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Delaware

State · United States · Pop. 1.1M · #48 region by EV

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964 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
318 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
106 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 33%
872Startups
441 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
288 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 20%
143 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 27%
70Breakouts
53 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 34%
17 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
22Scaleups
12 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.2%
10 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.0%
10Valuation Outcomes
9 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.93%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.10%
Pre-Seed
441
Seed
288
Series A
143
Series B
53
Series C
17
Unicorn
9
Decacorn
1

* 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 Delaware

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

Largest rounds in Delaware - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Delaware

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

Academia

Delaware's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
46
University spinouts
9
Total alumni-founded companies
6
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
2
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
1
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Delaware stacks up

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

Maryland
$159B
Virginia
$144B
Arizona
$138B
Georgia (US)
$128B
Utah
$112B
Michigan
$94.6B
Ohio
$87.1B
District of Columbia
$81.2B
Delaware
$48.7B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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