PolandPlatform
Europe · Pop. 36.6M · #39 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Poland
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Poland-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Poland - 2026
4 Startup funnel
Poland'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 Poland
VC investment into Poland-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 Poland
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
Poland's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Poland.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SGH Warsaw School of Economics | Warsaw | 612 | 700 |
| 2 | University of Warsaw | Warsaw | 586 | 673 |
| 3 | Wroclaw University of Science and Technology | Wroclaw | 381 | 398 |
8 Location comparison
How Poland stacks up
Compare Poland 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. Poland's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | 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 |
| 19 | Poland | $21.1B | 5.8× | 13 | $391.6M | 1,799 |
9 Patent intelligence
Poland startup IP portfolio: 4,221 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Poland. 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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