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Vancouver

Metro area · Canada · Pop. 3M

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1,240 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

321 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

126 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 39%

1,049Startups

426 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

351 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 5.0%

272 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 20%

156Breakouts

98 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 34%

58 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 17%

35Scaleups

19 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.5%

16 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.3%

21Valuation Outcomes

20 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.6%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.081%

Pre-Seed

426

Seed

351

Series A

272

Series B

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 Vancouver

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

Largest rounds in Vancouver - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Vancouver

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

Academia

Vancouver's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

189

University spinouts

996

Total alumni-founded companies

643

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

266

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Top universities producing founders tied to Vancouver

🇨🇦 University of Toronto Toronto · 65 alumni unicorns

Notable alumni-founded: Shopify (founder team)CohereWealthsimple

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Location comparison

How Vancouver stacks up

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

Ottawa–Gatineau

$231B

Toronto-Waterloo

$146B

Toronto

$119B

Vancouver

$71.8B

Montréal

$58.4B

Calgary

$18.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in Canada ranked by combined EV. Vancouver's row is highlighted (#4).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Ottawa–Gatineau	$231B	44.4×	2	$85.6M	393
2	Toronto-Waterloo	$146B	7.3×	34	$2.9B	3,622
3	Toronto	$119B	9.3×	28	$2.7B	2,709
4	Vancouver	$71.8B	9.6×	21	$1.8B	1,710
5	Montréal	$58.4B	3.5×	13	$977.4M	1,075
6	Calgary	$18.4B	10.2×	5	$276.3M	708
7	Hamilton	$7.6B	5.5×	3	$13.7M	112
8	Waterloo	$6.5B	2.5×	4	$45M	190
9	Edmonton	$6.4B	1.9×	3	$95.9M	401
10	Mississauga	$6.4B	7.0×	1	$40.6M	228
11	Halifax	$2B	5.7×	0	$132.4M	191
12	Vaughan	$821M	—	0	$0	46

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Country Canada North America · Pop. 41.3M · #6 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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