NYC Startup Funding Data for Researchers
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Funding Index is available to academic researchers, graduate students, and university faculty studying entrepreneurship, venture capital, and innovation ecosystems.
What the dataset contains
11,500+ funding rounds
2010 to present, updated daily
6,600+ companies
With sector, founding year, and status
11,000+ investors
VC firms, angels, corporate, and accelerators
Round-level detail
Amount, stage, date, investors per round
Geographic coverage
All 5 NYC boroughs, neighborhood-level data
Longitudinal depth
15 years of continuous tracking from 2010
Access options
Public web interface
FreeFull access to all pages, charts, company profiles, investor profiles, and monthly reports at funding.alleywatch.com. Suitable for qualitative research and manual data collection.
Browse the index →Structured data access for verified researchers
Free for academicsCSV or JSON exports of the full dataset for verified university researchers. Requires institutional email and a brief description of your research. Suitable for quantitative studies, regression analysis, and longitudinal research.
Available to faculty, PhD candidates, and graduate students at accredited institutions.
How to cite
APA
AlleyWatch. (2025). NYC Startup Funding Index [Data set]. https://funding.alleywatch.com
Chicago
AlleyWatch. "NYC Startup Funding Index." https://funding.alleywatch.com.
MLA
AlleyWatch. "NYC Startup Funding Index." funding.alleywatch.com. Accessed [date].
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