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Lisbon

Metro area · Portugal · Pop. 2.9M

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291 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

196 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

47 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 24%

259Startups

128 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

84 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 24%

47 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 24%

27Breakouts

20 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

5Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.34%

4 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.4%

4Valuation Outcomes

3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.0%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.34%

Pre-Seed

128

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 Lisbon

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

Largest rounds in Lisbon - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Lisbon

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

Academia

Lisbon's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

182

University spinouts

665

Total alumni-founded companies

531

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Lisbon stacks up

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

$68B

$67.4B

$65.8B

$60.1B

$51.3B

$47.3B