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Budapest

Metro area · Hungary · Pop. 3.3M

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315 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

73 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

34 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 46%

299Startups

170 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

96 Seed Startups$1–4M

33 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 19%

15Breakouts

9 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

6 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.32%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.32%

Pre-Seed

170

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 Budapest

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

Largest rounds in Budapest - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Budapest

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

Academia

Budapest's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

287

Total alumni-founded companies

231

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Budapest stacks up

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

Yorkshire and the Humber

$27.3B

$24.6B

$23.8B

$23.3B

$23B

$21.7B