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Basque Country

State · Spain · Pop. 2.2M

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319 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

111 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

88 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 80%

301Startups

200 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

68 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 15%

33 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 20%

17Breakouts

9 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

8 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.31%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.31%

Pre-Seed

200

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* 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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Basque Country

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Basque Country-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Basque Country - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Basque Country-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Basque Country

VC investment into Basque Country-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Basque Country's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Basque Country.

University-linked startup formation

148

University spinouts

174

Total alumni-founded companies

132

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Basque Country stacks up

Compare Basque Country with peers from the same country (Spain) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$8.8B

$7B

$5.9B

$4.7B

Basque Country

$3.4B

Brandenburg

$2.8B