Latvia
Europe · Pop. 1.9M
1 Enterprise value
How much Latvia’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Latvia, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
2 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Latvia
VC investment into Latvia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
3 Startup funnel
Latvia's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Latvia at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
4 Latest quarter
Latvia's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Latvia-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Latvia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Latvia, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Latvia - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside Latvia: 1 startup hub, 30 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where Latvia's unicorn founders build
5 founders born in Latvia are behind 4 unicorns; 75% 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.
8 Location comparison
How Latvia stacks up
Compare Latvia 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. Latvia's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.6× | 229 | $27.3B | 21.1K |
| 2 | Germany | $409B | 4.2× | 99 | $8.3B | 9,031 |
| 3 | France | $404B | 5.4× | 69 | $8.3B | 9,099 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $376B | 3.3× | 46 | $3.4B | 3,953 |
| 5 | Sweden | $264B | 5.4× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,389 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $220B | 3.7× | 50 | $4.2B | 3,133 |
| 7 | Denmark | $141B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.9B | 1,746 |
| 8 | Belgium | $113B | 7.4× | 13 | $1.1B | 1,990 |
| 9 | Ireland | $107B | 4.7× | 26 | $1.2B | 1,974 |
| 10 | Spain | $105B | 4.7× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,636 |
| 11 | Finland | $80.6B | 4.0× | 14 | $2.2B | 1,809 |
| 32 | Latvia | $4.3B | 7.3× | 1 | $91.2M | 304 |
9 Patent intelligence
Latvia startup IP portfolio: 666 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Latvia. 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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