This week The Wall Street Journal and VentureSource ranked the top 50
U.S. venture-backed companies with the most potential to become “the
next big thing.” You can check out the list, along with the methodology,
here.
We thought we’d take a look at where these companies reside. After all, if these are the next Ciscos, Microsofts and Amgens (all formerly venture-backed companies), which cities and states will claim bragging rights?
Let’s be clear - it’s hard to draw hard conclusions from such a tiny sliver of the 10,000-plus venture-backed companies out there, and many stellar start-ups just missed making this list (or were excluded because their valuation was above $1 billion). But the study is interesting, nonetheless.
For your convenience, we’ve marked these companies’ exact locations on the interactive, color-coded map below. Blue is for information technology companies, red for health care, green for clean technology, yellow for consumer services and purple for business and financial services.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Where The ‘Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies’ Reside - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ
Author: Scott Austin
