The absolute number of companies (along with
the total number of startups) with a female founder grew more than fivefold, from 176 in 2009 to 932 in 2016.
Of
the total number of startups that have participated in the program, approximately 25 percent, or 170, have been from the states.
Not exact matches
(Further, lean
startup techniques have increased the
total number of zombie companies that are barely subsisting: Not growing but not dying.
Growth: In 2016, the
number of U.S.
startups related to autonomous vehicles that landed VC deals nearly doubled to 14, and the
total dollar amount invested shot up to $ 459 million from just $ 59 million the previous year, according to Pitchbook data.
For example, one stat used to justify the decline
of small business is that the
number of startups as a percentage
of total businesses has fallen from 15 % in 1978 to 8 % in 2012.
Along with influential readers like Musk and Harris, Wait But Why now has
numbers any other
startup blog would be envious
of: A
total of 31 million unique visitors and 87 million page views, with monthly averages
of 1.6 million uniques and 4.6 million page views, according to Urban.
The
total number of legal
startups is unknown.
Online education
startup Coursera has added 17 more university partners — including schools in Australia, Hong Kong, Canada and Israel — bringing its
total number of academic partners to 33.
Total funding
of African tech ventures grew by 51 per cent as compared to 2016, while the
number of funded
startups also increased by 8.9 per cent.