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Iowa

State · United States · Pop. 3.2M

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321 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
76 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
21 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 27%
256Startups
115 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
72 Seed Startups$1–4M
69 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 33%
56Breakouts
29 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
27 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
9Scaleups
8 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.5%
1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.31%
2Valuation Outcomes
2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 0.62%
Pre-Seed
115
Seed
72
Series A
69
Series B
29
Series C
27
Unicorn
2

* 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 Iowa

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

Largest rounds in Iowa - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Iowa

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

Academia

Iowa's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
40
University spinouts
499
Total alumni-founded companies
319
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
131
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
49
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Iowa stacks up

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

Delaware
$48.7B
Oregon
$41B
Wisconsin
$35.1B
Missouri
$29.5B
Indiana
$28.9B
Nevada
$28.9B
Iowa
$17.2B
Idaho
$15.9B
Vermont
$14.6B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country United States Country · North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 country by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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