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Auckland

Metro area · New Zealand · Pop. 1.7M

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213 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

134 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

25 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 19%

174Startups

64 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

61 Seed Startups$1–4M

49 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 17%

33Breakouts

26 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

6Scaleups

2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.94%

4 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.9%

5Valuation Outcomes

4 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.9%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.47%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

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 Auckland

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

Largest rounds in Auckland - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Auckland

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

Academia

Auckland's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

305

Total alumni-founded companies

218

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Auckland stacks up

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

Sydney

$180B

Melbourne

$64.2B

Auckland

$47.1B

Wellington (NZ)

$21.7B

Brisbane

$11.4B

Perth

$5.1B