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Austin

Metro area · United States · Pop. 2.3M · #4 city by EV

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2,083 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

518 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

183 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

1,492Startups

486 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

464 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 24%

542 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 37%

465Breakouts

295 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 38%

170 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 33%

126Scaleups

81 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.9%

45 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.2%

61Valuation Outcomes

53 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.5%

6 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.29%

1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.048%

1 Gigacorns($1T+ valuation)

reach Gigacorn 0.048%

Pre-Seed

486

Seed

464

Series A

542

Series B

295

Series C

170

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 Austin

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

Largest rounds in Austin - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Austin-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Austin

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

Academia

Austin's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

117

University spinouts

1,211

Total alumni-founded companies

714

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

354

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

143

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Austin stacks up

Compare Austin 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.

Seattle

$2.9T

Austin

$2T

$1.6T

$1.2T

$1.1T

$681B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Austin's row is highlighted (#3).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	875	$156B	24.4K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.5×	69	$6.8B	2,947
3	Austin	$2T	13.8×	61	$7.9B	2,674
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.0×	330	$32.5B	16.6K
5	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.6×	159	$17.4B	8,614
6	Boston	$1.1T	4.3×	205	$12.8B	6,290
7	Miami	$681B	12.4×	42	$2.9B	2,912
8	San Diego	$323B	5.0×	64	$3.4B	2,211
9	Chicago	$264B	3.7×	54	$2.2B	2,805
10	Washington DC	$262B	3.3×	54	$3.5B	2,329
11	Dallas	$223B	4.0×	44	$2.1B	2,054
12	Research Triangle	$143B	2.8×	27	$1.8B	1,051

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