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by phamilton 5108 days ago
The real metric is density of funding. I don't just mean potential funds, but frequent funding of startups.

For example, Utah has a pretty high concentration (per capita) of startups, but investors are extremely risk averse. I've heard countless tales of startups having difficulty getting local funding and looking elsewhere.

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http://www.arcticstartup.com/2011/06/15/vc-per-capita-europe... implies (nationwide numbers only) that it is quite high...