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Boulder

Metro area · United States · Pop. 300K

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599 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
97 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
47 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 49%
459Startups
202 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
130 Seed Startups$1–4M
127 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 35%
102Breakouts
67 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 43%
35 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 35%
38Scaleups
24 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 4.0%
14 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 2.3%
14Valuation Outcomes
12 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 2.0%
2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.33%
Pre-Seed
202
Seed
130
Series A
127
Series B
67
Series C
35
Unicorn
12
Decacorn
2

* 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 Boulder

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

Largest rounds in Boulder - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Boulder

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

Academia

Boulder's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
58
University spinouts
468
Total alumni-founded companies
273
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
151
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
44
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Boulder stacks up

Compare Boulder 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.

Dallas
$203B
Research Triangle
$140B
Phoenix
$136B
Philadelphia
$126B
Atlanta
$124B
Denver
$111B
Salt Lake City
$108B
Houston
$70.5B
Boulder
$66.2B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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