Texas Startup Indicators: 2020 Update
Early Stage Capital Slips Again Fort Worth-based startup companies raised $13 million in early stage capital in 2020. If that sounds low, it’s because it is, especially when compared to […]
Category: Ecosystem Insights
Fort Worth is Coming for you, Albuquerque!
As we have discussed previously on this blog, Fort Worth is now the 13th largest city in the country, but it ranks 40th in early stage funding when compared to […]
Growth of 40,000+%? (Yeah, you read that right)
Each year, Inc. Magazine puts out its list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in America. Think of it like the Forbes 500 (largest US companies) for startups. To be […]
20 Years of Venture Funding in Fort Worth in 6 Charts
Early stage funding trends for Fort Worth-based companies over a 20 year period summed up in 6 charts.
Startups Created 25,147 Jobs in Tarrant County in 2018. So What?
New research, conducted by Sparkyard and HSC shows that new companies have created about 25,000 jobs a year in each of the last six years in Tarrant County.
Fort Worth Private Equity Funding
In a previous blog post, we looked at early stage capital investment in Fort Worth, and where the city stood in comparison to other Texas and US cities. We established that […]
Early Stage Investments in Tarrant County at the Municipal Level
In this blog we’re going to take a look at all the early stage investment deals in Tarrant County since 2015, including a breakdown at the individual municipality (town or […]
Texas Startup Indicators: How does Fort Worth Compare?
Over the past few months, we have been compiling data from PitchBook, a proprietary research tool that focuses on early stage investment data, and turning that data into charts that […]
Fort Worth Ranks 13th in Population, 40th in Early Stage Funding
In 2018, Fort Worth became the 13th largest city in the United States with a population of 895,008 people. Fort Worth will soon surpass Jacksonville to become the 12th largest […]
How Do We Begin Restarting Fort Worth’s Economy?
As our cities begin to slowly re-open from the COVID pandemic, we are all concerned with the economic instability the lockdown placed on our hometowns. One of the most effective […]