Central Eastern Europe
Continent / region · Europe · Pop. 75.8M · #26 region by EV
Adjacent regions by EV
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.
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.
Academia
Central Eastern Europe's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Central Eastern Europe.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Central Eastern Europe stacks up
Peers chosen from other continents / multi-country regions, sized closest to Central Eastern Europe by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Europe — top regions
Top regions globally ranked by combined EV. Central Eastern Europe's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | $44.1T | 5.8× | 3,634 | $444B | 288.9K |
| 2 | North America | $31.5T | 6.8× | 2,136 | $290B | 122.2K |
| 3 | Asia | $8.9T | 4.0× | 916 | $85.5B | 74.2K |
| 4 | EMEA | $4.6T | 4.7× | 857 | $84.1B | 89.8K |
| 5 | Europe | $3.8T | 4.4× | 689 | $67.9B | 75.5K |
| 6 | European Union | $2.3T | 4.4× | 410 | $37.3B | 48.5K |
| 7 | Nordics | $581B | 5.1× | 105 | $8.2B | 8,196 |
| 8 | South America | $502B | 11.3× | 69 | $4.7B | 8,638 |
| 9 | Oceania | $368B | 10.6× | 51 | $5.4B | 5,662 |
| 10 | Central Eastern Europe | $193B | 5.2× | 58 | $2.3B | 7,162 |
| 11 | MENA | $142B | 12.4× | 33 | $5.9B | 4,435 |
| 12 | Africa | $73.6B | 10.7× | 14 | $1.7B | 4,526 |
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