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Perth

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 2.2M

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169 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
68 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
20 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 30%
153Startups
61 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
73 Seed Startups$1–4M
19 Series A Startups$4–15M
12Breakouts
8 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
4 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
4Scaleups
3 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.8%
1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.59%
1Valuation Outcomes
1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.59%
Pre-Seed
61
Seed
73
Series A
19
Series B
8
Series C
4
Unicorn
1

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Perth

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

Largest rounds in Perth - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Perth

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

Academia

Perth's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
25
University spinouts
296
Total alumni-founded companies
187
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
76
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
33
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Perth stacks up

Compare Perth 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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