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Helsinki

Metro area · Finland · Pop. 1.6M

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972 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

254 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

90 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

843Startups

330 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

305 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 28%

208 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 26%

111Breakouts

73 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 27%

38 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 24%

18Scaleups

10 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.0%

8 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.82%

13Valuation Outcomes

11 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.1%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.21%

Pre-Seed

330

Seed

305

Series A

208

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.

Quarterly report

Helsinki's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Helsinki-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 Helsinki

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

Largest rounds in Helsinki - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Helsinki

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

Academia

Helsinki's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

131

University spinouts

855

Total alumni-founded companies

655

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

161

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Helsinki stacks up

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

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$88.1B