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Amsterdam

Metro area · Netherlands · Pop. 2.5M · #20 city by EV

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1,318 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

607 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

142 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 23%

1,131Startups

518 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

378 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 30%

235 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 23%

142Breakouts

87 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 24%

55 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 27%

45Scaleups

29 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.2%

16 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

30Valuation Outcomes

27 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.0%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.15%

1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.076%

Pre-Seed

518

Seed

378

Series A

235

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Quarterly report

Amsterdam's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Amsterdam-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Amsterdam

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

Largest rounds in Amsterdam - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Amsterdam

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

Academia

Amsterdam's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

155

University spinouts

1,070

Total alumni-founded companies

792

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

200

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Top universities producing founders tied to Amsterdam

🇳🇱 University of Amsterdam Amsterdam · 21 alumni unicorns

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Location comparison

How Amsterdam stacks up

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

Amsterdam

$331B

Utrecht

$14.3B

Rotterdam - The Hague

$13B

$9B

$8B

$7.9B

$2.4B

$1.9B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in Netherlands ranked by combined EV. Amsterdam's row is highlighted (#1).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Amsterdam	$331B	3.4×	30	$2B	1,754
2	Utrecht	$14.3B	9.7×	1	$182.2M	360
3	Rotterdam - The Hague	$13B	4.7×	3	$250.1M	655
4	Leiden	$9B	2.7×	2	$354.5M	78
5	Rotterdam	$8B	4.0×	3	$95M	277
6	Eindhoven	$7.9B	6.1×	2	$233.6M	255
7	Delft	$2.4B	11.5×	0	$139.6M	157
8	The Hague	$1.9B	3.9×	0	$8.9M	178

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Country Netherlands Europe · Pop. 18M · #9 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · Pop. 744.1M · #7 region by EV

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