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Sofia

Metro area · Bulgaria · Pop. 1.7M

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241 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

68 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

28 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 41%

225Startups

151 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

54 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 17%

20 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 29%

10Breakouts

7 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

3 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

6Scaleups

4 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.7%

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.83%

3Valuation Outcomes

3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.2%

Pre-Seed

151

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* 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.

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.

University-linked startup formation

123

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

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.

$24.6B

$23.8B

$23.3B

$23B

$21.7B

$21.1B