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Des Moines

Metro area · United States · Pop. 542K

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🦄 Unicorns & $1B exits
0
Ever reached $1B · annual outcomes, zero-filled
🐎 Thoroughbreds
0
2024→2025 movement · +0 new
Enterprise value
$1.8B
Actual EV series, 2015-2025

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Des Moines

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

Largest rounds in Des Moines - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Des Moines-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
- rounds · - raised
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Startup funnel

Des Moines's power-law funnel

From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.

Pre-Seed
43
Seed
24
Series A
16
Series B
5
Series C
6

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Des Moines

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

Academia

Des Moines's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
3
University spinouts
42
Total alumni-founded companies
26
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
14
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
2
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Des Moines stacks up

Compare Des Moines 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.

Manchester-Nashua (NH)
$5.9B
Santa Rosa-Petalum
$5.7B
Providence
$5.6B
Louisville
$4.9B
New Orleans
$4.8B
Bend
$4.7B
Omaha
$4.5B
Rochester
$4.2B
Des Moines
$1.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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