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Berlin/Brandenburg

Metro area · Germany · Pop. 6.2M · #36 city by EV

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1,934 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
677 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
260 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 38%
1,501Startups
486 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
558 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 38%
457 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 36%
339Breakouts
236 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 29%
103 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 48%
94Scaleups
51 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.6%
43 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 2.2%
35Valuation Outcomes
32 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.7%
3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.16%
Pre-Seed
486
Seed
558
Series A
457
Series B
236
Series C
103
Unicorn
32
Decacorn
3

* 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.

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.

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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

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

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.

University-linked startup formation
727
University spinouts
1,232
Total alumni-founded companies
861
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
283
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
88
Scaleups ($100M+)

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.

Berlin/Brandenburg
$179B
Munich
$106B
Frankfurt
$36.8B
Stuttgart
$17.1B
Hamburg
$17B
Cologne - Bonn
$12.8B
Hanover
$8.6B
Düsseldorf
$7.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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.

🥗 Food
9.06×
4 unicorns · 7.1% of global sector
🛒 eCommerce & Marketplaces
7.25×
10 unicorns · 5.7% of global sector
🚗 Transportation
7.21×
5 unicorns · 5.7% of global sector
⚡ Energy
6.92×
6 unicorns · 5.5% of global sector
📣 Marketing
6.68×
2 unicorns · 5.3% of global sector
💼 Other B2B Software
5.82×
14 unicorns · 4.6% of global sector
🎮 Consumer Services
5.19×
9 unicorns · 4.1% of global sector
💸 Fintech
4.79×
12 unicorns · 3.8% of global sector

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