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San Diego

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

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1,747 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

348 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

132 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 38%

1,134Startups

389 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

369 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 29%

376 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 37%

445Breakouts

249 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 34%

196 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 36%

168Scaleups

115 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 6.6%

53 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 3.0%

64Valuation Outcomes

56 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 3.2%

8 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.46%

Pre-Seed

389

Seed

369

Series A

376

Series B

249

Series C

196

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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.

Academia

San Diego's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to San Diego.

University-linked startup formation

266

University spinouts

1,084

Total alumni-founded companies

618

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

321

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

145

Scaleups ($100M+)

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.

Miami

$673B

San Diego

$330B

$266B

$265B

$203B

$140B

$136B

$126B

$124B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. San Diego's row is highlighted (#8).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	866	$156B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.4×	68	$6.6B	2,966
3	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Dallas	$203B	3.8×	35	$1.6B	2,033
12	Research Triangle	$140B	2.8×	23	$2B	1,040

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