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Sofia

Metro area · Bulgaria · Pop. 1.7M

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239 Pool of Funded Startups
67 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
28 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 42%
149 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
54 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 17%
21 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 29%
6 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
3 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
5 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.1%
1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.42%
2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.84%
Pre-Seed
149
Seed
54
Series A
21
Series B
6
Series C
3
Unicorn
2

* 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 Sofia

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

Largest rounds in Sofia - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Sofia-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Sofia

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

Location comparison

How Sofia stacks up

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

$24.5B
$23.2B
$23.2B
$22B
$21.1B
$19.9B
Sofia
$7.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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