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Baltimore

Metro area · United States · Pop. 2.8M

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426 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
107 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
38 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 36%
338Startups
140 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
106 Seed Startups$1–4M
92 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 27%
71Breakouts
46 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 24%
25 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
17Scaleups
9 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.1%
8 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.9%
7Valuation Outcomes
7 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.6%
Pre-Seed
140
Seed
106
Series A
92
Series B
46
Series C
25
Unicorn
7

* 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 Baltimore

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

Largest rounds in Baltimore - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Baltimore

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

Academia

Baltimore's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
101
University spinouts
398
Total alumni-founded companies
203
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
110
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
85
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Baltimore stacks up

Compare Baltimore 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.

Houston
$70.5B
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
$70B
Boulder
$66.2B
Pittsburgh
$65.3B
Nashville
$59.7B
Provo-Orem
$59.6B
Detroit
$42.5B
Portland
$37.7B
Baltimore
$30.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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