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Birmingham

Metro area · United Kingdom · Pop. 2.4M

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206 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

96 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

21 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 21%

187Startups

94 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

63 Seed Startups$1–4M

30 Series A Startups$4–15M

16Breakouts

14 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

2 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

3Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.49%

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.97%

2Valuation Outcomes

2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.97%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Birmingham

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

Largest rounds in Birmingham - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Birmingham

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

Academia

Birmingham's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

342

Total alumni-founded companies

244

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Birmingham stacks up

Compare Birmingham with peers from the same country (United Kingdom) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$8.5B

$6.9B

$5.6B

$5.3B

$5.3B

$5.2B

$4.8B

$4B

Birmingham

$2.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	London	$718B	5.6×	160	$20.1B	11.8K
2	East of England	$205B	3.5×	17	$3B	1,188
3	Cambridge (UK)	$181B	3.6×	15	$2.5B	622
4	South East England	$67.4B	2.6×	17	$1.6B	1,738
5	Edinburgh	$41.9B	8.3×	2	$358.7M	440
6	North West England	$33.8B	2.5×	13	$285.6M	1,136
7	Midlands	$30.1B	6.5×	7	$517.6M	919
8	Oxford	$29.6B	3.0×	9	$817.2M	452
9	Yorkshire and the Humber	$27.3B	6.0×	6	$223.4M	605
10	East Midlands	$23B	5.9×	4	$107.3M	400
11	Manchester	$21.7B	2.2×	9	$147.7M	616
26	Birmingham	$2.5B	3.7×	2	$294.3M	269

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