Silicon Valley topped the list for the top 10 U.S. cities in terms of tech acquisitions in 2012.
PrivCo, a New York company that track private investments, said that Silicon Valley (combining San Francisco and the region around it) led the way in terms of the value of acquisitions of companies. It was followed by New York City(100 deals), Boston(62), Los Angeles (55), and Seattle (43). Rounding out the list were Austin (40); Washington, D.C.(39); Atlanta (36); Dallas(33); and Houston(30).
The top ten was ranked by the total number of U.S. private tech companies acquired last year in the region. But the biggest acquisition of a private tech company acquisition was in New York, as Zayo acquired AboveNet (in nearby White Plains, N.Y.) for $2.2 billion.
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