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Ghent

Metro area · Belgium · Pop. 400K

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237 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

63 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

27 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 44%

196Startups

56 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

84 Seed Startups$1–4M

56 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 21%

35Breakouts

18 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

17 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

6Scaleups

5 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.1%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.42%

6Valuation Outcomes

5 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.1%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.42%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

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 Ghent

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

Largest rounds in Ghent - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Ghent

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

Academia

Ghent's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

158

University spinouts

557

Total alumni-founded companies

434

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Ghent stacks up

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

Ghent

$65.8B

$13.5B

$5.9B

$3.8B

$1.7B