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Buffalo – Niagara Falls

Metro area · North America · Pop. 1.2M ·

Startup funnel

Buffalo – Niagara Falls's startup funnel

Companies headquartered in Buffalo – Niagara Falls at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover or tap a bar for the split.

182

Startups

$100K–15M raised

88 pre-seed · 61 seed · 33 Series A

Breakouts

$15–100M raised

16 Series B · 6 Series C

Scaleups

$100M+ raised

4 Mega · 1 Mega+

Unicorns and/or $100M+ revenue

1 valued at $1B+ · 3 with $100M+ revenue · 1 both

Source: Dealroom.co

Quarterly report

Buffalo – Niagara Falls's latest quarter in venture capital

Venture capital raised by Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered companies each quarter since 2020, split by round size, with detail on the latest complete quarter.

Latest complete quarter

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Enterprise value

How much Buffalo – Niagara Falls’s VC-backed companies are worth

Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Buffalo – Niagara Falls, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.

VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Buffalo – Niagara Falls

VC investment into Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Buffalo – Niagara Falls

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Buffalo – Niagara Falls - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Buffalo – Niagara Falls-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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Map

Where Buffalo – Niagara Falls is

Its border and the 36 locations inside it, from Dealroom’s location data.

Shaded: its border in Dealroom’s location atlas. Dots: the 36 locations Dealroom puts inside it. Hover one for its name. Open it on the location atlas

Academia

Buffalo – Niagara Falls's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Buffalo – Niagara Falls.

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

283

Total alumni-founded companies

189

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Buffalo – Niagara Falls stacks up

Compare Buffalo – Niagara Falls with peers from the same continent (North America) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$20.9B

$20B

$19.9B

$19.4B

$18.9B

$18.8B

$18.5B

$18.4B

Buffalo – Niagara Falls

$6B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in North America ranked by combined EV. Buffalo – Niagara Falls's row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20.1T	8.0×	895	$158B	24.9K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.5×	71	$6.9B	2,994
3	Austin	$2T	13.7×	63	$7.9B	2,749
4	Los Angeles	$1.6T	7.7×	166	$17.6B	8,766
5	New York City	$1.5T	5.0×	326	$32B	16.8K
6	Boston	$1.2T	4.4×	211	$13B	6,417
7	Miami	$684B	11.9×	43	$3B	2,981
8	San Diego	$327B	5.0×	64	$3.4B	2,252
9	Washington DC	$285B	3.4×	63	$4.1B	2,583
10	Chicago	$263B	3.7×	54	$2.3B	2,855
11	Ottawa–Gatineau	$231B	44.9×	2	$85.7M	398
67	Buffalo – Niagara Falls	$6B	2.7×	1	$71.1M	235

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