New York City startups have been snapping up increasingly lucrative deals in recent years.
While Silicon Valley continues to lead venture-capital funding in the U.S., investors are also writing big checks to Big Apple companies. New York startups closed nearly 1,500 deals worth $12 billion last year, nearly double the $6.3 billion in capital invested in 2014 for a similar number of deals, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
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