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Melbourne

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 4.9M

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1,003 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
409 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
124 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 30%
855Startups
357 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
288 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 18%
210 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 0.90%
7 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.70%
20Valuation Outcomes
17 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.7%
3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.30%
Pre-Seed
357
Seed
288
Series A
210
Series B
108
Series C
24
Unicorn
17
Decacorn
3

* 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 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
355
University spinouts
1,313
Total alumni-founded companies
949
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
295
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
69
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
$180B
Melbourne
$64.2B
Brisbane
$11.4B
Perth
$5.1B
Adelaide
$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country Australia Oceania · Pop. 27.2M · #13 startup ecosystem by EV Region Oceania Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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