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San Diego

Metro area · United States · Pop. 3.2M · #18 city by EV

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1,737 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
341 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
131 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 39%
1,124Startups
384 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
352 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 30%
388 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 38%
445Breakouts
257 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 33%
188 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 35%
168Scaleups
116 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 6.7%
52 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 3.0%
64Valuation Outcomes
58 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 3.3%
6 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.35%
Pre-Seed
384
Seed
352
Series A
388
Series B
257
Series C
188
Unicorn
58
Decacorn
6

* 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 San Diego

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

Largest rounds in San Diego - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into San Diego-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into San Diego

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

Location comparison

How San Diego stacks up

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

Los Angeles
$1.2T
Miami
$671B
San Diego
$332B
Chicago
$272B
Washington DC
$264B
Dallas
$199B
Phoenix
$136B
Research Triangle
$136B
Philadelphia
$132B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where San Diego's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
San Diego'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
San Diego'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 San Diego'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 San Diego
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in San Diego
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country United States North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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