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East of England

Metro area · United Kingdom · Pop. 6.6M · #29 city by EV

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1,048 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

267 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

88 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 33%

818Startups

340 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

256 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 36%

222 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 36%

188Breakouts

117 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 42%

71 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 28%

42Scaleups

29 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.8%

13 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

17Valuation Outcomes

15 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.095%

1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.095%

Pre-Seed

340

Seed

256

Series A

222

Series B

117

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 East of England

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

Largest rounds in East of England - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into East of England

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

Academia

East of England's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

407

University spinouts

2,693

Total alumni-founded companies

1,665

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

748

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

280

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How East of England stacks up

Compare East of England 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.

London

$718B

East of England

$205B

$181B

$67.4B

$41.9B

$33.8B

$30.1B

$29.6B

Yorkshire and the Humber

$27.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United Kingdom ranked by combined EV. East of England's row is highlighted (#2).

#	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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