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Newfoundland and Labrador

State · Canada · Pop. 540K

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$3.9B+133%
Combined startup EV
$86.2M
VC invested (last 12mo)
58
Tracked startups
🦄 Unicorns
1
1 live · +0 new in 2025 (incl. 0 new decacorns)
💎 Decacorns
0
🐎 Thoroughbreds
0
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Adjacent regions by EV

Startup funnel

Newfoundland and Labrador'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.

Pre-Seed
14
Seed
22
Series A
5
Series B
2
Series C
1
Unicorn
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.

Notable companies

Top private companies in Newfoundland and Labrador

Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.

Unicorns $1B+ valuation 1
Verafin

Academia

Newfoundland and Labrador's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
1
University spinouts
40
Total alumni-founded companies
28
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
8
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
4
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Newfoundland and Labrador stacks up

Peers chosen from the same country (Canada), sized closest to Newfoundland and Labrador by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
$24.8B
Newfoundland and Labrador
$3.9B
$1.4B
$1.3B
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV

Top overview

Canada — top regions

Top regions in Canada ranked by combined EV. Newfoundland and Labrador's row is highlighted.

# Ecosystem Combined EV 5-yr EV growth Unicorns VC invested Tracked startups
1 Ontario $379B 14.8× 36 $2.8B 4,279
2 British Columbia $82.4B 9.6× 22 $1.3B 2,031
3 Quebec $70.6B 3.8× 14 $1B 1,356
4 Alberta $24.8B 4.7× 8 $380.7M 1,174
5 Newfoundland and Labrador $3.9B 68.4× 1 $86.2M 58
6 Nova Scotia $3B 6.3× 0 $163.3M 237
7 New Brunswick $1.5B 3.3× 0 $5.4M 91
8 Saskatchewan $1.4B 13.4× 0 $4M 75
9 Manitoba $1.3B 4.3× 0 $107.7M 76
10 Prince Edward Island $104.6M 0 $5.4M 17

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Sector breakdown
Where Newfoundland and Labrador's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Newfoundland and Labrador'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
Newfoundland and Labrador'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 Newfoundland and Labrador'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 Newfoundland and Labrador
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Newfoundland and Labrador
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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