[adventured]

Boston is a first tier startup city, clearly.

It ranked above New York for total VC dollars raised in 2014, to go with its 371 deals, versus New York's 395.

It's basically third in deal activity nationally. It's four times larger than Seattle, and perhaps ten times larger than Pittsburgh when you account for deals + money.

http://nvca.org/pressreleases/u-s-venture-capital-investment...

[refurb]

Your source includes all VC funding, not just tech start-ups. Boston is #1 in biotech funding (SF is almost tied), so the numbers are skewed if you're just referring to tech funding.