FinlandPlatform
Europe · Pop. 5.6M · #23 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Finland
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Finland-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Finland - 2026
4 Startup funnel
Finland's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
5 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Finland
VC investment into Finland-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
6 Notable companies
Top private companies in Finland
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
7 Academia
Finland's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Finland.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aalto University | Espoo | 1,206 | 1,260 |
| 2 | University of Helsinki | Helsinki | 719 | 800 |
| 3 | University of Oulu | Oulu | 235 | 251 |
8 Location comparison
How Finland stacks up
Compare Finland with similarly sized ecosystems in Europe — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Europe ranked by combined EV. Finland's row is highlighted (#11).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.6× | 221 | $24.1B | 20.1K |
| 2 | Germany | $404B | 4.2× | 91 | $8.2B | 8,770 |
| 3 | France | $401B | 5.4× | 66 | $8.4B | 9,145 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $324B | 2.8× | 43 | $3.2B | 3,919 |
| 5 | Sweden | $278B | 5.7× | 58 | $3.5B | 3,253 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $214B | 3.5× | 50 | $4.3B | 3,030 |
| 7 | Denmark | $142B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.8B | 1,669 |
| 8 | Belgium | $108B | 7.2× | 12 | $902.6M | 1,898 |
| 9 | Ireland | $104B | 4.8× | 25 | $1.2B | 1,974 |
| 10 | Spain | $98.4B | 5.4× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,583 |
| 11 | Finland | $79.1B | 3.9× | 10 | $2.2B | 1,755 |
| 12 | Italy | $66B | 4.8× | 17 | $1.8B | 2,985 |
9 Patent intelligence
Finland startup IP portfolio: 27.4K patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Finland. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
10 Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.