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British Columbia

State · Canada · Pop. 5.6M · #41 region by EV

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1,480 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

413 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

155 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 37%

1,265Startups

531 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

423 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 14%

311 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 22%

178Breakouts

110 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 31%

68 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 20%

37Scaleups

21 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.4%

16 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.1%

23Valuation Outcomes

22 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.5%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.068%

Pre-Seed

531

Seed

423

Series A

311

Series B

110

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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 British Columbia

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

Largest rounds in British Columbia - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into British Columbia

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

Academia

British Columbia's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

309

University spinouts

1,223

Total alumni-founded companies

799

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

315

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

109

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How British Columbia stacks up

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

Ontario

$384B

British Columbia

$79.4B

Quebec

$67.4B

Alberta

$25.2B

Newfoundland and Labrador

$3.9B

Nova Scotia

$3B

New Brunswick

$1.5B

Saskatchewan

$1.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top regions in Canada ranked by combined EV. British Columbia's row is highlighted (#2).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Ontario	$384B	14.4×	38	$3.1B	4,393
2	British Columbia	$79.4B	9.1×	23	$1.8B	2,070
3	Quebec	$67.4B	3.6×	16	$1B	1,391
4	Alberta	$25.2B	4.8×	8	$373.7M	1,186
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	$3.9B	68.4×	1	$86.2M	59
6	Nova Scotia	$3B	6.2×	0	$163.3M	246
7	New Brunswick	$1.5B	3.3×	0	$5.4M	95
8	Saskatchewan	$1.5B	13.9×	0	$4M	76
9	Manitoba	$1.4B	4.2×	0	$107.7M	80
10	Prince Edward Island	$104.6M	—	0	$5.4M	17

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