Wichita
Metro area · United States · Pop. 653K
Enterprise value
How much Wichita’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Wichita, 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 Wichita
VC investment into Wichita-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Quarterly report
Wichita's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Wichita-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 Wichita
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Wichita-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Wichita - 2026
Notable companies
Top private companies in Wichita
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Wichita's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Wichita.
Location comparison
How Wichita stacks up
Compare Wichita 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.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in United States ranked by combined EV. Wichita's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Area | $20.1T | 8.0× | 895 | $158B | 24.9K |
| 2 | Seattle | $2.9T | 4.5× | 70 | $6.8B | 2,986 |
| 3 | Austin | $2T | 13.7× | 60 | $7.9B | 2,740 |
| 4 | New York City | $1.5T | 5.0× | 325 | $32.2B | 16.7K |
| 5 | Los Angeles | $1.2T | 5.6× | 166 | $17.7B | 8,740 |
| 6 | Boston | $1.2T | 4.4× | 211 | $13B | 6,390 |
| 7 | Miami | $684B | 11.9× | 43 | $3B | 2,955 |
| 8 | San Diego | $326B | 5.0× | 64 | $3.4B | 2,247 |
| 9 | Washington DC | $285B | 3.4× | 62 | $4.3B | 2,576 |
| 10 | Chicago | $264B | 3.7× | 54 | $2.3B | 2,848 |
| 11 | Dallas | $225B | 4.1× | 48 | $2.1B | 2,078 |
| 97 | Wichita | $614.6M | 16.4× | 1 | $4M | 44 |
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