Toulouse
Metro area · France · Pop. 800K
Enterprise value
How much Toulouse’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Toulouse, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Toulouse
VC investment into Toulouse-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Startup funnel
Toulouse's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Toulouse at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
Quarterly report
Toulouse's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Toulouse-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Toulouse
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Toulouse-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Toulouse - 2026
Academia
Toulouse's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Toulouse.
Location comparison
How Toulouse stacks up
Compare Toulouse with peers from the same country (France) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in France ranked by combined EV. Toulouse's row is highlighted (#7).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | $290B | 5.8× | 56 | $6.1B | 5,141 |
| 2 | Lyon | $14.4B | 4.5× | 1 | $203.7M | 484 |
| 3 | Marseille | $13.8B | 6.3× | 1 | $298.4M | 278 |
| 4 | Grenoble | $12.8B | 5.9× | 2 | $216.6M | 205 |
| 5 | Lille | $8.7B | 3.1× | 2 | $156.7M | 229 |
| 6 | Montpellier | $8B | 7.1× | 2 | $90.8M | 152 |
| 7 | Toulouse | $7.8B | 4.8× | 1 | $353.3M | 223 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | $6.7B | 6.0× | 1 | $61M | 279 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | $6.2B | 7.4× | 1 | $79.1M | 100 |
| 10 | Nantes | $5.1B | 4.9× | 1 | $42M | 195 |
| 11 | Rennes | $3.1B | 5.9× | 0 | $65.1M | 112 |
| 12 | Nice | $1.1B | 4.2× | 0 | $34.5M | 82 |
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