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Flanders

State · Belgium · Pop. 6.7M · #40 region by EV

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703 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
267 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
103 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 38%
597Startups
181 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
244 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 20%
172 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 26%
93Breakouts
65 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 23%
28 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 35%
13Scaleups
10 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.4%
3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.43%
7Valuation Outcomes
6 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.85%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.14%
Pre-Seed
181
Seed
244
Series A
172
Series B
65
Series C
28
Unicorn
6
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 Flanders

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

Largest rounds in Flanders - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Flanders

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

Academia

Flanders's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
444
University spinouts
1,248
Total alumni-founded companies
965
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
224
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
59
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Flanders stacks up

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

Central Eastern Europe
$191B
Berlin
$181B
Bavaria
$113B
Flanders
$79.5B
Nordrhein-Westfalen
$26.7B
Baden-Württemberg
$24.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country Belgium Europe · Pop. 11.9M · #20 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #7 region by EV

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