North America
Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV
* 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 North America
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into North America-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in North America - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into North America
VC investment into North America-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Country leaders
Which North America countries raise the most — and grow the fastest
VC investment by country across North America. Pick a year (the current year is year-to-date) and switch between the biggest markets and the fastest-growing ones.
Academia
North America's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to North America.
| # | University | City | Unicorns | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 478 | 13K |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 320 | 9,055 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸MIT | Cambridge, MA | 295 | 9,472 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 190 | 8,909 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 165 | 3,653 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | 88 | 2,845 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 80 | 2,517 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸Yale University | New Haven, CT | 72 | 3,314 |
Location comparison
How North America stacks up
Compare North America with peers from other continents / multi-country regions — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top regions globally ranked by combined EV. North America's row is highlighted (#2).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | $43.6T | 5.4× | 4,033 | $450B | 294.4K |
| 2 | North America | $31.1T | 6.2× | 2,419 | $290B | 123K |
| 3 | Asia | $8.8T | 3.9× | 990 | $89.5B | 76.2K |
| 4 | EMEA | $4.5T | 4.7× | 906 | $87.4B | 92.4K |
| 5 | Europe | $3.7T | 4.4× | 730 | $71.6B | 77.7K |
| 6 | European Union | $2.2T | 4.4× | 434 | $37.8B | 49.7K |
| 7 | Nordics | $574B | 5.1× | 108 | $8.2B | 8,454 |
| 8 | South America | $503B | 11.1× | 71 | $4.8B | 8,874 |
| 9 | Oceania | $340B | 9.7× | 55 | $5.4B | 5,800 |
| 10 | Central Eastern Europe | $191B | 5.2× | 61 | $2.3B | 7,283 |
| 11 | MENA | $133B | 12.7× | 34 | $5.9B | 4,598 |
| 12 | Africa | $72.3B | 10.5× | 14 | $1.7B | 4,641 |
Sector concentration
Where North America punches above its weight
Sectors in which North America's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means North America is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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