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Stockholm

Metro area · Sweden · Pop. 2.4M · #28 city by EV

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1,542 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

362 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

175 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 48%

1,295Startups

508 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

462 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 27%

325 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

200Breakouts

124 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 39%

76 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 51%

47Scaleups

27 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.8%

20 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.3%

36Valuation Outcomes

34 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.2%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.13%

Pre-Seed

508

Seed

462

Series A

325

Series B

124

Series C

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 Stockholm

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

Largest rounds in Stockholm - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Stockholm

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

Academia

Stockholm's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

359

University spinouts

1,429

Total alumni-founded companies

943

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

391

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Stockholm stacks up

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

London

$718B

Paris

$287B

Amsterdam

$259B

Stockholm

$228B

East of England

$205B

Berlin/Brandenburg

$184B