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Atlanta

Metro area · United States · Pop. 6.3M · #43 city by EV

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1,476 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

367 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

133 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

1,137Startups

437 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

376 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 18%

324 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 32%

290Breakouts

171 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 36%

119 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 34%

49Scaleups

36 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.4%

13 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.88%

20Valuation Outcomes

18 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.2%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.14%

Pre-Seed

437

Seed

376

Series A

324

Series B

171

Series C

119

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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Atlanta

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

Largest rounds in Atlanta - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Atlanta

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

Academia

Atlanta's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

167

University spinouts

1,485

Total alumni-founded companies

928

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

407

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

150

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Atlanta stacks up

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

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$266B

$265B

$203B

$140B

$136B

$126B

Atlanta

$124B

Denver

$111B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Atlanta's row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	866	$156B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.4×	68	$6.6B	2,966
3	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Dallas	$203B	3.8×	35	$1.6B	2,033
15	Atlanta	$124B	2.7×	20	$1.3B	2,067

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