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Melbourne

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 4.9M

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1,018 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

413 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

124 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 30%

870Startups

367 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

292 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 18%

211 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

132Breakouts

108 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 26%

24 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 30%

16Scaleups

9 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.88%

7 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.69%

21Valuation Outcomes

18 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.8%

3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.29%

Pre-Seed

367

Seed

292

Series A

211

Series B

108

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.

Quarterly report

Melbourne's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Melbourne-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Melbourne

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

Largest rounds in Melbourne - 2026

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

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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.

Academia

Melbourne's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

356

University spinouts

1,515

Total alumni-founded companies

1,080

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

359

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Melbourne stacks up

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

Sydney

$178B

Melbourne

$65.2B

Brisbane

$12.3B

Perth

$5.2B

Adelaide

$3B