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Flanders

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

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683 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
265 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
102 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 39%
580Startups
173 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
238 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 20%
169 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 26%
90Breakouts
63 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 23%
27 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 35%
13Scaleups
10 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.5%
3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.44%
7Valuation Outcomes
6 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.88%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.15%
Pre-Seed
173
Seed
238
Series A
169
Series B
63
Series C
27
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
441
University spinouts
1,230
Total alumni-founded companies
956
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
215
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
$192B
Berlin
$181B
Bavaria
$113B
Flanders
$80.2B
Nordrhein-Westfalen
$26.6B
Baden-Württemberg
$24.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Flanders's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Flanders's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Flanders's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Flanders's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Flanders
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Flanders
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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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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