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Adelaide

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 1.4M

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136 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
56 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
14 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 24%
121Startups
65 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
35 Seed Startups$1–4M
21 Series A Startups$4–15M
13Breakouts
11 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
2 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
2Scaleups
2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.5%
1Valuation Outcomes
1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.74%
Pre-Seed
65
Seed
35
Series A
21
Series B
11
Series C
2
Unicorn
1

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Adelaide

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Adelaide-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Adelaide - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Adelaide-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Adelaide

VC investment into Adelaide-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

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How Adelaide stacks up

Compare Adelaide with peers from the same country (Australia) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Sydney
$179B
Melbourne
$63.5B
Brisbane
$11.5B
Perth
$5.1B
Adelaide
$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Adelaide's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Adelaide's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Adelaide's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Adelaide's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Adelaide
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Adelaide
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country Australia Oceania · Pop. 27.2M · #12 startup ecosystem by EV Region Oceania Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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