Europe
Continent / region · Pop. 744.1M · #7 region by EV
* 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.
Quarterly report
Europe's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by companies in Europe in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Europe
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Europe-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Europe - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Europe
VC investment into Europe-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Country leaders
Which Europe countries raise the most — and grow the fastest
VC investment by country across Europe. Pick a year (the current year is year-to-date) and switch between the biggest markets and the fastest-growing ones.
Academia
Europe's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Europe.
| # | University | City | Unicorns | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧University of Cambridge | Cambridge | 140 | 6,297 |
| 2 | 🇫🇷INSEAD | Fontainebleau | 95 | 5,677 |
| 3 | 🇬🇧University of Oxford | Oxford | 95 | 5,371 |
| 4 | 🇬🇧Imperial College London | London | 76 | 3,472 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷École Polytechnique | Palaiseau | 60 | 1,571 |
| 6 | 🇨🇭ETH Zurich | Zurich | 56 | 2,215 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪TU Munich | Munich | 52 | 2,623 |
| 8 | 🇳🇱University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 21 | 2,499 |
Location comparison
How Europe stacks up
Compare Europe with peers from other continents / multi-country regions — switch between combined EV, 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. Europe's row is highlighted (#5).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | $43.9T | 7.1× | 4,137 | $449B | 295.7K |
| 2 | North America | $31T | 8.0× | 2,466 | $287B | 122.8K |
| 3 | Asia | $9.1T | 5.8× | 1,023 | $89.9B | 76.7K |
| 4 | EMEA | $4.6T | 5.0× | 919 | $87.5B | 93.3K |
| 5 | Europe | $3.8T | 4.8× | 743 | $71.8B | 78.5K |
| 6 | European Union | $2.3T | 4.8× | 447 | $38B | 50.2K |
| 7 | Nordics | $587B | 6.0× | 110 | $8.3B | 8,551 |
| 8 | South America | $522B | 16.0× | 72 | $4.9B | 8,968 |
| 9 | Oceania | $340B | 12.2× | 57 | $5.4B | 5,875 |
| 10 | Central Eastern Europe | $195B | 6.3× | 62 | $2.3B | 7,376 |
| 11 | MENA | $136B | 13.0× | 34 | $5.7B | 4,634 |
| 12 | Africa | $74.8B | 9.5× | 14 | $1.4B | 4,668 |
Sector concentration
Where Europe punches above its weight
Sectors in which Europe's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Europe is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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