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Lexington–Fayette

Metro area · United States · Pop. 500K

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130 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
16 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
6 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 39%
75Startups
27 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
28 Seed Startups$1–4M
20 Series A Startups$4–15M
44Breakouts
22 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
22 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
11Scaleups
9 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 6.9%
2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.5%
4Valuation Outcomes
4 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 3.1%
Pre-Seed
27
Seed
28
Series A
20
Series B
22
Series C
22
Unicorn
4

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Lexington–Fayette

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

Largest rounds in Lexington–Fayette - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Lexington–Fayette-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Lexington–Fayette

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

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How Lexington–Fayette stacks up

Compare Lexington–Fayette with peers from the same country (United States) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Ventura
$26.5B
Charlotte
$25.5B
Trenton-Princeton
$25.4B
Cleveland
$24.2B
Upstate New York
$23.7B
Orlando
$22.6B
Columbus
$21.7B
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$21.7B
Lexington–Fayette
$7.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Lexington–Fayette's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Lexington–Fayette'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
Lexington–Fayette'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 Lexington–Fayette'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 Lexington–Fayette
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Lexington–Fayette
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country United States North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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