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Cologne - Bonn

Metro area · Germany · Pop. 2.4M

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🦄 Unicorns & $1B exits

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🐎 Cumulative thoroughbreds

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Enterprise value

$12.8B

Latest combined startup EV

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Cologne - Bonn

A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Cologne - Bonn-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Cologne - Bonn - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into Cologne - Bonn-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Cologne - Bonn

VC investment into Cologne - Bonn-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.

Location comparison

How Cologne - Bonn stacks up

Compare Cologne - Bonn with peers from the same country (Germany) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Frankfurt

$19.9B

Hamburg

$16.8B

Stuttgart

$16.3B

Cologne - Bonn

$12.8B

$6.6B

$5.8B

$4.2B

$3.8B

$3.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in Germany ranked by combined EV. Cologne - Bonn's row is highlighted (#6).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	5-yr EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Berlin/Brandenburg	$184B	3.6×	33	$2.8B	3,064
2	Munich	$107B	7.0×	24	$3.2B	1,313
3	Frankfurt	$19.9B	3.9×	7	$105.3M	452
4	Hamburg	$16.8B	5.2×	5	$175.2M	694
5	Stuttgart	$16.3B	4.0×	5	$673.2M	370
6	Cologne - Bonn	$12.8B	6.2×	2	$430.4M	406
7	Düsseldorf	$6.6B	1.5×	4	$16.2M	195
8	Hanover	$5.8B	5.2×	3	$39.2M	109
9	Leipzig-Halle	$4.2B	3.0×	0	$65.5M	129
10	Mannheim	$3.8B	4.3×	1	$21.4M	119
11	Dresden	$3.8B	5.1×	0	$6.1M	112
12	Aachen	$2.1B	7.0×	0	$67.2M	120

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Sector breakdown

Where Cologne - Bonn's unicorns concentrate

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AI / Enterprise SW

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Biotech

Cybersecurity

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Capital autonomy

Cologne - Bonn's domestic vs foreign capital mix

% domestic VC by stage

Cross-border lead investors

Sovereign-fund participation

Foreign-LP exposure

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Recent momentum

Cologne - Bonn's VC investment trajectory by stage

2024 vs 2025 by stage

Round-size trends

Stage-conversion deltas

Quarterly velocity

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Founder origins

Where Cologne - Bonn's startup founders come from

By country of origin

Per capita

Top universities

Top alumni-factory companies

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AI talent

Top employers of AI talent in Cologne - Bonn

Core AI roles

Frontier AI roles

YoY hiring growth

Senior + lead engineers

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Deal flow

Live deal flow & funding rounds in Cologne - Bonn

New rounds last 30 days

Stage breakdown

Active investors

Round-size trends

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Country Germany Europe · Pop. 83.5M · #9 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #7 region by EV

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