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Milton Keynes

Metro area · United Kingdom · Pop. 270K

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64 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

23 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

5 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 24%

56Startups

23 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

24 Seed Startups$1–4M

9 Series A Startups$4–15M

7Breakouts

6 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

1 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.6%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.6%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Milton Keynes

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

Largest rounds in Milton Keynes - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Milton Keynes

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

Academia

Milton Keynes's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

194

Total alumni-founded companies

137

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Milton Keynes stacks up

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

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$3.2B

$3.1B

$2.7B

$2.5B

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$2.1B

Milton Keynes

$1.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United Kingdom ranked by combined EV. Milton Keynes's row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	London	$718B	5.6×	160	$20.1B	11.8K
2	East of England	$205B	3.5×	17	$3B	1,188
3	Cambridge (UK)	$181B	3.6×	15	$2.5B	622
4	South East England	$67.4B	2.6×	17	$1.6B	1,738
5	Edinburgh	$41.9B	8.3×	2	$358.7M	440
6	North West England	$33.8B	2.5×	13	$285.6M	1,136
7	Midlands	$30.1B	6.5×	7	$517.6M	919
8	Oxford	$29.6B	3.0×	9	$817.2M	452
9	Yorkshire and the Humber	$27.3B	6.0×	6	$223.4M	605
10	East Midlands	$23B	5.9×	4	$107.3M	400
11	Manchester	$21.7B	2.2×	9	$147.7M	616
30	Milton Keynes	$1.3B	2.9×	1	$92M	78

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