Strategic BuyersTotal Number of Seattle

Companies Acquired by Strategics

9

66

4 3

3

3

3

2

2

Active Startups

Early LateSeries A-C

222 Companies raised $1.8B in Growth, Venture, and Seed Capital in 2014

$474M $871M $478M

Leading Seattle Companies and Expertise

Analytics

Omni-Channel Retail Cloud

3D / VR

Biotech

Engineering/Mfg

Mobile

Entrepreneurial Community

Notable Exits48 Acquisitions in 2014 + 1 in 2015 for +$12.7B

5 IPO’s in 2014 raising $638M

MeetupsMedia

World Class Talent Pool

Seattle is..6th in US for STEM Jobs6th Smartest City in US

2nd largest research university in U.S.1,867 patents (15th)

LinkedIn’s Employment Drivers Incubators and Co-Work

Venture & Growth CapitalMedTech Tech / Consumer

Corporate Venture Capital

$1.8B raised in 264 rounds ofVenture, Seed and Growth

Capital in 2014

Seattle is..8th in Total US VC

3rd in VC per Capita, ahead of NYC

Accelerators25 rounds in 2014

Angels / Super Angels89 rounds in 2014