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North Carolina

State · United States · Pop. 11M · #29 region by EV

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1,486 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

380 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

130 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 34%

1,122Startups

415 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

377 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 34%

330 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 25%

285Breakouts

182 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 39%

103 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 35%

79Scaleups

54 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.6%

25 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.7%

32Valuation Outcomes

30 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 2.0%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.13%

Pre-Seed

415

Seed

377

Series A

330

Series B

182

Series C

103

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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 Carolina

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

Largest rounds in North Carolina - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into North Carolina-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into North Carolina

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

Academia

North Carolina's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

323

University spinouts

1,622

Total alumni-founded companies

926

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

480

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

216

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How North Carolina stacks up

Compare North Carolina 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.

Western United States (Mountain)

$367B

$272B

$254B

$242B

$202B

North Carolina

$177B

Maryland

$159B

Virginia

$144B

Arizona

$138B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top regions in United States ranked by combined EV. North Carolina's row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	California	$21.5T	7.7×	1,101	$177B	36.6K
2	Western United States (Pacific, excl. Bay Area)	$4.6T	4.8×	317	$28.2B	16.4K
3	Northeastern United States	$3.4T	4.6×	652	$54.3B	30.9K
4	Washington (State)	$3T	4.5×	72	$7.3B	3,242
5	Texas	$2.7T	10.5×	128	$11.2B	6,610
6	New York State	$1.4T	5.0×	298	$30.9B	15.5K
7	Southeastern United States	$1.4T	4.8×	172	$11.5B	14.1K
8	Massachusetts	$1.2T	4.4×	210	$13.2B	6,078
9	Florida	$781B	9.6×	61	$3.7B	4,750
10	Midwestern United States	$666B	3.6×	114	$9.4B	10.7K
11	Western United States (Mountain)	$367B	4.1×	98	$9.8B	5,447
16	North Carolina	$177B	3.0×	32	$2.7B	1,892

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