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Stockholm

Metro area · Sweden · Pop. 2.4M · #26 city by EV

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1,559 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

366 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

176 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 48%

1,309Startups

514 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

467 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 26%

328 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

201Breakouts

125 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 38%

76 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 50%

49Scaleups

29 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.9%

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

514

Seed

467

Series A

328

Series B

125

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.

Quarterly report

Stockholm's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Stockholm-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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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

383

University spinouts

1,615

Total alumni-founded companies

1,092

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

421

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

102

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

$714B

Amsterdam

$331B

Paris

$286B

Stockholm

$241B

East of England

$207B

Cambridge (UK)

$184B