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Washington DC

Metro area · United States · Pop. 6.3M · #23 city by EV

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1,784 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

406 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

139 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 34%

1,271Startups

458 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

464 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 28%

349 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

405Breakouts

263 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 32%

142 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 31%

108Scaleups

70 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.9%

38 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.1%

55Valuation Outcomes

52 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.9%

3 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.17%

Pre-Seed

458

Seed

464

Series A

349

Series B

263

Series C

142

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 Washington DC

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

Largest rounds in Washington DC - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Washington DC-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Washington DC

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

Academia

Washington DC's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

128

University spinouts

2,215

Total alumni-founded companies

1,313

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

645

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

257

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Washington DC stacks up

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

Miami

$673B

San Diego

$330B

Chicago

$266B

Washington DC

$265B

$203B

$140B

$136B

$126B

$124B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Washington DC's row is highlighted (#10).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Bay Area	$20T	8.0×	866	$156B	24.5K
2	Seattle	$2.9T	4.4×	68	$6.6B	2,966
3	Austin	$2T	13.9×	62	$8.1B	2,649
4	New York City	$1.6T	5.1×	329	$32.3B	16.6K
5	Boston	$1.2T	4.5×	211	$13.4B	6,323
6	Los Angeles	$1.2T	5.7×	158	$16.3B	8,592
7	Miami	$673B	12.8×	40	$2.6B	2,865
8	San Diego	$330B	5.1×	64	$3.4B	2,224
9	Chicago	$266B	3.7×	52	$2.2B	2,833
10	Washington DC	$265B	3.3×	55	$3.5B	2,343
11	Dallas	$203B	3.8×	35	$1.6B	2,033
12	Research Triangle	$140B	2.8×	23	$2B	1,040

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