2% of The United States’s startups. Seattle is the 5th best startup ecosystem in The United States.
Seattle kept its position stable in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2024, ranking 12th.
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The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Seattle has in each of the parameters that are part of StartupBlink's ranking algorithm. There are five tables, corresponding to the three subscores, the subscore analysis and industry ana...
Startup Funding in Seattle 2017 - 2024
From 2022 to 2023, startup funding in Seattle has decreased by 57.33%. During this period, the number of deals in Seattle has decreased by 30.54%. Since 2017, total startup funding in Seattle exceeded US$ $34.09B.
Average Funding in 2023
$9.67M
Funding in 2023
$2.97B
Deals in 2023
307
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Amount of Funding (USD)
Number of Deals
Seattle is ranked within the top 20 startup ecosystems globally.
Seattle’s startups excel particularly in Energy & Environment where it ranks 4 and in Healthtech, and Software & Data. Find out more
Within Seattle there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Energy & Environment, Healthtech, Software & Data. These three industries represent about 40% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Seattle.
Seattle is The United States' 5th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 5th in North America. With a population of 2M - 10M people, Seattle is ranked 12th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including Zillow and its startup ecosystem infrastructure is strengthened by organizations such as Amazon and Tag Spaces.
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The Corporate Startup Activity Index developed by StartupBlink is a ranking of corporations based on the strength and success of their startup activities. This initiative extends our ongoing research on startups and the innovation economy, built on our global startup ecosystem database, which includes data on 200,000+ startups and related stakeholders sourced via Crunchbase, crowdsourcing, […]
Since 2017, we publish the Global Startup Ecosystem Index Report annually, ranking the top 1,000+ cities and 100+ countries worldwide. StartupBlink’s Index is based on an elaborate algorithm with ca. 40 parameters focused on measuring various aspects of the ecosystem, including its size, impact, and business/startup friendliness, categorized into three key groups: Quantitative, Qualitative, and […]
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