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Startups

16+ Startup statistics to guide your way to success.

July 31, 2023

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Duncan Elder

Discover the numbers behind the startup boom.

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The world of startups appears glamorous and exciting. VCs throwing piles of cash of college grads with little more than a dream and a laptop. But it is really like this? Check out these startup statistics to find out.

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Startups with a founder from a top school (Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Caltech) perform 220% better than other teams.

First Round: 10 Year Project

Startups with a founder who worked at Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft or Twitter perform 160% better than other teams.

First Round: 10 Year Project

18% of no-code users started using these tools to help with their own business or side gig.

Zapier: The Rise of No Code 2022

80% of founders believe a more diverse team will positively impact startup value

First Round: State of Startups 2019

28% of no-code users started using no-code because it was the fastest way to achieve something at work.

Zapier: The Rise of No Code 2022

founders who even occasionally work remotely are 6x more likely to have a positive view of their employees doing the same.

First Round: State of Startups 2019

Teams with more than one founder outperformed solo founders by a 163%

First Round: 10 Year Project

70% of female founders felt their gender hurt their ability to fundraise.

First Round: State of Startups 2019

Repeat founders’ initial valuations are over 50% higher than first-timers.

First Round: 10 Year Project

Female founders were nearly 3x more likely to enlist a therapist or psychiatrist compared to their males (42% vs. 15%)

First Round: State of Startups 2019

Companies with a female founder performed 63% better than our investments with all-male founding teams.

First Round: 10 Year Project

80% of founders reported building a community of users as important to their business. 28% say it is critical to their success.

First Round: State of Startups 2019

Around 20% of business fail after one year (Most recent data shows 20.8% of businesses started in 2021 closed by 2022)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Business Employment Dynamics

Business Failure Rate

Around half of businesses fail after 5 years. (Most recent data shows 49.4% of businesses started in 2017 survived until 2022)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Business Employment Dynamics

Business Failure Rate

The top locations for startups are: #1 Silicon Valley, #2 New York City and London tied, #4 Los Angeles, #5 Tel Aviv.

Startup Genome: The Global Startup Ecosystem Report

The average number of years to go from series A to exit is decreasing: from 6.6 years in 2006 to 4.3 years in 2014/

Startup Genome: The Global Startup Ecosystem Report

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