MaltaPlatform
Europe · Pop. 520K
1 Overview
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Malta
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Malta, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Malta - 2024–2026
3 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Malta
VC investment into Malta-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
4 Founder origins
Where Malta's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Malta are behind 1 unicorns; 100% 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.
5 Location comparison
How Malta stacks up
Compare Malta 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. Malta'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 |
| 34 | Malta | $2.5B | 42.6× | 6 | $4.5M | 70 |
6 Patent intelligence
Malta startup IP portfolio: 2,076 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Malta. 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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