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Flanders

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

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717 Pool of Funded Startups
274 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
104 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 38%
185 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
246 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 20%
175 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 26%
68 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 22%
29 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 35%
10 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.4%
4 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.56%
7 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.98%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.14%
Pre-Seed
185
Seed
246
Series A
175
Series B
68
Series C
29
Unicorn
7
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.

Quarterly report

Flanders's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Flanders-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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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
455
University spinouts
1,439
Total alumni-founded companies
1,116
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
260
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
63
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.

$177B
$112B
Flanders
$87.9B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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