#CApital Momentum
Greater Sacramento, CA has reached critical mass and investors and companies are taking note. We’re the right place and now is the right time. Why aren’t you here yet?
LIMITLESS POTENTIAL
Greater Sacramento’s growth trajectory is set to go into overdrive over the next five years. Population growth, diversity and degree achievement are expected to accelerate and several world-class innovation centers will be taking root.
The region is quickly becoming one of the hottest markets in the West, and the place to do business in California.
GROWING, DIVERSE & EDUCATED
The fastest-growing large metro in California is also one of the country’s most diverse and highly educated.
Data sources: USPS, College Navigator, CompTIA




NEXT LEVEL INVESTMENT
Venture capital activity jumped significantly in the past year, including multiple IPOs, a $1.8 billion SPAC merger and an $800 million capital raise.
GROUND-BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS
All this activity is culminating in the development of key projects that will change the region’s economic landscape. See a preview of what’s to come below.
GET THE DATA
A new report from Newmark and GSEC shows that Greater Sacramento’s growth trajectory is set to go into overdrive over the next five years. Download the report to see what’s driving our #CApitalMomentum.

SUCCESS STORIES
Get to know some of the companies driving Greater Sacramento’s momentum.
DIVE DEEPER
Learn more about the trends influencing the region’s growth.

Global semiconductor company Solidigm builds research and development (R&D) facility, home to 1,900 jobs, in the Greater Sacramento Area
Solidigm, a U.S.-based subsidiary of SK hynix, Inc., is building a 230K-sq-ft, $100 million R&D campus in Greater Sacramento. The campus will create 1,900 high-wage tech jobs over the next five years and up to $1.2 billion in annual economic impact for the region.
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CalCompetes tax credit information and application assistance
Governor Newsom’s state budget for Fiscal Year 2022/2023 renewed the California Competes Grant Program (CCGP) for one year and the California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) for five years. Learn more about evaluation criteria for the CalCompetes programs and the 2022-2023 application timeline.
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Orca Bio Expands in Greater Sacramento Building New State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility
Series D Bay Area biotech company Orca Bio is expanding in Greater Sacramento with a new, 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
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Greater Sacramento Economic Council helps fund FourthWave accelerator to catalyze women-led tech businesses
Female-run accelerator FourthWave has officially kicked off its fifth annual cohort of female entrepreneurs in Sacramento, thanks in part to its partnership with the <a href="https://www.greatersacramento.com/">Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC).</a> FourthWave, which launched with a grant from the City of Sacramento in 2017, is an accelerator for high potential women-led technology businesses.
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