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Brighton

Metro area · United Kingdom · Pop. 900K

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🦄 Unicorns & $1B exits
0
Ever reached $1B · annual outcomes, zero-filled
🐎 Thoroughbreds
2
1 currently above $100M revenue
Enterprise value
$2.7B
Actual EV series, 2015-2025

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Brighton

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

Largest rounds in Brighton - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Brighton-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
- rounds · - raised
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Startup funnel

Brighton's power-law funnel

From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.

Pre-Seed
49
Seed
32
Series A
32
Series B
3
Series C
5

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Brighton

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

Notable companies

Top private companies in Brighton

Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.

Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 1
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Academia

Brighton's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
16
University spinouts
197
Total alumni-founded companies
142
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
43
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
12
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Brighton stacks up

Compare Brighton 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.

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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