Els hubs tecnològics de la Costa Oest dels EUA

1. West Coast Tech Hubs
March 2016
By Anselm Bossacoma
www.linkedin.con/anselmbossacoma
@AnselmBossacoma

2. WEST vs EAST

3. VC Investment by region

4. Silicon
Valley
Silicon
Beach
Seattle
Boulder
Austin
US main verticals of VC: Software (40%), Biotechnology (13%), Media and
Entertainment (8%)
Western US total VC % investment: 69%
Source: Calculated from Pwc Money Tree Report Q4 2015

6. WESTERN TECH HUBS by % of VC investment
 Silicon Valley 47%
 Silicon Beach 9%
 Nortwest (Seattle) 3%
 Texas (Austin): 2%
 Colorado (Boulder): 1%
Source: Pwc Money Tree Report 2015

7. SILICON VALLEY

8. SILICON VALLEY
• Population: 3M (metro 8M SF Bay Area)
• 46% with Bachelor degree or higher
• Average Tech Salary: $79,000
• Median Home price: $790,000
• 3 main verticals of investment: Software (53%), Biotechnology (14%), IT
(7%)
• VC early stage (38%)
• Major Universities: Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley
• Major R&D organizations: SRI, NASA-AMES, DARPA
• Top accelerators: Techstars, Angelpad, Alchemist, StartX, 500 StartUp
• Top companies present: Apple, Cisco, eBay, HP, Intel, Google, Oracle, Yahoo
• Top Startups present: Airbnb, Uber
Sources: Pwc Money Tree Report Q4 2015 , US Census Bureau,
Zillow , AreaVibes , Techcrunch

9. Silicon Beach

10. SILICON BEACH – Los Angeles
• Population: 250K + (metro 18M LA+OC)
• 64% with Bachelor degree or higher (LA 29%)
• Average Tech Salary: $71,000 (LA)
• Median Home price: $568,000 (LA)
• 3 main verticals of investment: Software (50%), H.Care (10%), Med Dev
(10%)
• VC early stage (46%)
• Major Universities: UCLA, USC
• Top accelerators: Techstars, Amplify LA, Mucker Lab
• Top companies present: EA, Google, IBM, Netflix, Riot Games, Snapchat,
Spacex,
• Top Startups present: Ticket Master
Sources: Pwc Money Tree Report Q4 2015 , US Census
Bureau, Zillow , AreaVibes , Techcrunch, BuiltinLA

11. SEATTLE

12. Seattle
• Population: 1M (metro 4.5M)
• 57% with Bachelor degree or higher
• Average Tech Salary: $69,000
• Median Home price: $371,000
• 3 main verticals of investment: Software (31%), Med Dev (30%),
Media&Entertain (9%)
• VC early stage (56%)
• Major Universities: University of Washington
• Top acceleratoss: Techstars
• Top companies present: Amazon, Boeing, Facebook, Microsoft, Motorola,
Qwest Com, Tableaw, Zillow, Starbucks
• Top Startups present: Apptio
Sources: Pwc Money Tree Report Q4 2015 , US Census Bureau,
Zillow , AreaVibes , Techcrunch, Cbinsights

13. BOULDER

14. Boulder
• Population: 1M (metro 2.7M Denver)
• 71% with Bachelor degree or higher
• Average Tech Salary: $67,000
• Median Home price: $627,000
• 3 main verticals of investment: Software (53%), IT (17%), Biotechnology
(15%)
• VC early stage (22%)
• Major Universities: University of Colorado at Boulder
• Top accelerators: Techstars
• Top companies present: Google, IBM, SendGrid, SolidFire, Sphero
• Top Startups present:
Sources: Pwc Money Tree Report Q4 2015 , US Census Bureau,
Zillow , AreaVibes , Techcrunch

15. AUSTIN

16. Austin
• Population: 1M (metro 1.9M)
• 45% with Bachelor degree or higher
• Average Tech Salary: $62,000
• Median Home price: $291,000
• 3 main verticals of investment: Industrial/Energy (32%), Software (32%),
Biotech (11%)
• VC early stage (26%)
• Major Universities: University of Texas Austin
• Top accelerators: Techstars, Dreamit
• Top companies present: Amazon, Apple, Dell, Dropbox, Google, IBM,
Microsoft, Oracle
• Top Startups present: HomeAway, Retail Me Not
Sources: Pwc Money Tree Report Q4 2015 , US Census Bureau,
Zillow , AreaVibes , Techcrunch, BuiltinAustin

17. References
• www.zillow.com
• www.pwcmoneytree.com
• www1.salary.com
• www.areavibes.com
• www.techcrunch.com

18. Case: iWOPI in Boulder
Iván Lorca
Co-Founder & CEO
iwopi.org
ivanlorca@iwopi.org
@Ivan_Lorca
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iWOPI?http://vimeo.com/iwopi/enunminut

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