Greece
Europe · Pop. 10.4M
1 Overview
* 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.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Greece
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Greece, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Greece - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Greece: 1 startup hub, 74 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Greece
VC investment into Greece-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Greece's unicorn founders build
31 founders born in Greece are behind 21 unicorns; 52% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Europe, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
6 Location comparison
How Greece stacks up
Compare Greece 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. Greece's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.5× | 226 | $27.5B | 20.9K |
| 2 | Germany | $406B | 4.2× | 95 | $8.3B | 8,888 |
| 3 | France | $401B | 5.4× | 67 | $8.4B | 9,256 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $327B | 2.8× | 45 | $3.6B | 3,978 |
| 5 | Sweden | $279B | 5.7× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,331 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $223B | 3.7× | 50 | $4.2B | 3,086 |
| 7 | Denmark | $140B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.8B | 1,721 |
| 8 | Belgium | $107B | 7.1× | 12 | $907.7M | 1,935 |
| 9 | Ireland | $106B | 4.7× | 26 | $1.2B | 2,001 |
| 10 | Spain | $106B | 4.7× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,647 |
| 11 | Finland | $79.5B | 3.9× | 11 | $2.2B | 1,775 |
| 24 | Greece | $10.8B | 13.1× | 6 | $280.9M | 350 |
7 Patent intelligence
Greece startup IP portfolio: 223 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Greece. 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.
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