Eight Up-and-Coming Tech Hubs

UP-AND-COMING TECH HUBS The tech sectors in areas like Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Austin and Boston generate tons of buzz. But what about places that aren't as buzz-worthy just yet? Which areas could be the next Silicon Valley? Sign It's Up- and-Coming Startup Mover and Shaker Tech Stars Feather in Its Cap CHARLESTON, SC DETROIT, MI "Silicon Harbor" "Motor City". In 2013, Under30CEO.com ranked Charleston among the The area is getting one of the Obama administration's new best small cities for high-tech manufacturing hubs entrepreneurs, in part because of its substantial growth in information technology jobs W Backstitch, Bizdom, Detroit Labs, Rock Ventures Blue Acorn, Boom Town, PeopleMatter, Zubie The $5 million Silicon Harbor Ventures investment fund launched in early 2014 It's one of Google's initial seven tech hubs in North America Charleston Digital Corridor >wmp Detroit Venture Partners initiative HUNTSVILLE, AL KANSAS CITY, MO "The Rocket City" "Silicon Prairie" In 2013, Huntsville placed 14th on Entrepreneur.com's list of the 25 best U.S. cities for tech Kansas City ranked third among major U.S. cities for tech startup growth between 1990 and 2010. startups Bragg Peak Systems, Correlated Magnetics Research, Curse, eTruckBiz Leap2, EyeVerify, Handprint, SquareOffs The area was the first the country to get high-speed Google Fiber service Cummings Research Park mp BizTech business incubator mp Kansas City Startup Village LAS VEGAS, NEW ORLEANS, NV LA "Sin City" "Silicon Bayou" The VegasTechFund has earmarked $50 million for investment in local tech startups In 2013, The Idea Village business incubator received a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Commerce Department A Launchkey. OrderWithMe.com, Tech Cocktail, Zirtual Crescent Unmanned Systems, FundDat, iSeatz, TurboSquid Vegas business booster Tony Hsieh, CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos The New Orleans Startup Fund, which supplies seed funding to early stage companies »wmp Hsieh's Downtown Project »wnp The Idea Village ORLANDO, FL PROVO, UT "The City Beautiful" "Silicon Slopes" Techie.com.named Orlando one of the most promising tech hubs The Milken Institute put Provo at No. 2 on its 2013 list of the strongest large cities for economic performance to watch in 2014 ActivEngage, BidWilly, Envy Labs, Sonobi AirVend, Domo, MoneyDesktop, Qualtrics University of Central Florida Businessincubation Program High-speed Google Fiber service is rolling out there in 2014 Starter Studio mentor BoomStartup business accelerator program Sources techie.com I slate.com I hcio.com I statetechmagazine.com I entrepreneur.com upstart.bizjournals.com I freep.com I kauffman.org I detroitventurepartners.com blog.hiredmyway.com I mashable.com I downtownproject.com I wired.com kcstartupvillage.org kcur.org I ksl.com best-cities.org I heraldextra.com I money.cnn.com I marketplace.org prnewswire.com I tech.col myneworleans.com I nola.com I charlestondigitalcorridor.com blog.al.com I waaytv.com I bizjournals.com I starterstudio.com I bizjournals.com I crunchbase.com SpareFoot Lilulululu N NOWSOURCING