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Frankfurt

Metro area · Germany · Pop. 5.8M

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258 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

140 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

40 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 28%

215Startups

83 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

84 Seed Startups$1–4M

48 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 29%

30Breakouts

21 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 38%

9 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

13Scaleups

7 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.7%

6 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.3%

7Valuation Outcomes

7 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.7%

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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Frankfurt

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

Largest rounds in Frankfurt - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Frankfurt

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

Academia

Frankfurt's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

366

Total alumni-founded companies

251

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Frankfurt stacks up

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

Frankfurt

$19.9B

$17.1B

$16.3B

$12.8B

$6.8B

$6.6B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in Germany ranked by combined EV. Frankfurt's row is highlighted (#3).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Berlin/Brandenburg	$184B	3.6×	35	$2.8B	3,086
2	Munich	$106B	7.0×	26	$3.2B	1,343
3	Frankfurt	$19.9B	3.9×	7	$105.4M	457
4	Hamburg	$17.1B	5.0×	5	$174.8M	708
5	Stuttgart	$16.3B	4.0×	5	$673.2M	370
6	Cologne - Bonn	$12.8B	6.2×	2	$424.9M	413
7	Hanover	$6.8B	5.6×	3	$9.2M	105
8	Düsseldorf	$6.6B	1.5×	4	$16.8M	197
9	Leipzig-Halle	$4.2B	3.0×	0	$65.5M	133
10	Mannheim	$3.9B	4.4×	1	$21.4M	122
11	Dresden	$3.8B	5.1×	0	$6M	115
12	Ruhr Area	$2.2B	2.9×	1	$34.5M	182

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Country Germany Europe · Pop. 83.5M · #8 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #7 region by EV

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