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Madison

Metro area · United States · Pop. 600K

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258 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
49 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
25 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 52%
213Startups
85 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
77 Seed Startups$1–4M
51 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 21%
39Breakouts
23 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
16 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
6Scaleups
4 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.6%
2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.78%
3Valuation Outcomes
2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.78%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.39%
Pre-Seed
85
Seed
77
Series A
51
Series B
23
Series C
16
Unicorn
2
Decacorn
1

* 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 Madison

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

Largest rounds in Madison - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Madison

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

Academia

Madison's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
91
University spinouts
660
Total alumni-founded companies
367
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
201
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
92
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Madison stacks up

Compare Madison 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.

Houston
$70.5B
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
$70B
Boulder
$66.2B
Pittsburgh
$65.3B
Nashville
$59.7B
Provo-Orem
$59.6B
Detroit
$42.5B
Portland
$37.7B
Madison
$30.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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