In Innovation Quest, Regions Seek Critical Mass – MIT Technology Review

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There is a spot just off the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that is home to what may be the world’s densest concentration of startup companies. There, near the edge of Kendall Square, the founders of more than 450 startups crowd into nine floors. Some occupy common rooms where the rule is « Grab any seat you can. »

Startup Investing trends

« Startup Investing Trends » http://feedly.com/k/19LJlaW by @paulg #ycombinator

June 2013(This talk was written for an audience of investors.)Y Combinator has now funded 564 startups including the current batch, which has 53. The total valuation of the 287 that have valuations (either by raising an equity round, getting acquired, or dying) is about $11.7 billion, and the 511 prior to the current batch have collectively raised about $1.7 billion. [1]