Ann Arbor
Metro area · United States · Pop. 318K
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Ann Arbor
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Ann Arbor-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Ann Arbor - 2026
Startup funnel
Ann Arbor's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Ann Arbor
VC investment into Ann Arbor-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Ann Arbor
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Ann Arbor's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Ann Arbor.
Location comparison
How Ann Arbor stacks up
Compare Ann Arbor with peers from the same country (United States) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Ann Arbor's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Area | $20.1T | 7.9× | 777 | $157B | 24.3K |
| 2 | Seattle | $3.1T | 10.6× | 68 | $6.6B | 2,935 |
| 3 | Austin | $2T | 14.0× | 56 | $8.1B | 2,481 |
| 4 | New York City | $1.7T | 5.3× | 296 | $31.2B | 16.4K |
| 5 | Boston | $1.2T | 4.7× | 185 | $13.6B | 6,194 |
| 6 | Los Angeles | $1.2T | 5.8× | 133 | $18.3B | 8,432 |
| 7 | Miami | $619B | 12.9× | 33 | $2.9B | 2,736 |
| 8 | San Diego | $399B | 6.2× | 52 | $3.3B | 2,230 |
| 9 | Washington DC | $317B | 4.2× | 45 | $3.5B | 2,318 |
| 10 | Chicago | $256B | 3.5× | 50 | $2.1B | 2,924 |
| 11 | Dallas | $195B | 3.9× | 31 | $1.5B | 1,866 |
| 48 | Ann Arbor | $13B | 2.7× | 2 | $173.5M | 260 |
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