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Seattle

Metro area · United States · Pop. 4M · #2 city by EV

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2,431 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

443 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

179 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 40%

1,743Startups

582 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

576 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 29%

585 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 38%

540Breakouts

352 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 38%

188 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 32%

148Scaleups

94 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.9%

54 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.2%

68Valuation Outcomes

57 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.3%

10 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.41%

1 Gigacorns($1T+ valuation)

reach Gigacorn 0.041%

Pre-Seed

582

Seed

576

Series A

585

Series B

352

Series C

188

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 Seattle

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

Largest rounds in Seattle - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Seattle

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

Academia

Seattle's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

355

University spinouts

342

Total alumni-founded companies

176

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

113

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Top universities producing founders tied to Seattle

🇺🇸 University of Washington Seattle, WA · 56 alumni unicorns

Notable alumni-founded: ConvoyOutreachHighspot

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Location comparison

How Seattle stacks up

Compare Seattle 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.

Bay Area

$20T

Seattle

$2.9T

$2T

$1.6T

$1.2T

$1.2T

$673B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Seattle's row is highlighted (#2).

#	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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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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