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Nashville

Metro area · United States · Pop. 2M

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528 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
137 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
46 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 34%
410Startups
129 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
149 Seed Startups$1–4M
132 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 41%
98Breakouts
70 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 33%
28 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
20Scaleups
13 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.5%
7 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.3%
12Valuation Outcomes
11 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 2.1%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.19%
Pre-Seed
129
Seed
149
Series A
132
Series B
70
Series C
28
Unicorn
11
Decacorn
1

* 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 Nashville

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

Largest rounds in Nashville - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Nashville

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

Academia

Nashville's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
38
University spinouts
451
Total alumni-founded companies
276
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
135
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
40
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Nashville stacks up

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

Dallas
$203B
Research Triangle
$140B
Phoenix
$136B
Philadelphia
$126B
Atlanta
$124B
Denver
$111B
Salt Lake City
$108B
Houston
$70.5B
Nashville
$59.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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