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Ghent

Metro area · Belgium · Pop. 400K

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235 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
62 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
27 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 44%
194Startups
56 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
83 Seed Startups$1–4M
55 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+ 0.43%
6Valuation Outcomes
5 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 2.1%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.43%
Pre-Seed
56
Seed
83
Series A
55
Series B
18
Series C
17
Unicorn
5
Decacorn
1

* 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.

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
Brussels
$13.4B
Antwerp
$6.8B
Leuven
$3.7B
Liège
$1.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Ghent's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Ghent's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Ghent's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Ghent's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Ghent
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Ghent
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country Belgium Europe · Pop. 11.9M · #19 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #8 region by EV

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