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Oceania

Continent / region · #21 region by EV

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3,934 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

1,991 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

497 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 25%

3,364Startups

1,416 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

1,186 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 20%

762 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 24%

491Breakouts

356 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 29%

135 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 29%

79Scaleups

53 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.3%

26 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.66%

55Valuation Outcomes

45 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.1%

10 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.25%

Pre-Seed

1,416

Seed

1,186

Series A

762

Series B

356

Series C

135

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 Oceania

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

Largest rounds in Oceania - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Oceania

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

Country leaders

Which Oceania countries raise the most — and grow the fastest

VC investment by country across Oceania. Pick a year (the current year is year-to-date) and switch between the biggest markets and the fastest-growing ones.

Academia

Oceania's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

951

University spinouts

5,114

Total alumni-founded companies

3,577

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

1,215

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

322

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Oceania stacks up

Compare Oceania 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.

European Union

$2.2T

Nordics

$574B

South America

$503B

Oceania

$340B

Central Eastern Europe

$191B

MENA

$133B

Africa

$72.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top regions globally ranked by combined EV. Oceania's row is highlighted (#9).

#	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

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