Europe
Continent / region · #7 region by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Europe
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Europe-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Europe - 2026
Startup funnel
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 Europe
VC investment into Europe-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API. Open the full dashboard →
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.
Notable companies
Top private companies in 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
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 | 5,716 |
| 2 | 🇫🇷INSEAD | Fontainebleau | 95 | 5,317 |
| 3 | 🇬🇧University of Oxford | Oxford | 95 | 4,873 |
| 4 | 🇬🇧Imperial College London | London | 76 | 3,472 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷École Polytechnique | Palaiseau | 60 | 1,467 |
| 6 | 🇨🇭ETH Zurich | Zurich | 56 | 2,041 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪TU Munich | Munich | 52 | 2,386 |
| 8 | 🇳🇱University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 21 | 2,300 |
Location comparison
How Europe stacks up
Compare 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. Europe's row is highlighted (#5).
| # | 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 |
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.
Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
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