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Birmingham (AL)

Metro area · United States · Pop. 775K

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141 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

37 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

16 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 45%

117Startups

39 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

49 Seed Startups$1–4M

29 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 24%

19Breakouts

12 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

5Scaleups

4 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.8%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.71%

2Valuation Outcomes

2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* 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 Birmingham (AL)

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

Largest rounds in Birmingham (AL) - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Birmingham (AL)-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Birmingham (AL)

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

Academia

Birmingham (AL)'s academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Birmingham (AL) stacks up

Compare Birmingham (AL) 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.

$31.3B

$30.7B

$30.6B

$30.1B

$28.7B

$26.7B

$26.5B

$24.7B

Birmingham (AL)

$9.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Birmingham (AL)'s row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	866	$156B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.4×	68	$6.6B	2,966
3	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Dallas	$203B	3.8×	35	$1.6B	2,033
52	Birmingham (AL)	$9.4B	4.0×	2	$509.9M	213

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