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Denver

Metro area · United States · Pop. 3.2M · #46 city by EV

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1,207 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

310 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

102 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 33%

928Startups

400 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

280 Seed Startups$1–4M

248 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 35%

219Breakouts

150 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 40%

69 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 38%

60Scaleups

38 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.1%

22 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.8%

32Valuation Outcomes

29 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.4%

3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.25%

Pre-Seed

400

Seed

280

Series A

248

Series B

150

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 Denver

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

Largest rounds in Denver - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Denver-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Denver

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

Academia

Denver's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

440

Total alumni-founded companies

274

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

118

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Denver stacks up

Compare Denver 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.

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$265B

$203B

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$136B

$126B

$124B

Denver

$111B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Denver's row is highlighted (#12).

#	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
16	Denver	$111B	4.0×	32	$5.3B	1,601

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