South Yorkshire
Metro area · United Kingdom · Pop. 1.4M
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in South Yorkshire
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into South Yorkshire-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in South Yorkshire - 2026
Startup funnel
South Yorkshire'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into South Yorkshire
VC investment into South Yorkshire-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 South Yorkshire
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
South Yorkshire's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to South Yorkshire.
Location comparison
How South Yorkshire stacks up
Compare South Yorkshire with peers from the same country (United Kingdom) — 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.
Top cities in United Kingdom ranked by combined EV. South Yorkshire's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | $726B | 5.7× | 150 | $18.2B | 11.3K |
| 2 | East of England | $205B | 3.4× | 13 | $2.5B | 1,129 |
| 3 | Cambridge (UK) | $179B | 3.6× | 12 | $2.2B | 582 |
| 4 | South East England | $71B | 2.9× | 14 | $1.3B | 1,671 |
| 5 | Yorkshire and the Humber | $45B | 5.9× | 7 | $175.2M | 571 |
| 6 | Edinburgh | $41.6B | 8.3× | 2 | $302.9M | 419 |
| 7 | North West England | $35.2B | 2.6× | 12 | $185.1M | 1,087 |
| 8 | York | $33.5B | 15.7× | 3 | $4.2M | 67 |
| 9 | Midlands | $30.4B | 5.8× | 7 | $400.9M | 897 |
| 10 | Oxford | $29.2B | 2.9× | 8 | $630.7M | 423 |
| 11 | Manchester | $23.3B | 2.4× | 9 | $111.3M | 593 |
| 27 | South Yorkshire | $2.3B | 3.5× | 2 | $77.2M | 167 |
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