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Adelaide

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 1.4M

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139 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
57 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
14 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 24%
124Startups
67 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
35 Seed Startups$1–4M
22 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 1.4%
1Valuation Outcomes
1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.72%
Pre-Seed
67
Seed
35
Series A
22
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.

Academia

Adelaide's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Adelaide.

University-linked startup formation
42
University spinouts
232
Total alumni-founded companies
161
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
62
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
9
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

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
$180B
Melbourne
$64.2B
Brisbane
$11.4B
Perth
$5.1B
Adelaide
$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country Australia Oceania · Pop. 27.2M · #13 startup ecosystem by EV Region Oceania Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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