Bremen
State · Germany · Pop. 692K
Adjacent regions by EV
Startup funnel
Bremen'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.
Academia
Bremen's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Bremen.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Bremen stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Germany), sized closest to Bremen by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Germany — top regions
Top regions in Germany ranked by combined EV. Bremen's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | $183B | 3.6× | 33 | $2.6B | 2,879 |
| 2 | Bavaria | $115B | 6.5× | 22 | $3.3B | 1,652 |
| 3 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | $27.7B | 3.2× | 10 | $649.2M | 1,117 |
| 4 | Baden-Württemberg | $24.2B | 3.9× | 6 | $885.1M | 691 |
| 5 | Hamburg | $16.7B | 5.2× | 5 | $161.6M | 653 |
| 6 | Hesse | $14.5B | 3.0× | 3 | $196.4M | 489 |
| 7 | Rhineland-Palatinate | $10.2B | 2.7× | 2 | $75.8M | 149 |
| 8 | Saxony | $7.1B | 6.3× | 1 | $76.8M | 271 |
| 9 | Lower Saxony | $3.9B | 7.9× | 4 | $59.5M | 184 |
| 10 | Brandenburg | $2.7B | 2.7× | 0 | $142.6M | 173 |
| 11 | Saxony-Anhalt | $2.7B | 2.0× | 0 | $17.7M | 80 |
| 14 | Bremen | $658.5M | 11.8× | 0 | $14.2M | 41 |
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