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Madrid

Metro area · Spain · Pop. 6.7M

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1,068 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
338 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
115 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 34%
944Startups
458 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
321 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 28%
165 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 31%
101Breakouts
71 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 36%
30 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 33%
23Scaleups
14 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.3%
9 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.84%
9Valuation Outcomes
9 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.84%
Pre-Seed
458
Seed
321
Series A
165
Series B
71
Series C
30
Unicorn
9

* 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 Madrid

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

Largest rounds in Madrid - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Madrid

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

Academia

Madrid's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
353
University spinouts
2,196
Total alumni-founded companies
1,657
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
445
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
94
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Madrid stacks up

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

Barcelona
$40.5B
Madrid
$37.5B
Bilbao
$1.8B
Seville
$1B
Málaga
$650.2M
Tarragona
$206.2M

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Madrid's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Madrid'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
Madrid'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 Madrid'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 Madrid
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Madrid
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country Spain Europe · Pop. 48.8M · #22 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #7 region by EV

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