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Helsinki

Metro area · Finland · Pop. 1.6M

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961 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

253 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

90 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

833Startups

325 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

306 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 28%

202 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 26%

110Breakouts

72 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 27%

38 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 24%

18Scaleups

11 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.1%

7 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.73%

9Valuation Outcomes

7 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.73%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.21%

Pre-Seed

325

Seed

306

Series A

202

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 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

774

Total alumni-founded companies

595

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

143

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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