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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 December 2018 | comstocksmag.com 113