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Athens

Metro area · Greece · Pop. 3.5M

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172 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

53 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

19 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

159Startups

90 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

36 Seed Startups$1–4M

33 Series A Startups$4–15M

10Breakouts

5 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

5 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

3Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.58%

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

3Valuation Outcomes

3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.7%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Athens

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

Largest rounds in Athens - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Athens

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

Academia

Athens's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

207

Total alumni-founded companies

141

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Athens stacks up

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

Midlands

$30.1B

Oxford

$29.6B

Kyiv

$29.4B

Yorkshire and the Humber

$27.3B

Lisbon

$24.6B

Geneva

$23.8B