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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 19%
69Startups
29 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
24 Seed Startups$1–4M
16 Series A Startups$4–15M
10Breakouts
8 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
2 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
29
Seed
24
Series A
16
Series B
8
Series C
2
Unicorn
1
Decacorn
1

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

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
9
University spinouts
103
Total alumni-founded companies
72
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
26
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
5
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
$64.2B
Auckland
$47.1B
Wellington (NZ)
$21.7B
Brisbane
$11.4B
Perth
$5.1B
Adelaide
$3.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country New Zealand Oceania · Pop. 5.3M · #25 startup ecosystem by EV Region Oceania Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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