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Ottawa–Gatineau

Metro area · Canada · Pop. 1.3M · #26 city by EV

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274 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
67 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
25 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 37%
200Startups
72 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
58 Seed Startups$1–4M
70 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 26%
64Breakouts
50 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 5.0%
14 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
10Scaleups
8 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.9%
2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.73%
2Valuation Outcomes
1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.36%
1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)
reach Centicorn 0.36%
Pre-Seed
72
Seed
58
Series A
70
Series B
50
Series C
14
Unicorn
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 Ottawa–Gatineau

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

Largest rounds in Ottawa–Gatineau - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Ottawa–Gatineau

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

Location comparison

How Ottawa–Gatineau stacks up

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

Ottawa–Gatineau
$230B
Toronto-Waterloo
$146B
Toronto
$119B
Vancouver
$70.9B
Montréal
$57.9B
Calgary
$18.1B
Hamilton
$7.6B
Waterloo
$6.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Ottawa–Gatineau's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Ottawa–Gatineau's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Ottawa–Gatineau's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Ottawa–Gatineau's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Ottawa–Gatineau
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Ottawa–Gatineau
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country Canada North America · Pop. 41.3M · #6 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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