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Top 10 Tech Cities in the U.S.

PrivCo has issued its list of the top 10 cities for technology, measured by the number of privately held tech companies acquired in 2012.

A new ranking of U.S. metropolitan areas' tech prowess has been released, and annoints Silicon Valley as No. 1 due to 226 acquisitions of privately held technology companies in 2012. The list comes from PrivCo, a research company offering insights on private companies.

While the premier ranking of this Northern California innovation hub isn't surprising, the area was outdone by both New York City and Boston when evaluated based on the price tag of the largest deal made in 2012.

Infrastructure provider Zayo's acquistion of AboveNet for $2.2 billion outdid Oracle's $1.9 billion purchase of talent management company Taleo. In No. 3 ranked Boston's top deal, finalized in Dec. 2012, Berkshire Partners bought Lightower Fiber Networks for $2 billion.


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Here's the complete top ten list:

Rank Metropolitan Area Acquisitions
1. Silicon Valley 226
2. New York 100
3. Boston 62
4. Los Angeles 55
5. Seattle 43
6. Austin 40
7. Washington D.C. 39
8. Atlanta 36
9. Dallas 33
10. Houston 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, including details on each metropolitan area's largest acquisition, visit PrivCo's website.
 

Silicon Valley image from Shutterstock

Noelle Knell is the executive editor for e.Republic, responsible for setting the overall direction for e.Republic’s editorial platforms, including Government Technology, Governing, Industry Insider, Emergency Management and the Center for Digital Education. She has been with e.Republic since 2011, and has decades of writing, editing and leadership experience. A California native, Noelle has worked in both state and local government, and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, with majors in political science and American history.