Central Eastern Europe
Continent / region · Europe · Pop. 75.8M · #25 region by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Central Eastern Europe
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Central Eastern Europe-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Central Eastern Europe - 2026
Top sub-locations
Inside Central Eastern Europe: top 8 sub-locations
Sub-locations inside Central Eastern Europe ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
Startup funnel
Central Eastern Europe'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.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Central Eastern Europe
VC investment into Central Eastern Europe-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Central Eastern Europe
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Location comparison
How Central Eastern Europe stacks up
Compare Central Eastern Europe with peers from other continents / multi-country regions — 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 regions globally ranked by combined EV. Central Eastern Europe's row is highlighted (#10).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | $43.6T | 5.4× | 3,930 | $444B | 291.2K |
| 2 | North America | $31.2T | 6.2× | 2,357 | $290B | 123.1K |
| 3 | Asia | $8.8T | 3.9× | 957 | $86.6B | 74.8K |
| 4 | EMEA | $4.5T | 4.7× | 890 | $84.2B | 90.5K |
| 5 | Europe | $3.7T | 4.5× | 716 | $68B | 76.1K |
| 6 | European Union | $2.2T | 4.5× | 425 | $37.3B | 48.9K |
| 7 | Nordics | $574B | 5.2× | 109 | $8.2B | 8,284 |
| 8 | South America | $501B | 11.2× | 71 | $4.8B | 8,689 |
| 9 | Oceania | $338B | 9.7× | 55 | $5.4B | 5,704 |
| 10 | Central Eastern Europe | $192B | 5.3× | 57 | $2.3B | 7,186 |
| 11 | MENA | $131B | 11.9× | 32 | $5.9B | 4,496 |
| 12 | Africa | $71.9B | 10.5× | 14 | $1.6B | 4,548 |
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