SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
By the Numbers
FOOD PRODUCTION INDUSTRY IN GREATER SACRAMENTO
$2,000,000,000
California’s Capital Region contains the World Food &
Agriculture Innovation Zone, a discovery-to-distribution
network in the heart of California’s Central Valley. The World
Food & Agriculture Innovation Zone builds tech and biotech
solutions that are used worldwide.
FUNDING FOR AG AND BIO TECH STARTUPS IN GREATER
SACRAMENTO SINCE 2010
$211,000,000
SEED RELATED COMPANIES
LOCATED NEAR UC DAVIS
100+
JOBS IN LIFE SCIENCE
141,405
15%
INCREASE IN LIFE
SCIENCE JOBS
in the last 5 years
CALIFORNIA IS THE MOST PROFITABLE STATE TO DO BUSINESS
144% more profitable than Texas
157% more profitable than Illinois
173% more profitable than Ohio
28% more profitable than New York
SOURCE: FORTUNE 500, 2015: WILMERHALE, 2015 IPO REPORT
#1
IN THE NATION
FOR MOST IPOS
3X HIGHER
FIRST DAY GAINS
NATIONAL AVG.
FIRST YEAR GAINS
4x
HIGHER
First year gains
= NEW JOBS
SOURCE: FORTUNE 500, 2015: WILMERHALE, 2015 IPO REPORT
SOURCE: SELECTSACRAMENTO.COM
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