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Rome

Metro area · Italy · Pop. 4.4M

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239 Pool of Funded Startups
96 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
31 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 32%
129 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
62 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 15%
37 Series A Startups$4–15M
6 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
3 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 0.84%
Pre-Seed
129
Seed
62
Series A
37
Series B
6
Series C
3

* 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 Rome

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

Largest rounds in Rome - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Rome

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

Location comparison

How Rome stacks up

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

$11.9B
$9.9B
$9.5B
$8.7B
$8.6B
$8.5B
$8.3B
Rome
$3.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Rome's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Rome'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
Rome'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 Rome'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 Rome
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Rome
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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