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Dallas

Metro area · United States · Pop. 7.6M · #30 city by EV

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1,313 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

453 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

127 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 28%

939Startups

343 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

319 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 38%

277 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 29%

299Breakouts

175 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 34%

124 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 27%

75Scaleups

46 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.5%

29 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.2%

35Valuation Outcomes

30 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.3%

5 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.38%

Pre-Seed

343

Seed

319

Series A

277

Series B

175

Series C

124

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 Dallas

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

Largest rounds in Dallas - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Dallas

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

Academia

Dallas's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

514

Total alumni-founded companies

305

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

156

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Dallas stacks up

Compare Dallas 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.

$673B

$330B

$266B

$265B

Dallas

$203B

$140B

$136B

$126B

$124B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Dallas's row is highlighted (#11).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	866	$156B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.4×	68	$6.6B	2,966
3	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Dallas	$203B	3.8×	35	$1.6B	2,033
12	Research Triangle	$140B	2.8×	23	$2B	1,040

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