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Rotterdam - The Hague

Metro area · Netherlands · Pop. 2.6M

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🦄 New unicorns by year
0
Annual $1B+ outcomes, unsmoothed
🐎 Cumulative thoroughbreds
4
Company revenue history, 2016-2025
Enterprise value
$13.4B
Actual EV series, 2015-2025

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Rotterdam - The Hague

A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Rotterdam - The Hague-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Rotterdam - The Hague - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into Rotterdam - The Hague-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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Startup funnel

Rotterdam - The Hague'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.

Pre-Seed
171
Seed
158
Series A
71
Series B
37
Series C
11
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.

VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Rotterdam - The Hague

VC investment into Rotterdam - The Hague-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.

Notable companies

Top private companies in Rotterdam - The Hague

Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.

Unicorns $1B+ valuation 1
Coolblue
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 4
FagronRobin Radar SystemsCoolblueGreenchoice

Academia

Rotterdam - The Hague's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
155
University spinouts
884
Total alumni-founded companies
641
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
212
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
31
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Rotterdam - The Hague stacks up

Compare Rotterdam - The Hague with peers from the same country (Netherlands) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$279B
Rotterdam - The Hague
$13.5B
$13.1B
$8.5B
$7.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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