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Oulu

Metro area · Finland · Pop. 200K

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82 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

20 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

8 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 41%

76Startups

24 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

31 Seed Startups$1–4M

21 Series A Startups$4–15M

4Breakouts

2 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

2 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

2Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.2%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 1.2%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Decacorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Oulu

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

Largest rounds in Oulu - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Oulu

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

Academia

Oulu's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

117

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Oulu stacks up

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

$42.2B

$41.9B

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$37.3B

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