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East Midlands

Metro area · United Kingdom · Pop. 4.9M

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358 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

120 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

30 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 25%

328Startups

162 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

90 Seed Startups$1–4M

76 Series A Startups$4–15M

26Breakouts

20 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

6 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

4Scaleups

2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.56%

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.56%

4Valuation Outcomes

3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.84%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.28%

Pre-Seed

162

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in East Midlands

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

Largest rounds in East Midlands - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into East Midlands

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

Academia

East Midlands's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

121

University spinouts

811

Total alumni-founded companies

594

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

168

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How East Midlands stacks up

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

$67.4B

$41.9B

$33.8B

$30.1B

$29.6B

Yorkshire and the Humber

$27.3B

East Midlands

$23B

Manchester

$21.7B

South West England

$19.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United Kingdom ranked by combined EV. East Midlands's row is highlighted (#10).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	London	$718B	5.6×	160	$20.1B	11.8K
2	East of England	$205B	3.5×	17	$3B	1,188
3	Cambridge (UK)	$181B	3.6×	15	$2.5B	622
4	South East England	$67.4B	2.6×	17	$1.6B	1,738
5	Edinburgh	$41.9B	8.3×	2	$358.7M	440
6	North West England	$33.8B	2.5×	13	$285.6M	1,136
7	Midlands	$30.1B	6.5×	7	$517.6M	919
8	Oxford	$29.6B	3.0×	9	$817.2M	452
9	Yorkshire and the Humber	$27.3B	6.0×	6	$223.4M	605
10	East Midlands	$23B	5.9×	4	$107.3M	400
11	Manchester	$21.7B	2.2×	9	$147.7M	616
12	South West England	$19.4B	2.5×	5	$422.3M	876

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