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Sydney

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 5.2M · #37 city by EV

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1,313 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

511 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

182 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 36%

1,078Startups

438 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

368 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 26%

272 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 24%

196Breakouts

126 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 32%

70 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 29%

39Scaleups

31 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.4%

8 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.61%

23Valuation Outcomes

18 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

5 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.38%

Pre-Seed

438

Seed

368

Series A

272

Series B

126

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

Sydney's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Sydney-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 Sydney

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

Largest rounds in Sydney - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Sydney-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Sydney

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

Academia

Sydney's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

148

University spinouts

1,938

Total alumni-founded companies

1,331

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

470

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

137

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Sydney stacks up

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

Sydney

$178B

$65.2B

$12.3B

$5.2B

$3B