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Copenhagen

Metro area · Denmark · Pop. 1.9M · #44 city by EV

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926 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

260 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

94 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

774Startups

324 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

280 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 41%

170 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

120Breakouts

76 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 32%

44 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 46%

32Scaleups

20 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.2%

12 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.3%

22Valuation Outcomes

17 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.8%

5 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.54%

Pre-Seed

324

Seed

280

Series A

170

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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 Copenhagen

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

Largest rounds in Copenhagen - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Copenhagen

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

Academia

Copenhagen's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

338

University spinouts

1,224

Total alumni-founded companies

849

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

287

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Copenhagen stacks up

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

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