Melbourne
Metro area · Australia · Pop. 4.9M
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Melbourne
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Melbourne-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Melbourne - 2026
Startup funnel
Melbourne's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Melbourne
VC investment into Melbourne-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Melbourne
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Location comparison
How Melbourne stacks up
Compare Melbourne with peers from the same country (Australia) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in Australia ranked by combined EV. Melbourne's row is highlighted (#2).
Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
Sector breakdowns, founder origins, AI-talent leaderboards and live deal flow are gated to logged-in Dealroom users. Book a demo to access the full Melbourne dataset — or see a sample on the Dealroom app.
More data
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.