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

Free

Full access to all pages, charts, company profiles, investor profiles, and monthly reports at funding.alleywatch.com. Suitable for qualitative research and manual data collection.

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Structured data access for verified researchers

Free for academics

CSV 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].

Research areas this dataset supports

Venture capital investment patterns and cycles
NYC startup ecosystem formation and growth
Gender and diversity in founder funding outcomes
Sector-level funding concentration and trends
Geographic distribution of startup activity within NYC
Investor syndicate networks and co-investment patterns
Startup survival rates and funding stage progression
Impact of macroeconomic cycles on early-stage funding

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