This month, the World Economic Forum released its list of 2015 Technology Pioneers. Incredibly, 28 of the current group of 49 companies recognized are California-based.
A mid-year report by AgFunder says that agtech startups raised $2.06 billion in the first half of 2015. The report, powered in part by CrunchBase, highlighted the rising trend in agtech investing, with the comparable figure for all of 2014 at $2.36 billion.
The Kauffman Foundation released its 2015 Index of Startup Activity on June 4th, 2015. California showed consistently strong indicators of entrepreneurship in this year's edition, with four of the top ten metro areas in the annual ranking.
Thomson Reuters released its 2015 State of Innovation Report on May 26, 2015. Highlights of the report include a new high in overall patent volume worldwide, as well as a measurable shift toward open innovation, identified in part by joint patent filings.