Slovenia
Europe · Pop. 2.1M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Slovenia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Slovenia-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Slovenia - 2026
3 Startup funnel
Slovenia'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Slovenia
VC investment into Slovenia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
5 Notable companies
Top private companies in Slovenia
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
6 Academia
Slovenia's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Slovenia.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Ljubljana | Ljubljana | 292 | 331 |
| 2 | University of Maribor | Administrative unit Maribor | 85 | 99 |
| 3 | IEDC - Bled School of Management | Bled | 51 | 62 |
7 Location comparison
How Slovenia stacks up
Compare Slovenia 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. Slovenia'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 |
| 35 | Slovenia | $2.1B | 1.7× | 1 | $16M | 164 |
8 Premium analytics
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