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Wellington (NZ)

Metro area · New Zealand · Pop. 500K

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80 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

31 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

6 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 20%

68Startups

29 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

24 Seed Startups$1–4M

15 Series A Startups$4–15M

11Breakouts

8 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

3 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.3%

2Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.3%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 1.3%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Quarterly report

Wellington (NZ)'s latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Wellington (NZ)-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 Wellington (NZ)

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

Largest rounds in Wellington (NZ) - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Wellington (NZ)-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Wellington (NZ)

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

Academia

Wellington (NZ)'s academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

119

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Wellington (NZ) stacks up

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

Melbourne

$65.2B

Auckland

$47.4B

Wellington (NZ)

$21.7B

Brisbane

$12.3B

Perth

$5.2B

Adelaide

$3B