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Antwerp

Metro area · Belgium · Pop. 500K

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213 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

91 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

34 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 37%

183Startups

57 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

75 Seed Startups$1–4M

51 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 24%

26Breakouts

22 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

4 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

4Scaleups

2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.94%

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.94%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.47%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* 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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Antwerp

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

Largest rounds in Antwerp - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Antwerp

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

Academia

Antwerp's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

171

Total alumni-founded companies

124

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Antwerp stacks up

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

Ghent

$65.8B

Brussels

$13.5B

Antwerp

$5.9B

Leuven

$3.8B

Liège

$1.7B