Martin Prosperity Institute

Rise of the Urban Startup Neighborhood: Mapping Micro-Clusters of Venture Capital-Based Startups

By November 20, 2019No Comments

Venture capital is the fuel that powers high-tech innovation and entrepreneurial startup companies. Previous research has been hampered by a lack of data, or more specifically, by the availability of only highly aggregated data at the state or metro level. This study overcomes this hurdle by using more detailed zip code-level data to identify microclusters of venture capital investment and startup activity at the neighborhood level.