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Edmonton

Metro area · Canada · Pop. 1.3M

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172 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

68 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

31 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 45%

149Startups

65 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

53 Seed Startups$1–4M

31 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 12%

20Breakouts

13 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

3Scaleups

2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.2%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.58%

3Valuation Outcomes

3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.7%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* 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.

Quarterly report

Edmonton's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Edmonton-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Edmonton

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

Largest rounds in Edmonton - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Edmonton

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

Academia

Edmonton's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

282

Total alumni-founded companies

196

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Edmonton stacks up

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

$17.5B

$7.8B

$6.7B

$6.5B

Edmonton

$6.4B

Halifax

$2B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in Canada ranked by combined EV. Edmonton's row is highlighted (#10).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Ottawa–Gatineau	$235B	42.9×	2	$85.7M	396
2	Toronto-Waterloo	$141B	7.5×	35	$3.1B	3,639
3	Toronto	$113B	9.9×	29	$3B	2,719
4	Vancouver	$73.7B	10.4×	21	$1.8B	1,728
5	Montréal	$57.4B	3.5×	13	$977.4M	1,085
6	Calgary	$17.5B	12.0×	5	$276.3M	710
7	Hamilton	$7.8B	5.5×	3	$13.7M	115
8	Waterloo	$6.7B	2.5×	4	$45M	191
9	Mississauga	$6.5B	7.1×	1	$40.6M	229
10	Edmonton	$6.4B	1.9×	3	$95.9M	403
11	Halifax	$2B	5.6×	0	$132.4M	190
12	Vaughan	$822.4M	—	0	$0	47

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Country Canada North America · Pop. 41.3M · #6 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 389.6M · #2 region by EV

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