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Atlanta

Metro area · United States · Pop. 6.3M · #41 city by EV

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1,527 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

374 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

135 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

1,180Startups

454 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

394 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 18%

332 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 31%

289Breakouts

171 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 34%

118 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 36%

58Scaleups

40 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.6%

18 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

24Valuation Outcomes

21 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.20%

Pre-Seed

454

Seed

394

Series A

332

Series B

171

Series C

118

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

Atlanta's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Atlanta-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 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

169

University spinouts

1,772

Total alumni-founded companies

1,136

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

470

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

166

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.

$332B

$266B

$263B

$224B

$144B

$136B

Atlanta

$136B

Denver

$113B

Salt Lake City

$109B

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	$20.3T	9.7×	886	$157B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	30.2×	70	$6.8B	2,947
3	Austin	$2T	22.1×	61	$7.8B	2,679
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.3×	328	$32.6B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	5.1×	209	$12.9B	6,293
6	Los Angeles	$911B	4.6×	163	$17.3B	8,638
7	Miami	$690B	12.3×	43	$2.9B	2,914
8	San Diego	$332B	5.3×	63	$3.4B	2,214
9	Chicago	$266B	3.3×	54	$2.2B	2,808
10	Washington DC	$263B	4.3×	55	$3.6B	2,336
11	Dallas	$224B	4.2×	47	$2.1B	2,053
14	Atlanta	$136B	3.5×	24	$1.3B	2,105

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