Sofia
Metro area · Bulgaria · Pop. 1.7M
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Sofia
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Sofia-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Sofia - 2026
Startup funnel
Sofia'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.
* 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.
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. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Sofia
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Sofia's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Sofia.
Location comparison
How Sofia stacks up
Compare Sofia with peers from the same country (Bulgaria) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
Sector breakdowns, founder origins, AI-talent leaderboards and live deal flow are gated to logged-in Dealroom users. Book a demo to access the full Sofia dataset — or see a sample on the Dealroom app.
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.