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Sydney

Metro area · Australia · Pop. 5.2M · #34 city by EV

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1,267 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
497 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
180 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 36%
1,039Startups
418 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
355 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 26%
266 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 24%
191Breakouts
123 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 32%
68 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 29%
37Scaleups
29 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.3%
8 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.63%
22Valuation Outcomes
17 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.3%
5 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.39%
Pre-Seed
418
Seed
355
Series A
266
Series B
123
Series C
68
Unicorn
17
Decacorn
5

* 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 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.

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
$179B
Melbourne
$63.5B
Brisbane
$11.5B
Perth
$5.1B
Adelaide
$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Sydney's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Sydney's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Sydney's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Sydney's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Sydney
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Sydney
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country Australia Oceania · Pop. 27.2M · #12 startup ecosystem by EV Region Oceania Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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