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Austin

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

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1,933 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
496 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
171 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 34%
1,381Startups
467 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
428 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 25%
486 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 39%
437Breakouts
275 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 38%
162 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 33%
115Scaleups
74 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 3.8%
41 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 2.1%
60Valuation Outcomes
54 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 2.8%
4 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.21%
1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)
reach Centicorn 0.052%
1 Gigacorns($1T+ valuation)
reach Gigacorn 0.052%
Pre-Seed
467
Seed
428
Series A
486
Series B
275
Series C
162
Unicorn
54
Decacorn
4

* 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 $100M+ 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.

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
New York City
$1.7T
Boston
$1.2T
Los Angeles
$1.2T
Miami
$671B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Austin's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Austin's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Austin's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Austin's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Austin
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Austin
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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