Berlin/Brandenburg
Metro area · Germany · Pop. 6.2M · #33 city by EV
Enterprise value
How much Berlin/Brandenburg’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Berlin/Brandenburg, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Berlin/Brandenburg
VC investment into Berlin/Brandenburg-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Startup funnel
Berlin/Brandenburg's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Berlin/Brandenburg at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
Quarterly report
Berlin/Brandenburg's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Berlin/Brandenburg-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Berlin/Brandenburg
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Berlin/Brandenburg-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Berlin/Brandenburg - 2026
Academia
Berlin/Brandenburg's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Berlin/Brandenburg.
Location comparison
How Berlin/Brandenburg stacks up
Compare Berlin/Brandenburg with peers from the same country (Germany) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in Germany ranked by combined EV. Berlin/Brandenburg's row is highlighted (#1).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin/Brandenburg | $184B | 3.7× | 35 | $2.8B | 3,135 |
| 2 | Munich | $106B | 6.9× | 28 | $3.2B | 1,368 |
| 3 | Frankfurt | $20B | 3.9× | 8 | $106.6M | 459 |
| 4 | Stuttgart | $17.7B | 4.3× | 5 | $645.2M | 377 |
| 5 | Hamburg | $16.8B | 5.0× | 5 | $174.8M | 718 |
| 6 | Cologne - Bonn | $12.8B | 6.2× | 2 | $424.9M | 415 |
| 7 | Hanover | $8.7B | 7.3× | 4 | $9.2M | 105 |
| 8 | Düsseldorf | $7.6B | 1.7× | 5 | $16.8M | 203 |
| 9 | Dresden | $4.5B | 4.5× | 0 | $90.8M | 120 |
| 10 | Leipzig-Halle | $4.2B | 3.0× | 0 | $66.3M | 137 |
| 11 | Mannheim | $4B | 4.5× | 1 | $25.4M | 126 |
| 12 | Ruhr Area | $2.2B | 2.6× | 1 | $34.5M | 185 |
Sector concentration
Where Berlin/Brandenburg punches above its weight
Sectors in which Berlin/Brandenburg's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Berlin/Brandenburg is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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