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Gothenburg

Metro area · Sweden · Pop. 1.1M

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286 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

68 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

35 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 51%

249Startups

110 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

82 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 29%

57 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

33Breakouts

25 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

8 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

4Scaleups

3 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.0%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.35%

5Valuation Outcomes

5 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.7%

Pre-Seed

110

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 Gothenburg

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

Largest rounds in Gothenburg - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Gothenburg

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

Academia

Gothenburg's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

157

University spinouts

537

Total alumni-founded companies

390

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

126

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Gothenburg stacks up

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

$51.3B

$47.3B

$44.8B

$42.2B

$41.9B

$40.3B