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Krakow

Metro area · Poland · Pop. 1.5M

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139 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

45 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

16 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

127Startups

62 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

42 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 5.0%

23 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 17%

11Breakouts

8 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

3 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.72%

2Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.72%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.72%

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 Krakow

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

Largest rounds in Krakow - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Krakow

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

Academia

Krakow's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Krakow stacks up

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

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$14.3B

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