Rennes
Metro area · France · Pop. 450K
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
Rennes's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
Academia
Rennes's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Rennes.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Rennes stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (France), sized closest to Rennes by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
France — top cities
Top cities in France ranked by combined EV. Rennes's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | $296B | 6.0× | 53 | $6.2B | 5,075 |
| 2 | Lyon | $14.3B | 4.4× | 1 | $202.8M | 486 |
| 3 | Grenoble | $14.1B | 6.7× | 2 | $216.6M | 198 |
| 4 | Marseille | $13.7B | 6.3× | 1 | $281.3M | 274 |
| 5 | Lille | $8.7B | 3.1× | 2 | $154.8M | 232 |
| 6 | Montpellier | $7.7B | 6.7× | 2 | $89.6M | 148 |
| 7 | Bordeaux | $7B | 6.2× | 0 | $60.9M | 271 |
| 8 | Toulouse | $6B | 8.9× | 1 | $347.8M | 173 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | $5.9B | 11.8× | 1 | $70.9M | 93 |
| 10 | Nantes | $5.1B | 4.9× | 1 | $39.8M | 193 |
| 11 | Rennes | $3B | 6.0× | 0 | $63.3M | 103 |
| 12 | Nice | $1.1B | 4.2× | 0 | $34.5M | 82 |
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