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Rotterdam - The Hague

Metro area · Netherlands · Pop. 2.6M

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$13.5B+38%
Combined startup EV
$249.3M
VC invested (last 12mo)
635
Tracked startups
#179/ 199
Unicorns per 1M people · cities rank
🦄 Unicorns
1
1 live $1B+ companies
💎 Decacorns
0
🐎 Thoroughbreds
4
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Adjacent cities by EV

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.

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+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Rotterdam - The Hague stacks up

Peers chosen from the same country (Netherlands), sized closest to Rotterdam - The Hague by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
$279B
Rotterdam - The Hague
$13.5B
$13.1B
$8.5B
$7.7B
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV

Top overview

Netherlands — top cities

Top cities in Netherlands ranked by combined EV. Rotterdam - The Hague's row is highlighted.

# Ecosystem Combined EV 5-yr EV growth Unicorns VC invested Tracked startups
1 Amsterdam $279B 2.6× 25 $1.6B 1,702
2 Rotterdam - The Hague $13.5B 5.0× 1 $249.3M 635
3 Utrecht $13.1B 8.9× 1 $201.4M 351
4 Leiden $8.5B 2.5× 2 $354.5M 77
5 Eindhoven $7.7B 5.9× 1 $233.6M 251

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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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